Craft tips for authors: January 14, 2025

Posted on January 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft advice to offer. Here are the ones that we thought were...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Historical fiction, Romance, Writing advice

Reflections on 2024's reads: December 30, 2024

Posted on December 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re still looking back, literary-style, at 2024 (and beyond). Book Riot collected the ten most popular stories it shared over...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book lists, Historical fiction, Libraries

Literary awards and honors: November 19, 2024

Posted on November 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As we approach the end of the year, many — but not all — of these awards and honors will...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Historical fiction, Horror, Romance

Joanna Penn's interviews and advice for October 2024

Posted on October 25, 2024 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

This month, Joanna Penn of The Creative Penn shared a wealth of knowledge from her expert interviews ... and from...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Historical fiction, Joanna Penn, Nonfiction, Podcast, The business of writing

Book Riot highlights: September 21, 2024

Posted on September 21, 2024 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's a collection of Book Riot posts that we didn't share on our reader blog last week but thought were...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book Riot, Historical fiction, Scandal

Excerpts from Karin Slaughter and Jodi Picoult

Posted on August 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two extremely popular authors have new books out today, and we're betting at least some of you have already bought...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, Excerpt, Historical fiction, Thriller, Women in literature

Craft tips for authors: July 16, 2024

Posted on July 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft advice to offer. Here are the ones that we thought were...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Historical fiction, Mystery, Writing advice

News of note for readers: July 11, 2024

Posted on July 11, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Cover design, Excerpt, Historical fiction, Movie adaptation, Obituary, Poetry

News of note for readers: June 27, 2024

Posted on June 27, 2024 at 8:23 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, Awards, Book lists, Historical fiction, Obituary, Politics

News of note for readers: June 4, 2024

Posted on June 4, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bans and challenges, Bookish anniversaries, Excerpt, Historical fiction, Libraries, Movie adaptation, Politics, Reading