Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Flatiron Books.
Poornima and Savitha have three strikes against them: they are poor, they are ambitious, and they are girls. This searing debut novel is for readers of Rupi Kaur, as it follows two friends from India to America, who are driven apart by circumstance but relentless in their search for one another.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, Mallory Ortberg. Published by Henry Holt.
From Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from Mallory’s popular “Children’s Stories Made Horrific” series, The Merry Spinster takes up the trademark wit that endeared Ortberg to readers of both The Toast and Mallory’s best-selling debut Texts From Jane Eyre. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children’s stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Everything is Horrible and Wonderful by Stephanie Wittels Wachs.
One phone call. That’s all it took to change Stephanie Wittels Wachs’ life forever. Her brother Harris, a star in the comedy world known for his work on shows like Parks and Recreation, had died of a heroin overdose.
In beautiful, unsentimental, and surprisingly funny prose, Stephanie Wittels Wachs alternates between her brother’s struggle with addiction, and the first year after his death, in all its emotional devastation. This compelling portrait of a comedic genius and a profound exploration of the love between siblings is A Year of Magical Thinking for a new generation of readers. It will make you laugh, cry, and wonder if that possum on the fence is really your brother’s spirit animal.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Flatiron Books.
My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me:
1. I’m in a coma.
2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore.
3. Sometimes I lie.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by The Reluctant Fortune-Teller by Keziah Frost, new from Park Row Books.
At seventy-three years old, Norbert Zelenka’s life on the sidelines has left him broke and alone. But when three strong-willed seniors decide to make him their latest project, he reluctantly agrees to their scheme: establishing himself as the town’s fortune-teller. As Norbert’s lonesome world expands, he finally finds a place where he belongs. But disaster looms on the horizon. When a troubled young woman goes missing after a reading, Norbert must find a strength beyond the cards to bring her home safely. The Reluctant Fortune-Teller is a poignant reminder that we’re never too old to learn new tricks.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.
Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.
But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.
Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.
Danger lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to control her powers and her growing feelings for an enemy.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Beneath the Surface by Lynn H. Blackburn and Revell Books, a Division of Baker Publishing Group.
Leigh Weston thought she’d left a troubled past behind when she moved back home to Carrington, North Carolina. But when dive team investigator Ryan Parker finds a body in the lake near her home, she fears the past hasn’t stayed where it belongs. Can Ryan find a way to protect her, and maybe win her heart in the process?
Award-winning author Lynn H. Blackburn grabs readers by the throat and doesn’t let go until the final heart-pounding page.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Flatiron Books.
Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Flatiron Books.
When five colleagues are forced to go on a corporate retreat in the wilderness, they reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking down the muddy path.
But one of the women doesn’t come out of the woods.
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by I Stop Somewhere by TE Carter.
Ellie Frias disappeared long before she vanished.
Tormented throughout middle school, Ellie begins her freshman year with a new look: she doesn’t need to be popular; she just needs to blend in with the wallpaper.
But when the unthinkable happens, Ellie finds herself trapped after a brutal assault. She wasn’t the first victim, and now she watches it happen again and again. She tries to hold on to her happier memories in order to get past the cold days, waiting for someone to find her.
The problem is, no one searches for a girl they never noticed in the first place.