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Win an iPad and Year’s Worth of Audiobooks!

Post author By Jeff O'Neal
Post date June 6, 2017

Enter the Penguin Random House Audio sweeps to help “Transform Your Commute! We all know commuting can be stressful, so why not take that time on your way home to unwind with a good audiobook?

Visit TryAudiobooks.com/commute to download your free audio copy of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and be entered to win the Grand Prize of an iPad and a year’s worth of audiobooks for your commuting pleasure!

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Enter between 6/01/17 and 6/30/17. Open to US residents, 18 and older. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. See Official Rules (http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/commute-rules/) for full details.

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Riot Rundown

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Post author By Devin Service
Post date June 6, 2017

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Flatiron Books.

A bitingly funny, hugely entertaining novel in which a fractured family from the Chicago suburbs must gather in London for their eldest daughter’s marriage to an upper-crust Englishman, proving that the harder we strain against the ties that bind, the tighter they hold us close.

The Stack

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Post author By Devin Service
Post date June 6, 2017

Today’s The Stack is sponsored by Brave, by Svetlana Chmakova.

Svetlana Chmakova’s Awkward was an instant hit with middle grade readers in 2015, being named one of YALSA’s Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2016 and earning an Eisner nomination in the Best Publications for Teens category. Now Chmakova returns to the halls of Berrybrook Middle School, hot on the heels of this success, with Brave!

The Goods

Father’s Day tee sale

Post author By Rebecca Joines Schinsky
Post date June 5, 2017

New Books

First Tuesday in June New Books Megalist!

Post author By Liberty Hardy
Post date June 5, 2017

YAY, NEW BOOK DAY! It’s the first Tuesday of the month, which means there’s a HUGE amount of new titles out today. I’ve got a big, sexy list for you below. And you can hear about several of these books on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Rebecca and I talked about a few amazing books we loved, such as She Rides Shotgun, The Art of Living, and Magpie Murders.

This week’s newsletter is sponsored by The Possible by Tara Altebrando.

From the author of The Leaving comes another twisty psychological suspense thriller. It’s been thirteen years since Kaylee’s biological mother, Crystal, once infamous for her supposed telekinetic ability, got a life sentence for killing Kaylee’s little brother in a fit of telekinetic rage. Today, Kaylee’s living a normal life with her adoptive parents until a woman shows up on Kaylee’s doorstep, asking to interview her for a podcast. Was the whole telekinesis thing a hoax, or does Crystal have some kind of special powers? Is it possible that Kaylee has them, too?

Cockfosters: Stories by Helen Simpson

The Lake and the Lost Girl by Jacquelyn Vincenta

City Mouse by Stacey Lender

Small Treasons by Mark Powell

A Boy of China: In Search of Mao’s Lost Son by Richard Loseby

A Dark So Deadly by Stuart MacBride

It’s Always About the Food by Monday Morning Cooking Club

We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman

The Owl Always Hunts at Night: A Novel by Samuel Bjork

How to Be a Muslim: An American Story by Haroon Moghul

In Darwin’s Room (Penguin Poets) by Debora Greger

Marlene Dietrich: The Life by Maria Riva

Disasters in the First World: Stories by Olivia Clare

If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating (Relating to and Communicating with Others) by Alan Alda

DIS MEM BER and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates

Storied Bars of New York: Where Literary Luminaries Go to Drink by Delia Cabe

Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou, Helen Stevenson (Translator)

How to Survive a Summer by Nick White

Liberty: The Spy Who (Kind of) Liked Me by Andrea Portes

Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser

He Said / She Said by Erin Kelly

Would Everybody Please Stop?: Reflections on Life and Other Bad Ideas by Jenny Allen

The Possible by Tara Altebrando

The Party by Robyn Harding

Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy

This Impossible Light by Lily Myers

Camino Island by John Grisham

Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World’s Oceans by Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.)

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

You’ll Never Know, Dear by Hallie Ephron

Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of English Slang by Max Décharné

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

Weird in a World That’s Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures by Jennifer Romolini

If Found…Please Return to Elise Gravel by Elise Gravel

Final Demand by Deborah Moggach

Alexander Outland: Space Pirate by Gini Koch

Fully Connected: Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Overload by Julia Hobsbawm

I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart

Fly Me by Daniel Riley

Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee

She Rides Shotgun: A Novel Jordan Harper

The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

The Sunshine Sisters by Jane Green

The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente, Annie Wu (Illustrator)

Once and For All by Sarah Dessen

Dividing Eden by Joelle Charbonneau

The Himalayan Codex: An R. J. MacCready Novel by Bill Schutt, J. R. Finch

Dear Cyborgs by Eugene Lim

The Last Kid Left by Rosecrans Baldwin

Twist: Creative Ideas to Reinvent Your Baking by Martha Collison

Indecent Exposure (A Stone Barrington Novel) by Stuart Woods

The Moment of Truth by Damian McNicholl

Shiver Hitch by Linda Greenlaw

The Kill Society: A Sandman Slim Novel by Richard Kadrey

Quickening Fields (Penguin Poets) by Pattiann Rogers

Crown of Stars: Book II of the Night Song Trilogy by Sophie Jaff

Lonesome Lies Before Us by Don Lee

The Answers by Catherine Lacey

Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness

You Belong to Me by Colin Harrison

Wolf on a String by Benjamin Black

Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords by Steve Tribe

Good Karma by Christina Kelly

Making Rent in Bed-Stuy: A Memoir of Trying to Make It in New York City by Brandon Harris

Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash

Cottonmouths by Kelly J. Ford

Vacation Guide to the Solar System: Science for the Savvy Space Traveler! by Olivia Koski and Jana Grcevich

Here Lies Daniel Tate by Cristin Terrill

Ultimate Glory: Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth by David Gessner

Slow Boat by Hideo Furukawa, David Boyd (Translator)

In Search of the Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea by Danny Goldberg

The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now by Thich Nhat Hanh

Dating You / Hating You by Christina Lauren

The Gypsy Moth Summer by Julia Fierro

Adventures in Starry Kitchen: 88 Asian-Inspired Recipes from America’s Most Famous Underground Restaurant by Nguyen Tran

Grim Expectations by KW Jeter

The Rebellion’s Last Traitor by Nik Korpon

The Broken Ones: (Prequel to the Malediction Trilogy) by Danielle L. Jensen

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Hunch: Turn Your Everyday Insights Into The Next Big Thing by Bernadette Jiwa

Small Treasons by Mark Powell

The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami (Author), Allison Markin Powell (Translator)

Psyched Up: How the Science of Mental Preparation Can Help You Succeed by Daniel McGinn

The Chase: A Novel of Romantic Suspense (The Icon Trilogy) by Vanessa Fewings

The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tales of Life on the Road by Finn Murphy

The Shark Club by Ann Kidd Taylor

Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination by Herb Boyd

Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker

The People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder

Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle Over Civil Rights by Steven Levingston

A Fugitive in Walden Woods by Norman Lock

The Whole Way Home: A Novel by Sarah Creech

Everybody’s Son by Thrity Umrigar

Grief Cottage by Gail Godwin

The Crime Writer by Jill Lawson

Perennials by Mandy Berman

ME by Tomoyuki Hoshino (Author), Charles De Wolf (Translator)

The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly (paperback)

These Heroic, Happy Dead: Stories by Luke Mogelson (paperback)

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn (paperback)

Rich and Pretty by Ruman Alam (paperback)

Siricusa by Delia Ephron (paperback)

Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith

The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

That’s it for me today – time to get back to reading! If you want to learn more about books new and old (and see lots of pictures of my cats, Millay and Steinbeck), or tell me about books you’re reading, or books you think I should read (I HEART RECOMMENDATIONS!), you can find me on Twitter at MissLiberty, on Instagram at FranzenComesAlive, or L itsy under ‘Liberty’!

Stay rad,

Liberty

Giveaways

Win WILDMAN by J.C. Geiger!

Post author By Jeff O'Neal
Post date June 5, 2017

We have 10 copies of Wildman by J.C. Geiger to give away to 10 Riot readers!

Here’s what it’s all about:

When Lance’s ’93 Buick breaks down in the middle of nowhere, he tells himself Don’t panic. After all, he’s valedictorian of his class. First-chair trumpet player. Scholarship winner. Nothing can stop Lance Hendricks.

But the locals don’t know that. They don’t even know his name. Stuck in a small town, Lance could be anyone: a delinquent, a traveler, a maniac. One of the townies calls him Wildman, and a new world opens up. Lance finds himself drifting farther from home and closer to a girl who makes him feel a way he’s never felt before—like himself.

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

This Week In Books

Tiny House Bookstore Serves French Readers: This Week in Books

Post author By Sharifah Williams
Post date June 4, 2017

I Will Never Stop Eating Up Bookish Tiny Houses

Yup. Can’t stop won’t stop, so thank you to French firm La Maison Qui Chemin, for giving us a drool-worthy tiny house bookstore–although those of us who do not live close enough to La librairie itinérante (the traveling bookstore) can only enjoy a virtual experience courtesy of the gallery included in the article. The tiny house bookseller, Jean-Jacques, plans to wander all over France, visiting places that don’t have bookstores. Rioter Kelly Jensen said she realized her dream to bring tiny house bookstores to America, and I fully and selfishly support this idea. Please make it happen, Someone Anyone.

First Chinese Woman to Win Hugo Featured in Audi Commercial

It’s interesting to see a Sci-Fi author in a celebrity role, and I must say, the commercial Hao Jingfang (author of Folding Beijing, translated by the ubiquitous Ken Liu) headlines is visually impressive and plays my Blade Runner and Inception loving heart like a fiddle. It’s nice to see her gaining recognition beyond the book world because she deserves it, and because it will hopefully give her work and other works in translation more global exposure. I’ve also heard rumor that Folding Beijing will be adapted into a film, so look out for it!

All the Hypotheses about the Most Misspelled Words in America

My brain is determined to employ pseudo-psychology to find a correlation between regional culture and each state’s most misspelled word. Quit now, brain. Google released a new spelling map showing each U.S. state’s most Googled word for its spelling. I will never get over that Wisconsin is Wisconsin’s word. The map was released in honor of the 90th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee–I’ve made a date with YouTube to watch it all. Let’s scatter those spelling geniuses across the states on tutoring missions.

And the Award for Coolest Dad Goes To…

Daniel Radosh–not because he’s the Daily Show head writer but because he wrote the perfect letter in response to a request from his son’s school to sign a permission slip allowing his child to read Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451…because swearing or whatever. Here’s a tasty snippet of his response to be getting on with: “It’s easy enough to read the book and say, ‘This is crazy. It could never really happen,’ but pretending to present students at the start with what seems like a totally reasonable ‘first step’ is a really immersive way to teach them how insidious censorship can be I’m sure that when the book club is over and the students realize the true intent of this letter they’ll be shocked at how many of them accepted it as an actual permission slip.”

Thanks to Bookclubbish.com, publisher of Not A Sound by Heather Gudenkauf, for sponsoring this week’s newsletter.

When a tragic accident leaves nurse Amelia Winn deaf, she spirals into a depression that ultimately causes her to lose everything that matters—her job, her husband, David, and her stepdaughter, Nora. Now, two years later and with the help of her hearing dog, Stitch, she is finally getting back on her feet. But when she discovers the body of a fellow nurse in the dense bush by the river, deep in the woods near her cabin, she is plunged into a disturbing mystery that could shatter the carefully reconstructed pieces of her life all over again.

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REDUX: May Your TBRs Grow Longer: A Round-Up of YA Talk at Book Riot This Month

Post author By 4956wpczar
Post date June 4, 2017

Happy end-of-May, YA fans!

This week’s “What’s Up in YA?” is sponsored by We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson from Simon Pulse.

From the “author to watch” (Kirkus Reviews) of The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes a novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether the world is worth saving.

Is it me or has it felt like May has been the never-ending month? Let’s take this US holiday for the opportunity to catch up on all of the YA happenings on Book Riot this last month.

We’re putting a bird in the title of these YA books.
While this round-up of non-traditional hero/heroines isn’t entirely YA, YA characters have some great representation here.
YA Star Wars novelizations. Moderately related: did you know there’s a Runaways novelization coming?
Priya sat down and talked with YA author Scott Westerfeld about his new comic The Spill Zone, as well as a bunch of other juicy topics.
Did you see the cover reveal for Whitney Gardner’s sophomore novel, Chaotic Good? Because it’s [insert fire emoji].
I love a good book list, and this look at YA books that explore gentrification is a *good* book list.
Continuing with the theme of tough topics done well in YA, a few books that dig into sex trafficking.
How could you not love a good rebel poet? Yash highlights a few of her favorite YA renegade poets.
I do love YA sports novels, even for sports that aren’t necessarily my personal favorites. There’s something about the tension of athletics and adolescence that works really well for my reading tastes. Perhaps that’s why as soon as I finished A Season of Daring Greatly, about a girl who is the first draft pick to the major league for baseball, I needed to put together a list of books featuring girls who love playing baseball.
And let’s end this month’s collection of links with a look at YA novels about first love.

Before signing off, let’s take a moment to dig into the past. A few links from Mays gone by at Book Riot with a YA focus.

On sex, YA books, and hiding reading from my mom.
Books you’ll ship . . . because they’re set on boats.
On reading YA with a lisp and the power of representation.
Ashlie talks about how she wishes she’d met these three fat YA heroines sooner.
YA novels that owe their inspiration to Peter Pan.
Looking for interracial queer YA romance? Gotcha covered.
Have you read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and want more books kind of like it? Here’s a list of ‘em. Related: if you love this book, make sure Alexie’s memoir You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me, out next month, is on your radar. It’s not YA but does talk a lot about Alexie’s youth and experiences that shaped True Diary.
Some humor and light: three subgenres of YA that should exist.

A couple of weeks ago, I asked at the very end of a newsletter for readers to share their dream politician-author pairing (in honor of the Bill Clinton-James Patterson novel). There were a few responses, but these two were probably my favorites. The first needs no explanation; the second explanation only makes the pairing even stronger.

Harvey Milk & Bill Konigsberg.
President Theodore Roosevelt hook up with Leigh Bardugo: President Roosevelt likes adventure. His adventures in the Amazon and Africa are well known. According to his biographer, Theodore Roosevelt read countless number of books in one sitting.

Thanks for hanging this week, YA Rioters. We’ll see you again next Monday, when we’ll finally be able to sing the famed Carousel jingle.

— Kelly Jensen, @veronikellymars, currently reading & loving Aftercare Instructions by Bonnie Pipkin

Riot Rundown

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Post author By Devin Service
Post date June 4, 2017

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Epic Reads.

Darcy hooks up, gets drunk, lies to her mom, and smokes. Because of this, her small town in rural Maine labels her “trashy,” “easy,” and “slutty.” What she’s doing isn’t any different from what the guys in her town do, yet she’s the only one who gets flack for it.
But the fun is what’s been keeping Darcy’s mind off the things she wants to forget: a disturbing secret she shares with her cousin Nell, the mysterious disappearance of her ex-best friend, and that hazy Fourth of July party that ended with Darcy drunk and unsure of what exactly happened.

Giveaways

Win a Copy of SISTER, SISTER by Sue Fortin!

Post author By Jeff O'Neal
Post date June 3, 2017

We have 10 copies of Sister, Sister by Sue Fortin to give away to 10 Riot readers!

Here’s what it’s all about:

From the USA Today bestselling author comes a brand new psychological thriller…

Alice: Beautiful, kind, manipulative, liar.

Clare: Intelligent, loyal, paranoid, jealous.

Clare thinks Alice is a manipulative liar who is trying to steal her life.

Alice thinks Clare is jealous of her long-lost return and place in their family.

One of them is telling the truth. The other is a maniac.

Two sisters. One truth.

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