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Aimee Leduc Investigations series by Cara Black Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins The Afterlife of Stars by Joseph Kertes All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins Code Name: Grand Guignol by Ib Melchior The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown The Devils Are All Here by Louise Penny Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery Five Days in Paris by Nora Roberts The Forger by Paul Watkins French Exit by Patrick Dewitt The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin History of Violence by Édouard Louis The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay Les Misérables by Victor Hugo The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway Murder in Pigalle by Cara Black Paris by Edward Rutherfurd Paris by the Book by Liam Callanan The Paris Architect by by Charles Belfoure The Paris Wife by Paula McLain The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson Pure by Andrew Miller Rodin’s Lover by Heather Webb The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay Three Hours in Paris by Cara Black Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman

How can he catch a killer when his own mind is playing tricks? Dr. Theo Cray had a knack for catching serial killers until a mind-altering pathogen knocked him off his game. Luckily, his former professor is helping him track down his latest suspect: a nomadic health-care worker with hundreds of victims. Cray follows each new lead, but with his own grip on reality slipping away, he knows that he’ll find what he’s hunting only if he confronts his own dark side....

—Hope Corrigan —Sarah Hannah Gómez The title served two purposes for me. We got a behind the scenes look at what it takes to create a television show and staying true to its initial vision. But we also got to peek behind the curtain, and see behind the scenes of Pierre and Logan’s life; the strength it takes to follow your dreams despite distractors disagreeing or saying you won’t make it....

That’s where our Riot Roundups come in! Our contributors are each sharing their favorite book they read in the least quarter. It wasn’t necessarily necessarily published then: some of these are backlist and some haven’t even come out yet. They represent a range of genres and age categories, so there’s something for everyone! Let’s jump in! —Chris M. Arnone —Liberty Hardy —Lucas Maxwell —Alison Doherty —Annika Barranti Klein —Margaret Kingsbury When struggling celebrity Bettie Hughes accidentally plays a vinyl of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” backwards, she summons Hall — a humanized spirit of the holidays....

I really love reading webcomics. They’re easy to access, and there are so many drawing styles and genres out there that you can surely find a story you love. Plus, they tend to be periodical, so you get a new taste of your favorite stories every week or so. It gives you something sweet and entertaining to look forward to! For today’s list, I decided to focus on slice-of-life webcomics from two platforms: Webtoon and Tapas....

Lionsgate, in particular, was quick to try and replicate its success with Veronica Roth’s bestselling Divergent trilogy, starring Shailene Woodley as its heroine. But by 2016, the trend suffered a severe burn out. The third film in the Divergent franchise underperformed at the box office and the final installment was never made, leaving Tris and Four’s story without a proper conclusion, much to the disappointment of dedicated book fans. Allegiant, for many, marked the end of the dystopian YA craze in Hollywood....

The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera An epic tale of gods and demons in an Asian-inspired fantasy world, this book is also not in the least bit shy about being a lesbian romance. This first book of the series is told through letters—and if you think that might stop things from getting as steamy as something marketed as fantasy rather than romance can, you’d be wrong. Beer: Brown Rice and Honey Ale from Spice Trade Brewing Company....

Still. Things have been rough and they still are. We don’t have definite end dates or start dates and limbo…limbo is the hardest place to be. It’s much easier to tolerate difficult times if they come with a hard stop date; people can do almost anything if they know it’s for X weeks or Y months. It’s much more difficult to persist if one doesn’t know how long they’re going to have to persist for, how long you’ll have to maintain your energy before you get a rest....

So I started reading around about the beginnings of literary steampunk and came across a whole bunch of guys but not very many women. So of course I asked my Riot colleagues and bookish twitter people who their favorite steampunk-writin’ women were, and they came back at me with a TON of names. So here are ten women whose steampunk fiction is burning up the book world. Enjoy, and prepare to see your TBR list grow by miles....

The titles here include stand alone titles, series books (marked in a *), books from well-known YA authors, debut authors, and books that’ll be blockbuster books as well as quieter titles. Both fiction and nonfiction are represented. This collection of summer 2019 YA books isn’t comprehensive, but it’s pretty darn close. Like always, these titles were pulled from a variety of publisher catalogs, and publication dates could shift slightly from what’s been listed....

Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo After a terrible accident, Raven moves to New Orleans in order to finish her senior year. But her memory has gaping holes—she remembers how to do certain things, but can’t remember the details that made up her personality. If she wants to recover those memories, she’ll have to face the terrifying truth about what happened, and who she’s lost. Out July 2...

Well, I’m happy to say that these days, a season and a half into the show’s run (and renewed for a third!), readers have not one but three current or very, very recent comics to choose from – and not only that, they’re all great. Check ‘em out: Supergirl: Rebirth by Steve Orlando, Emanuela Lupacchino, Brian Ching, Ray McCarthy, and Michael Atiyeh Supergirl was one of the last books to be launched from the Rebirth line, but it definitely turned out to be worth the wait....

First, let me apologize. Try as I might, I just couldn’t find a comfy reading nook chair under $50 to add to this list. Don’t fret, though, because I’ve picked out the perfect bookshelves, storage ottoman, and one of those all-too-essential reading lamps for readers on a budget. With that out of the way, let’s just say that most of these picks run a little…luxe. My goal here was to give you Dom Pérignon vibes on a Natural Light budget, and I think I’ve succeeded....

Plot and character matter. As much as I might like Mrs. Dalloway and think it is a signal work of English literature, I realize that a good portion of the reading public find its style daunting. So fairly readable plots and carefully realized characters matter. Timeliness is close to godliness. People already know about Catch-22, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, and so on. They’re out there; I think what people are really asking is “what would I like that maybe I don’t know about?...

I’m sure I was shown it in school. It’s an example of the censorship and the violent intolerance of Nazi Germany. It wasn’t until I was teaching myself, though, that I found out what books those are. This is outside the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin. It began in 1919, and it collected all kinds of materials on sexology, including pro-LGBT documents, images, and books. It was one of the first of its kind and was an invaluable trove of information, which people used to lobby for LGBT rights....

While I love classic books and incorporate those and, of course, Shakespeare in my classroom curriculum, my class is one that covers global issues, current events, and research writing. With that in mind, and seeing my students daily, I’ve started also incorporating some newer releases and plan to incorporate some upcoming books into my personal classroom library. While reading books such as the female-empowered, Argentine-based, and soccer-centered Furia, my students have told me they enjoyed reading these new stories, and some clamor for new books to read for extra credit and other assignments on a weekly basis....

Even if you’re not headed to a beach any time soon, these books are sure to put you in a beachy state of mind. All of these books are wonderfully readable and sure to take your mind off your everyday worries. No sand required. Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Reid tells a great story about a Fleetwood Mac–like rock band, their lyrics, and their internal dynamics, all in documentary-style format....

Some of them have been publishing for several years but have not had enough coverage until now. Some are just starting to write in the genre. The majority of them are prize-winning poets, while others are thriving on Instagram. No matter: these best new poets demonstrate that they can really capture hearts and minds in just a few strings of words. I hope that the aforementioned best new poets in this century satisfy your poetry cravings....

The answer to most of these questions is yes. And no. And even maybe. They need to be monumental in some way, sparking the flames of revolution and imagination, possibly at the same time. And ultimately, since this is my list, there’s subjectivity to it. There are some ground rules to this list. Any poet only gets one poem on this list. This makes for some difficult decisions picking which poem to include from many great poets....