New Paperbacks You Don’t Want to Miss
As we look ahead to the winter and colder days keeping us inside, we’re looking forward to plenty of new…
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A Very Bad Emperor Indeed: An Exclusive Guest Post from Mary Beard, Author of Emperor of Rome
Discover how Mary Beard’s least favorite Roman emperor was one of the starting points for her newest book, Emperor of…
And the Winner Is: 2023 Hugo Awards Edition
Best Series: Hard to believe that Tchaikovsky’s epic space opera saga fits into only three volumes — it’s the perrect…
History Shapes How We Move Through the World: Reading Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward — two-time winner of the National Book Award and 2017 MacArthur Fellow (the “Genius Grant”) — is one…
13 Cookbooks You Need This Fall
Whether you’re looking to feed yourself, test new menus for upcoming holiday meals or gift your favorites to friends and…
15 Christmas Books for Adults to Get You in the Holiday Spirit
Who doesn’t love a good holiday romance story? After all, there’s a reason we binge watch Hallmark & Lifetime movies all season…
I Have the Best Job: A Guest Post by Audiobook Narrator Rebecca Soler
I have the best job. I’m a voracious reader and actress that gets to marry my two loves into the…
Hold Your Cards Close — One Dark Window, Two Twisted Crowns and the Deck of Providence Cards: An Exclusive Guest Post from Rachel Gillig, Author of Two Twisted Crowns
Read this guest post from Rachel Gillig about the magic system she created in the Shepherd King duology.
50 of Our Favorite Paranormal Romance Novels
Heroes with fangs or fur, heroines who can singe your eyebrows off with a wicked fireball, and evil villains bent…
Beneath the Still Surface of a Small Town: An Exclusive Guest Post from Adrienne Young, Author of The Unmaking of June Farrow
Don’t miss this guest post from Adrienne Young about what draws her to setting her stories in small towns and…
The Road to A Really Good Life
We used to believe a lie. Maybe you know it: The lie that we’ll find fulfillment once we’ve achieved a…
I’m a More is More Person: 5 Questions with Molly Baz, author of More Is More
We asked Molly Baz, author of More Is More, 5 questions about what first drew her to cooking and the…
Make Your Reading Even More Rewarding
Is there anything better than surrounding yourself with books and ideas and fellow readers? Anything better than filling a tote…
Writing is About Paying Attention: An Exclusive Guest Post from Kate DiCamillo, Author of The Puppets of Spelhorst
Read this guest post from Kate DiCamillo about how she uses the world around her to write stories.
Literary Graphic Novels to Add to Your Library
Curious about graphic novels but not exactly sure which one to read first? From a fictional diary inspired by B-movies…
Doing What Feels Authentic to the Characters: 5 Questions with Kerri Maniscalco, Author of Throne of the Fallen
Read this Q&A with Kerri Maniscalco as she answers our questions about extends the world of her beloved YA series…
The Supernatural and the Disquieting: 7 Horror Novels to Read Right Now
Whether you’re looking for stories that will only make your skin crawl or ones that will scare you out of…
And the Winner is… (Nobel Prize for Literature Edition)
The Swedish Academy’s mandate for the Nobel Prize in Literature is simple, with the annual prize going to a writer…
Writing Into the Intimate Moments: 5 Questions with Ariel Djanikian, Author of The Prospectors, Our October Book Club Pick
Ariel Djanikian answers our questions about what she hoped to accomplish when writing The Prospectors.
National Book Award Finalists 2023
Drumroll please… This is a big day for books and writers and readers — this year’s crop of National Book…