Fiction
The Starless Sea Is an Intricate Metafictional Fantasy from Erin Morgenstern
Eight years on from the release of her beloved debut The Night Circus—a sumptuous, circus-set period fantasy about tragic love and…
8 Books to Read if You Loved The Testaments, September’s B&N Book Club Selection
The Barnes & Noble Book Club selection for September, Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, picks up more than 15 years after…
7 Author Pseudonyms That Were Cracked—and 6 That Haven’t Been (Yet)
Author have chosen to publish novels under a pseudonym for many reasons—a chance to work in a different genre without…
9 Books to Read if You Loved Inland, August’s B&N Book Club Selection
The Barnes & Noble Book Club selection for August, Téa Obreht’s Inland, combines magical, mystical elements with historical fiction set…
What Hints Does Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale Give Us About Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments?
Last month, Barnes & Noble stores across the country hosted the first in a series of Cafe Meetups where fans…
Why Stephen King Is an Unlikely Crime Fiction Grandmaster
It’s understandable if you still think ‛horror’ when you hear the name ‛Stephen King.’ He single-handedly established horror as a…
The Bride Test, and 5 More Books with Differently Wired Protagonists
I fell hard for Hoang’s debut romance, The Kiss Quotient, a genderbent retelling of Pretty Woman that featured an autistic heroine and a…
Show Her You Know Her With These Perfect Mother’s Day Book Picks
One of the beautiful things about mothers is that no two are alike. Of course, that can make yours incredibly…
How Many of These 10 Bestselling Novels of All Time Have You Read?
I don’t have the exact numbers in front of me, but approximately more than eight kajillion books have been published…
Sarah Skilton’s Fame Adjacent, and 7 More Books about Fame
This week marks the release of my romantic comedy Fame Adjacent, about the only cast member of a 1990s song-and-dance…
15 Newly Translated Novels You Need to Read in 2019
It’s easy to fall into the trap of reading nothing but American authors—maybe with a few Brits mixed in for…
March’s Best New Fiction
This month brings us tales of witches, espionage, and a Downton Abbey-esque love triangle, as well as an oral history of…
Your Reading List for the Return of The Magicians
It’s official: Lev Grossman’s fantastic book series The Magicians has inspired one of the best adaptations on television. The series…