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Not all of these stories are about impending disaster. Some deal with past ecological collapse too. Others are so wild that they’re really just good fun. If this really isn’t enough mayhem for you, make sure and also check out more climate change aftermaths. If, on the other hand, you’re feeling a little shook by all of this reality-mirroring climate talk, remember that knowledge is power. Let’s dive right into fictional Earths where the weather just hates everybody and into Earths based in fact where the great wave of Nature’s fury is poised to obliterate us all....

Oh My Gods by Alexandra Sheppard This was my first book of the year, and it was a good one to kick off 2019. It’s a fun YA with an unusual plot: Helen has the usual teen angst to navigate (a boy she likes, new friends she needs to win over), but she also has to contend with a family more unusual than most – her dad is none other than the Greek God Zeus…...

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This post originally ran August 21, 2016. We’ve covered long-term reading slumps. We’ve covered how you can start reading again or reading more. The lovely Rioter Alice has seven tips for getting out of a slump. But hey, maybe your reading slump is intense and none of that stuff worked; just for you, I dug into my brain and found a few more things you could try if you just can’t get your reading groove back....

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater Honestly, I finished The Raven King this morning, and I have not stopped shrieking like a pterodactyl since (internally, obviously). Not only am I incredibly happy with myself for actually finishing a series for the first time in who-knows-how-long, but it was one of the most lyrically-written, unexpected adventures I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. There’s so much about The Raven Cycle that people will try to tell you— there are psychics and there’s magic and a girl whose kiss is lethal to her true love and this quest for a dead king, and all this other weird shit happens along the way but it’s literally all connected and it just kind of makes you want to live in Henrietta, Virginia, so you can be part of the action, you know?...

2020 Romance Manga Love Me, Love Me Not by Io Sakisaka If you have been waiting for Io Sakisaka’s newest work, and if you’re a big fan of Ao Haru Ride like me, Love Me, Love Me Not is your next read. This manga is wow! It has the drama, the angst, the cuteness and that perfect and lovely art we love and enjoy from Io Sakisaka’s work. When you meet Yuna and Akari, you will want to become their friends....

Aside from the inherent catchiness, I was trying to figure out why this TikTok has stuck with me so much, and I think I have an answer. Mixed orientation relationships, especially between straight men and bi women, are usually only discussed in a few ways. One is “Bi women in M/F relationship are valid,” which sounds nice, but it’s also a reminder that there are people who don’t think you’re valid, so it’s kind of a backhanded compliment....

Then, in 2016, I read Audrey Coulthurst’s Of Fire & Stars, about two princesses who fall for each other, and I fell hard back into this sub-genre. Here are six books (plus two honorable mentions), from picture books to adult novels, featuring queer princesses! I hope reading them makes your queer, fantasy princess-loving heart happy! Maiden & Princess by Daniel Haack, Isabel Galuop, and Becca Human This is a follow-up to the acclaimed picture book Prince & Knight, and stars, as you may guess, a maiden and a princess....

Light From Other Stars by Erika Swyler Theo is a brilliant scientist who is absolutely horrified by the idea of his daughter, Nedda, growing up. To confront this inevitability, he looks for ways to suspend time. It’s research prompted by love, but that has terrible consequences for the people of their Florida town—consequences that, years later as an astronaut, Nedda is still struggling to comprehend. Gorgeous and frightening, Swyler’s novel propels parent-child bonds into outer space....

Since then, whenever I’ve been deep into a book that makes me want more, I’ve flipped to the back, hoping against hope that there might be an appendix there. I’ve dog-eared back pages in various writing books, like Adair Lara’s Naked, Drunk, and Writing, which contains reading lists, writing exercises, and computer tricks. I’ve worked my way through book lists like the one at the back of the Jennifer Baker–edited Everyday People, which has THIRTY-SIX PAGES of contemporary works by women, nonbinary, and transgender writers of color and indigenous writers....

We Sold Our Souls This Grady Hendrix horror novel from Quirk Books is the story of Kris Pulaski. Although a current manager of a Best Western, she served as former guitarist for the ’90s band Dürt Würk. Kris discovers that lead singer Terry didn’t just break up the promising band for a solo career. He sold all of their souls. Literally. What follows is a heavy metal power ballad of a road novel with equal parts horror and rock....

I compiled this list of books to read on Global Running Day because I know firsthand that running is complicated. After I was injured at the very end of senior year of high school, I struggled to connect with running again. The prospect of running again was suddenly overwhelming and exhausting to think about. The one thing that drew me back in, time and time again, was reading. Run the Mile You’re In: Finding God in Every Step by Ryan Hall I have a very clear memory from before high school of sitting on the floor of my older brother’s bedroom, reading a Runner’s World article about Ryan Hall while sunlight filtered in through the window....

Here’s 7 beautiful guided visual journals for our self-exploration journeys. Also check out our posts about reading journals and planners: So You’re Looking For A Reading Journal? and Rioter’s Favorite Planners For 2021. Here’s a video of Betty Gaffney using this guided visual journal!

That being said, since I have been an avid reader for almost all of my life, I have acquired a few tips here and there on how to help yourself with reading more books, and most of them revolve around just not being so hard on yourself when it comes to reading for pleasure! So, without further ado, here are my no-nonsense tips for reading more books. Read Shorter Books Unless you are being forced to by some dreadful English class, nobody is asking you to go read all 1,225 pages of War and Peace for pleasure (unless that’s your thing, then please proceed!...

National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor and narrator Steve West return to the city of Weep in this gorgeous, highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller Strange the Dreamer. In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice–save the woman he loves, or everyone else?–while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and the Muse of Nightmares has not yet discovered what she’s capable of....

More specifically, fear in these mysteries and thrillers is linked to race, either in the form of racism or even cultural difference. Regardless of the guise it takes, each of these books wields fear in an intriguing way connected to issues around race or ethnicity. In a way, it makes sense: we are living during a time when the U.S. (among other places) is grappling hard with its own systemic racism....

On the surface, it can seem intimidating (especially for those of us who haven’t had to take a math class since high school). But, as is true with coding, you don’t need to excel at math to be able to work with data. That’s why this article on data science books has been divided into two parts: “Introduction to Data Science Skills” will give you a foundation, while “Applied Data Science” will give you a picture of the many ways in which data can be applied and how it affects the world around us....

I just want to add a few more things before I start with the list of Korean graphic novels. Most of these are stories are translated from Korean (by the same translator). But I threw in a couple that aren’t, that I still consider good fits for this list. For example, one of them was originally written in Swedish by an author who was adopted from Korea, which is actually what the graphic novel is about....