Zero to Well-Read
Book Riot, Rebecca SchinskyPart book club, part English class.
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In Praise of a Personal Syllabus
One of the great paradoxes—and great pleasures—of becoming an expert1 is how routinely you are reminded of the gaps in your knowledge. I’ve read a lot of books, sure, but there are whole corners of the literary world I know nothing about. M...
What a Difference a Year Makes
It’s been one year—56 episodes, 43 books, 1.1 million downloads—to the day since Zero to Well-Read launched, and I feel like I should have something profound to say.
Spending the last year deeply engaged with the Great Books has certainly...
The Past is Never Far
I’m having a lot of encounters with nostalgia these days, mostly due to the fact that seemingly every band that ever meant something to me is touring again. Over the last couple years, I’ve been lucky to reencounter many of the artists that...
Announcing Our Next Guided Read-Along
We’ve been eagerly awaiting Zoe Kazan’s miniseries adaptation of East of Eden, and it just got an October 1 release date. (We promise, the read-alongs won’t always be tied to adaptations, but who could resist the one-two punch of Homer and...
Reading Dystopia as an Act of Hope
Sci-fi hits different when you’re actually living in the times predicted in the pages of the great books. I’ve run into this twice recently: first with Fahrenheit 451 and Bradbury’s prophetic vision of a screen-obsessed culture that volunta...
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Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America, and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
Chief of Staff at Book Riot, co-host of Zero to Well-Read and the Book Riot Podcast.
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