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Win a Copy of THE LANGUAGE OF THORNS By Leigh Bardugo!

 

We have 10 copies of The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo to give away to 10 Riot readers!

Inspired by myth, folklore, and fairy tale, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo has crafted a deliciously atmospheric collection of short stories filled with betrayals, revenge, sacrifice, and love.

Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans, the tales in The Language of Thorns will transport you to lands both familiar and strange—to a fully realized world of dangerous magic that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse.

Go here to enter for a chance to win a copy, or just click the cover image below!

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Our Biggest Giveaway Ever: Win a $500 Barnes & Noble Shopping Spree!

 

Here it is. The biggest giveaway we’ve ever done. Imagine strolling into your local B&N with 500 big ones to blow. Or settling in with a cup of tea and your laptop and filling an online shopping cart with…well whatever you want. Big fall novels. Non-fiction winter reads. Gifts for whomever you are shopping for. That’s what a $500 gift card to Barnes & Noble can do. 

Thanks to Bookperk, we’ll be randomly drawing one winner to shop to their book-loving heart’s content.

Entries will be open until November 21st, 2017 at 11:59pm Eastern. Open to US residents. Winner will be randomly selected via entered email and will have 72 hours to respond before a new winner is selected.

(Also, we have another nice giveaway you might like running through September 30th: win a $250 Amazon gift card. Enter here for that one). 

Ok, that’s it for the formalities. I hope you win. Yes you. Click here to enter, or just click the photo below. Good luck!

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GIVEAWAY: A YEAR’S WORTH OF EXCELLENT LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION

 

We’re giving away a year’s worth of great books in translation!

Have you met Open Letter? They’re the University of Rochester’s literary arm, doing the good work of publishing excellent international literature translated into English. They produce ten books a year, and also run the annual Best Translated Book Award (for which I have been a judge). Famously, only 3% of books published in the US every year are books in translation (and less than half of those are by women)—Open Letter is here to help change that number and to give us all damn fine books to read from the world over. And we’re giving away a year-long subscription to their press!

Entries are open worldwide and will be accepted until 11:59pm, Sunday, October 1st. Winner will be randomly selected.

Go here to enter, or just click on the image below. Good luck!

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Win a Fiction Audiobook Prize Pack!

 

10 lucky winners will each receive one prize pack with the following (physical CD) copies: The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve, Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown, and The Shark Club by Ann Kidd Taylor.

With fall ramping up, it’s back to juggling busy school and work schedules with social engagements like date nights, yoga with friends, and book club. Luckily, you can listen to your book clubs next pick so you can stay on top of it all.

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OUTLANDER Series to End Finally…Probably: Today in Books for September 23rd, 2017

 

Diana Gabaldon Says Outlander is Over…Probably

In an interview last week, Outlander series author Diana Gabaldon said that she knows exactly how the last book will end and that it will probably be at the end of book 10. Apparently, a mysterious incident in the first book is the key to the story’s finale, so Outlander fans, rev your conjecture engines.

Kenneth Branagh Will Narrate New Audiobook Version of Murder on the Orient Express

As part of the run-up to the release of his new film adaptation of Christie’s most famous work, Kenneth Branagh will record a new narration of Murder on the Orient Express. The new version will be available on October 19th, just a few weeks before the film premieres on November 10th.

A Deep Dive into the Archive

The Village Voice has a great profile of the archives of the New York Public Library, featuring the so-called “most interested man in the world.” It would seem that the rising tide of interesting paper document produced over the last few centuries has led to a glut of collected, and largely unprocessed, information. The work of archivists might be among the most important least heralded anywhere.

 


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Giveaway: Penguin Teen Game Changers

 

As hard as it may be to believe, it was 50 years ago that the iconic novel, The Outsiders, was published. It was a game-changing moment that essentially launched the Young Adult genre. Penguin Young Readers is proud to have been on this YA ride from the beginning and is thrilled to present our Penguin Teen Game-Changers collection, highlighting five stellar novels that are sure to transform the YA scene this fall. Titles include Marie Lu’s Warcross; Kristin Cashore’s Jane, Unlimited; Stephanie Perkins’s There’s Someone Inside Your House; Peter Bognanni’s Things I’m Seeing Without You, and Julie C. Dao’s Forest of a Thousand Lanterns.

Five (5) winners will each get a box of books called “Game-Changers!” Titles include WarcrossJane, UnlimitedThere’s Someone Inside Your HouseThings I’m Seeing Without You and Forest of a Thousand Lanterns.

Go here to enter for a chance to win, or just click the image of the prize below. Good luck!

 

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Win a Stack of 12 Great Books to Fill Your Nightstand!

 

The last episode of Season 1 of Book Riot’s podcast series, Annotated, was released last week. We’ve been pitching it as a sort of This American Life…but for books–it’s a scripted audio-documentary series about book related topics ranging from The World’s Most Glamorous Librarian to Why Do So Many People Care About The Oxford Comma? Basically, if you like either books or podcasts, you’re going to like it.

You can subscribe to Annotated in Apple PodcastsGoogle Play, or in your podcast player of choice.

Hachette was our amazing sponsor for Season 1, and they are giving away three stack of 12 great books to commemorate the season.

You can go here for a chance to win, or just click the image below that shows what books are included in the giveaway. Good luck!

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Win a Copy of THE THING WITH FEATHERS by McCall Hoyle!

 

We have 10 copies of The Thing With Feathers by McCall Hoyle to give away to 10 Riot readers!

Here’s what it’s all about:

Emilie Day believes in playing it safe: she’s homeschooled, and she’s probably the only girl on the Outer Banks of North Carolina who can’t swim.

Then Emilie’s mom enrolls her in public school, and Emilie goes from studying at home in her pj’s to halls full of strangers. To make matters worse, Emilie is paired with starting point guard Chatham York for a major research project on Emily Dickinson. She should be thrilled when Chatham shows interest, but she has a problem: she hasn’t told anyone about her epilepsy. Will she withdraw to safety or follow a dead poet’s advice and “dwell in possibility?”

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Penguin Drop Caps Giveaway: Pick Your 3 Favorites!

 

One of my goals in life is to own the complete set of the Penguin Drop Caps. For those unfamiliar, this is an A-Z selection of rainbow-colored modern and canonical classics.

And so that you can live out MY dreams, we’re giving away three of the Drop Caps of your choice to one winner.

Go here to enter for a chance to win, or just click on that magnificent image below. Good luck!

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Win a Copy of THE INDIGO GIRL by Natasha Boyd!

 

Ten (10) winners get physical copies of both Loved by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast and The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd, and audiobook downloads for both books as well!

Here’s what the books are all about:

THE INDIGO GIRL

The year is 1739. Eliza Lucas is sixteen years old when her father leaves her in charge of their family’s three plantations in rural South Carolina and then proceeds to bleed the estates dry in pursuit of his military ambitions. Upon hearing how much the French pay for indigo dye, Eliza believes it’s the key to their salvation. But everyone tells her it’s impossible, and no one will share the secret to making it. She is thwarted at nearly every turn, even by her own family,

So begins an incredible story of love, dangerous and hidden friendships, ambition, betrayal, and sacrifice.

and….

LOVED

It’s Zoey’s eighteenth birthmas and the Nerd Herd has been scattered across the country busily adulting for almost a year when Stark calls them back to Tulsa to surprise Z. But all is not well in T-town. Strange, dark signs are appearing—could it be possible Neferet is stirring? Not willing to chance disaster striking again, Zoey calls on her newly reunited friends to circle with her and add a layer of protection over Neferet’s grotto jail. Easy-peasy, right?

Wrong. Nothing at the House of Night is ever as it seems. With rabid red vampyres closing in, Zoey and the Nerd Herd must come together again and battle evil. But a year is a long time. Have these old friends grown too far apart?

 

Go here to be entered for a chance to win, or just click the image of both covers below. Good luck!