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There are practical reasons to let the weather dictate the size of your reading choices. Toting around War and Peace while lounging poolside seems a bit inconvenient. Who wants to haul Reamde along on spring break? When it’s cold and dark, there’s no better place to be than wrapped up in a Snuggie on your couch, finally tackling Bleak House – but when it’s light and warm and park-a-licious, it makes more sense to carry a book that won’t make you break a sweat....

Washi is a Japanese creation, made not with tree pulp but from Japanese shrubs. It’s durable, sustainable, and affordable: a nice little “treat yourself” present when you want to bring something bright and fun into your life. Grab your wallet and score yourself some excellent bookish washi tape with the selections below. Have some library books checked out? This library washi would be a perfect reminder for due dates in your planner....

In May 2021, the remains of 215 children were found at the former residential school in Kamloops. This is a devastating discovery, although the reason this has come to light is because of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc community’s long fight to not have these children forgotten. As horrific as that number is, this is only one unmarked gravesite. There have already been 104 more potential graves located at a Manitoba residential school....

If you haven’t read the subsequent sentences in the first paragraph of Moby-Dick, you might think the first sentence alone sounds grandiose. Like some proclamation from on high. Moby-Dick has a bad reputation among many readers—it’s ponderous, boring, overlong. It has all these random chapters about whaling facts? Well, that last one’s true. If you haven’t guessed, I’m a Moby-Dick defender. Not that it needs defending; it’s obviously very firmly entrenched in the canon....

Who Is Nancy Drew? Nancy Drew is a fictional “girl detective,” and one of the first, at that. Over the course of a 175-book series published over 73 years (from 1930 to 2003, with assorted spin-off series totaling 328 books continuing to the present day, not including comics), Nancy solved mysteries in and around her small hometown of River Heights, sometimes working with her lawyer father, Carson Drew, and almost always assisted by her best friends, Bess Marvin and George Fayne....

Now that January is gone, it’s Black History Month, which is always an interesting time, I think. For one, it’s a reminder that so much of Black history is left out of mainstream avenues that cover history (like schools, the media, etc.). All of the instances of censorship have seen to that being confirmed as having been intentional. So acknowledging and celebrating Black history on such a large scale is both welcomed and needed....

It was the start, or something like the start, of my fascination with dance. I love the behind-the-scenes glimpses of that world. I’ve written here about my interest for political campaigns, and I think the ballet world draws me for similar reasons. I enjoy reading about driven people with a singular focus and a passionate determination to reach their goals, about the things this makes them do, the way it brings out both the best and the worst in them as they seek achievement at any cost....

We’ve got a little clip from the audiobook version of Maddaddam for you today. Click the link below to listen: Audiobook sample of Maddaddam Sign up for our newsletter to have the best of Book Riot delivered straight to your inbox every two weeks. No spam. We promise. To keep up with Book Riot on a daily basis, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, , and subscribe to the Book Riot podcast in iTunes or via RSS....

In case you are the rare person who isn’t familiar with Christie, allow me to fill you in. She is considered the Queen of Crime, and her most famous characters are the detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She is one of the best-selling writers of all time, with 66 mystery novels and 14 short story collections translated into over 100 languages. Her works have been adapted into dozens of films, television movies and series, and even one of the longest-running plays in history....

K: Kusama L: Lucifer M: Museé d’Orsay N: Nyota Uhura O: Ofrenda A little more than halfway there! Who says the arts aren’t necessary? People who have never done, looked at, or listened to an art apparently. Can you imagine a world without the arts? I can’t, which is why I’ve chosen it as my next A–Z umbrella topic. If there are any sub-genres you’d like be to highlight, feel free to slide into the conversation @BookRiot on Twitter!...

Pride and Prejudice gets a murder-mystery makeover in this new series based on Jane Austen’s most beloved books. When a scandalous murder shocks London high society, sixteen-year-old law enthusiast Lizzie Bennet sees the perfect opportunity to prove herself as a formidable litigator—despite the fact that women are only allowed in court as witnesses. Unfortunately for Lizzie, the man accused of the crime already has a fledgling lawyer: Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the stern young heir training to take over the prestigious firm Pemberley & Associates....

The books set to be destroyed are Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chboksy, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel, How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue, and The Circle by Dave Eggers. The author of one of the books, Dave Eggers, has offered to provide free copies of any of these titles to Rapid City high school seniors. They can request them by emailing Amanda Uhle (amanda@daveeggers....

But first, let’s talk about what the winter solstice means for you. The winter solstice takes place around December 21st of each year, when the Northern hemisphere experiences its shortest daylight and longest night of the year. Astrologically speaking, this day represents moving from darkness into light. Often, that means wiping the slate clean and finishing a phase in your life in order to move toward something new. As this occurs around the beginning of Capricorn season, it has an especially strong effect on things relating to your professional calling, ambition, and legacy....

Dirt Candy by Amanda Cohen and Ryan Dunlavey Dirt Candy is a New York City vegetarian restaurant with a personality. Amanda Cohen, owner of that restaurant, teamed up with cartoonist Ryan Dunlavey and her husband Grady Hendrix (yes, that Grady Hendrix) to create this 2012 comic cookbook mashup. Seeing an incredibly famous and celebrated restaurant progress through its growing pains is as endearing as the incredibly complex but tasty recipes themselves....

But let’s get back to the fantasy, because that’s more fun. When you enter a bookstore, there’s something that’s kind of magical about it. It’s the atmosphere. It’s just being surrounded by other people who are dazzled by books as much as you are. And it’s the books themselves, and the way that every time you step into a bookstore, you might be about to walk out with a new favorite you didn’t even know you needed....

September October November December Original Movies for Romance Readers If there’s one superpower I wouldn’t mind having, it’s the ability to watch romance novels. The only Netflix original above that looks like it may be based on a romance is Sounds Like Love, but I don’t know if it has a HEA. However, there are a few originals that look every bit as fun… — NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) August 23, 2021 If Netflix needs more ideas for books to adapt, we’ve got suggestions for Latinx books, books about disabled people, and LGBTQ+ books....

When Barack Obama left office in 2016 and popular vote losing 45 came in, the country saw not only an array of hateful new legislation take hold, but we lost something that comparatively seems small but, as any reader knows, is far from. We lost a president who believes in reading. Reading is crucial for every kind of development, and seeing a president be a reader is powerful for a country....

The new novel in the New York Times bestselling Hell Divers series has landed: Hell Divers VIII: King of the Wastes by Nicholas Sansbury Smith. When the Hell Divers discover a scroll on a raid, King Xavier is faced with a long-buried truth that threatens the future of his people and all of humanity. The Vanguard Islands are not the salvation the sky people thought them to be. To survive, they must venture through the Panama Canal and into the wastes beyond....

HOLIDAYS ARE HAPPIER WITH AUDIOBOOKS. Make your holiday travels, errands, cooking sessions, and all the rest more enjoyable by listening to an audiobook. From bestsellers, to thrillers, to self-care, you can find the perfect listen for any moment. Give yourself the gift of audio this holiday season. Do you have a New Year’s Resolution? Whether you want to lose weight or learn something new, you can always turn to books for a little inspiration and advice....