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The Life and Stories of Frank O'Connor
“The bloody stars were all far away, and I was somehow very small and very lonely. And anything that ever happened to me after I never felt the same about again.” —Frank O’Connor, “Guests of the...
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Don't Miss the Next in Series: The Sunset Warrior Cycle by Eric Van Lustbader
Calling all martial arts fans! In honor of books 3 and 4 of the Sunset Warrior Cycle series launching this week, Eric Van Lustbader chatted with Riffle about The Sunset Warrior Cycle and other...
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Javier Moro and His Passion For India
Bestselling Spanish writer Javier Moro discusses what it’s like to write about India and to have his books challenged by one of the most powerful women in the world.Javier Moro is one of the most...
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Ignorance Is Bliss: Seven Utopian Dystopias
The film adaptation of The Giver, starring Hollywood heavyweights Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep, features a dystopian society in which suffering has been eliminated, safety is a given, and war is not...
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Read an Excerpt from Hook Up and Enter to Win a Copy of the Book
Our partner Warriors Publishing Group has just released Hook Up: A Novel of Fort Bragg. The book features everything from the rigors of barracks life to raucous off-post adventures to thrilling jump...
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Valerie Miner and the Female Community
“Miner is a writer of reach, audacity, range, uniquely important to understanding our time. . . . A poet of the city, the everyday urban life, she gives us its beat.” —Tillie OlsenFrom the outside,...
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Cozy Mysteries
Discover new authors and dive into the mysteries set in small idyllic towns in New England, hair salons in Florida, and a twelfth century abbey. Their day-jobs are as diverse as naturalist, ghost...
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Edgar Wallace, el hombre que inventó el thriller
Edgar Wallace fue uno de los escritores más populares del siglo XX y, con un impresionante record de 130 novelas, uno de los más prolíficos sin lugar a dudas. En la cúspide de su carrera profesional,...
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Leaning in to a New View of Equality
To help us celebrate Women's Equality Day, Taylor Marsh, author of The Sexual Education of a Beauty Queen shares with us her thoughts on women's rights, feminism, and the inspiration she found from...
View ArticleA Company Called Piggly Wiggly
What does Bill Gates have in common with Piggly Wiggly? Well . . . it’s a bit of a stretch, but both are linked to the bestselling book Business Adventures, a collection of 1960s New Yorker essays...
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Into the Canadian Wilds with Eden Robinson
When Eden Robinson first released her debut novel, Monkey Beach, it was met with nearly universal acclaim. A member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations, Robinson was one of the first female...
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The Greatest of Truths from David Lipsky
“I never had to fake emotion with our mother. There was something so brave about her, in her dealing solely with our fractured family.” —David Lipsky, The Art Fair You may have heard of David Lipsky...
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Literary Lives
Anne Lamott humorously describes the life of a writer in her book Bird by Bird: “Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be...
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Book Club Guide and Recommendations Series: September Sale
Best Picks for Book Club Discussions: Banned, Challenged, and Censored BooksWelcome to our series on book clubs! At the beginning of every month, we’ll present our top recommendations for your club, as...
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September Ebooks Under $2.99
Fall is here, and so are a dozen ebooks newly priced at $2.99 or less. The September selection of historical fiction, thrillers, memoir, military history, and children’s literature will transport...
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Sexy Fiction: The Sordid History and Shocking Future of Transgressive Fiction
Although the term “transgressive fiction” was coined a mere 20 years ago by critic Michael Silverblatt, this mode of shocking storytelling is contemporaneous with civilization, and in fact the very...
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Announcing Open Road's Armchair Meme Contest!
Remember in college when you read through a long passage of Being and Nothingness and really wanted a break—just something to uplift your spirits amidst Jean-Paul Sartre’s bleak reality? Maybe you...
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Essential Guides to Help You Ease Back into the School Year
Headed back to school? Make your life easier with these short guides to help you navigate your course load! Whether it’s your first year or your last, everyone can use a little help getting back into...
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Need Your Outlander Fix? 8 Books to Satisfy Your Craving
STARZ’s series Outlander follows Claire Randall, a married combat nurse in 1945 who is magically swept back to 1743 and forced to marry a young Scottish warrior. This brand-new series has already...
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Voices of Adolescence
“Young children seem to be learning who to share this toy with and figure out how it works, while adolescents seem to be exploring some very deep and profound questions: how should this society work?...
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