This week on the bookish internet

Are books essential during a pandemic? Ephrat Livni asks booksellers. (Quartz)
It is surprisingly easy to get white supremacist materials published on Amazon. (ProPublica)
Veronica Roth reflects on optimism and pessimism and writing dystopias and science fiction. (LitHub)
Kristina Pino writes in praise of unreliable narrators. (Book Riot)
Emily Temple rounds up 40 great literary adaptations to watch, in case we need a break from reading all those gigantic books people seem to be tackling at the moment. (LitHub)