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I always loved the silly, weird little poems that occasionally had really great messages tucked away in their made-up words, and I loved the weird line illustrations (I still remember being SHOCKED to see a butt on one of the pages!). Settle in for a reminder of just why these Shel Silverstein quotes are so special and stuck with readers for so many years. Shel Silverstein Quotes About Friendship and Love Buy on Etsy “If you are a dreamer come in / If you are a dreamer a wisher a liar / A hoper a pray-er a magic-bean-buyer / If you’re a pretender come sit by my fire / For we have some flax golden tales to spin / Come in!...

It’s not just best friends to lovers books, because I’m going beyond that. There are so many tropes that include best friends. Falling for your brother’s best friend? Okay, sign me up. Sharing one bed with that childhood friend who has always been there for you? I’m listening. Or even reuniting with your estranged best friend who left your small town years ago…give them all to me. If you’re similar to me, keep reading!...

Coffee table books can be great conversation starters and icebreakers as well, encompassing a wide range of topics from the weird and wacky to haute couture. Whether you’re collecting them for the aesthetic or using them to avoid awkward small talk, here are some of the best coffee table books from 2019, with a few to look forward to in the next few months. American Boys by Soraya Zaman and Buck Angel As you can probably tell right from the cover, American Boys is a collection of portraits of trans-masculine Americans across the country....

But you know what? That’s nonsense. Taking a vacation is good for you. I think there’s often nothing better for my mind when I’m feeling anxious, stressed, overwhelmed, or worn out than to get away from my own thoughts for a while. Fantasy is my favorite for escapist reading, but any book that draws me in and gets me focusing on problems different from the ones in my life will do the trick....

18 Thrilling Books Like The Hunger Games #MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil The latest iteration of America takes reality television to a new level when convicted felons spend their final days on Alcatraz 2.0, trying to survive their inevitable execution. With a host of costumed characters gleefully slaughtering their way across the island, Dee is certain she’s not leaving alive as one of the latest prisoners, even though she knows she’s innocent....

I read over 150 books per year, and when I share this number with friends and family, they’re often shocked. One even asked, “Do you have more than 24 hours in a day? How do you do that?” I can assure you: If you want to read more books, you can do it. It just takes a little commitment and, well, more reading. The tips below will help you find ways to fit more reading into your schedule, prevent burnout, and reach your goals....

All bets are off as #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen introduces gambler Logan Tanner. He lives the exhilarating life of a professional gambler, but all the glitz and glamor hide a dark and violent past as an extractor—a world that comes rushing back to him when the beautiful and innocent Lara Balkon enters his life. Logan is drawn into a conflict between two Russian mafia bosses over Lara, her life hanging in the balance....

Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen Kin is a time-traveling agent from the year 2142 who gets stuck in 1990s San Francisco after a botched mission, and his rescue team shows up 18 years too late after he’s already built a life for himself. Here and Now and Then has all those warm and fuzzy sci-fi feels with just the right amount of Doctor Who level angst. Kin dealing with the circumstances of time travel and the consequences it brings about is super compelling and emotional and so, so worthy of a Murray Gold score....

Born in 1940, Ernaux grew up in the small town of Yvetot in Normandy, where her parents had a combined grocery store and café. Chair of the Nobel Committee, Anders Olsson, stated during Thursday’s press conference “Her setting was poor but ambitious, with parents who had pulled themselves up from proletarian survival to a bourgeois life, where the memories of beaten earth floors never disappeared but where politics was seldom broached....

So, I now know that the Dena’ina Athabascans originally lived where my neighborhood now sits. There’s a Native-owned primary care center just a few miles from my house. Once my son is old enough, I plan to take him to Native-run events that are open to the public. Recently I’ve discovered another great way to listen to Alaska Native voices: books. Not books about Alaska Natives, but books they wrote....

To enter, just click here and sign up for our Daily Deals newsletter and get notified about the best book sales, every day. It’s nearly the end of 2019, and publishing is slowing down for the holidays. We may have fewer December YA releases, but they’re great ones: a hot new sequel and two amazing debuts! You’ll want to add these to your holiday wishlists for sure—and then use your winter break to get caught up on your reading, because 2020 is going to be here before you know it....

There’s nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie. She was kind of a big deal—but the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch. Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading. Literally. She reads a book and suddenly she’s inside it. It’s alarming. But also . . . kind of amazing? It’s the perfect way to live out her fantasies....

Blacksad – Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse) When people say “noir comics” or ask for a comic recommendation based on old movies, Blacksad is immediately where I go. It’s actually about animals, not humans, but the main character (a cat named John Blacksad) is as Bogie-esque a character as you’ll find in comics. The mysteries he faces are intriguing and the art is, quite simply, breathtaking. There are three noir comic books in this series so far, and they are all just incredible....

However, there are a few titles I’ve read in recent years that I think could stand up to a reread. In case you’re looking for newer titles to try or to read again, here are some I have gathered and set aside as ones that might stand up to my heightened expectations of a reread. While there are many other titles I remember reading in the last few years, these in particular strike me as ones that deserve a reread....

Remember when microhistories were new and fun, and then everyone writing a book started being like, “I know — ‘The Thimble and How it Changed Everything’”? Well, despite the possible oversaturation of the microhistory market, I think they can still be FUN. So let’s check some out:

From Cherie Priest, author of The Family Plot and Maplecroft, comes The Toll, a tense, dark, and scary treat for fans of the strange and macabre. Titus and Melanie Bell are en route to the Okefenokee Swamp cabins for a honeymoon canoe trip. But just before they reach their destination, the road narrows into a rickety bridge with old stone pilings and room for only one car. Then Titus wakes up in the middle of the road, no bridge in sight....

For fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, Counting by 7s, and Fish in a Tree, a heartbreaking and hopeful debut novel about a unique young girl on a journey to find home. December believes she is a bird. The scar on her back is where her wings will sprout, and soon, she will soar away. It won’t matter that she has no permanent home. Her destiny is in the sky....

But sometimes when you lace up to climb the steep slope of page count mountain, you find yourself flying instead. There are plenty of 500 page books out there well worth the time, I promise. Don’t be daunted—just think of all that extra paper as a way to train your upper body and core strength as you carry them around. Here are five books over 500 pages that I’ve read recently and loved every page....

Can’t wait for these titles? There are plenty of queer comics, graphic novels, and memoirs you can read right now! Here are a few to get you started: 10 Queer Comics and Manga that Made 2020 Bearable, 9 Queer YA Comics, 8 Feel-Good Queer Comics and Graphic Novels, and 2019 LGBTQ Comics and Graphic Novels.

What other books might make good comic or graphic novel adaptations? We come back to this periodically here at Book Riot because well, there are always new books to consider. The real contenders have to have a strong visual element, even when crafted in prose, stories with good arcs, and that ineffable something that will draw readers in to a new version of a story in which they have already partaken....