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It’s this: don’t get too hung up on the hot-off-the-press buzzy books
If you’re steeped in BookTok or Bookstagram, or you’re a professional book nerd — a bookseller,
You might want to be part of the conversation about the new books; you might want the
And sometimes, the allure of other people’s enthusiasm is impossible to resist
But here’s the thing: just because a book is new, that doesn’t mean it’s
And because there are only a limited number of hours in a day, the more of the
In 2020, with everything else going on, I leaned heavily into that: I wasn’t going to make
I’m still surrounded with a lot of book enthusiasts, and I’m lucky enough to get
And more recently, I dragged myself out of a reading slump with The Hating Game by Sally
I asked my fellow Book Rioters what backlist books (books published before 2022) they’ve enjoyed this year
Does a book need conflict? I’ve never thought so, and the Laid-Back Camp manga series I
They don’t argue, except to good-naturedly tease each other
It’s cozy and calming, like the book equivalent of ASMR, and I cannot get enough of
I’ve read 11 volumes so far this year, and I wish there were a hundred more
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Skye Shin is a Korean American teenager whose dream is to become a K-pop star, so she
But in 2022 I discovered Dracula Daily, a Substack that delivers a chunk of the novel to your
Since Dracula is an epistolary novel, this delivery method gives it the feeling of receiving updates from
More importantly, the book went semi-viral this year, especially on Tumblr, which became a massive, quirky book
It was a fantastic entry into the world of Louise Erdrich (who herself is kind of a
This is the first book I’ve seen on queer Utah history, and I loved the photos
There were stories and movements I’ve never really heard told here
It made me even more interested in learning about local queer history in greater depth
It’s an interesting combination of memoir, public history, and social treatise, and it hits just right
And of course, the amount of history we just weren’t taught in the American school system
It’s an absolute must read for anyone, whether you’re a history person or not
I absolutely loved this book, which explores the concept of “wintering,” or embracing the qualities of the
Given that winter is here, this is a superb book for December or January
I’ve read several of Butler’s other books, but this one felt very different in style
On the day of Dana’s 26th birthday in 1976, she’s bizarrely transported to a pre–Civil
She saves his life and almost immediately finds herself back in her time
It’s a thought-provoking, brilliant book that shows exactly why Octavia E