Perhaps one of the defining features of Book Riot, the online book review site, is its indifference to the distinctions between "highbrow" and "lowbrow." Here book lovers will find intricate perlustrations of 19th century French dramatists next to peppy lineups of the best summer beach reads. Genres covered include Children's, Classics, Feminism, Poetry, and over a dozen others. With more than 20 unique columns, readers can browse musings on the week's most exciting books (Fresh Ink), view thematic selections from select authors (Reading Pathways), or even participate in The Ultimate Book Trivia Challenge (Quizzes). The site even offers its own weekly podcast, with a backlog of over 100 episodes at the time of this writing. In addition to all of those enticements, the site donates two percent of its revenue to literacy-related nonprofits.
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