13 Inspiring and Heroic Books that Live on Leslie Knope’s Bookshelf
Some facts about our favorite Parks and Recreation character’s book-nerd lifestyle that are probably true: Leslie Knope’s books are organized by color…
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A Book for (Nearly) Every Kind of Sibling
Very few relationships exist from day one, and part of the fun of being an adult is the fact that…
7 Great Books for People Who Love Modern Family
It’s kinda fun liking something a lot of other people like. We call it popular culture for a reason, right? Popularity…
A Book Nerd’s Perfect Day at the Bookstore
If we had our druthers, bookstores would be open 24 hours a day, like all the best diners. They’d also…
A Definitive List of Books for All Vacation Occasions
It’s already July 23, and we need to have a talk: Have you taken a summer vacation yet? Seriously…have you?…
Musical Theater Geeks & Book Nerds Unite: 8 Literary Musicals to Swoon For
Fangirls, fanboys, can you handle this? Are you ready for this jelly? Because we’re pulling together two obsessions in one…
33 Times You Should NOT Whip out Your Book & Read
Hello? Um, yes hi, hello. Ok, fair readers. Sorry to be getting in between your eyeballs and your favorite books…
Book & Album Pairings for the Discerning Palate
Just call us sommeliers for your ears and eyes. We took some of our favorite books—the ones that evoke a…
16 Things We’d Do If Locked in a Bookstore Overnight
Imagine going full-on From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler on your favorite bookstore and staying the night. It…
Dining Out Alone with a Book is the Best Date You’ll Ever Have—Trust Us
Despite certain people kinda judging us for it (our own moms and the smug, newly in love come to mind)—there…
10 Signs You’re Reading a Dystopian Novel
Considering the fact that we’ll all be living in one in the very near future—if depressing internet articles are to…
Payback Time! 6 Movies We Want to See Made Into Books
You may as well get a teapot enchanted with Angela Lansbury’s voice to start singing about it; it’s a tale…
Our Favorite Fictional Fashion Icons
If you’re style-inclined, getting dressed isn’t just a matter of covering your body with fabrics—it’s a lifestyle. There’s no such…
We Revised 20 Classic Novels so the Kids Can Relate
Things are different today than they were in the olden days, because that’s how time works. But just imagine for…
Some of the Greatest Hits in Required Reading
The Great Gatsby. Rebecca. Beloved. The Devil’s Arithmetic. 1984. Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great. Guys, we could continue listing…
5 Classic Tales and Their Modern Alter-Egos (Now with More Zombies and Changelings!)
Did your favorite classic books go into a phone booth, take off their glasses and reemerge as super-stories!? Well, kinda.…
35 Things You Should Never Say to a Book Lover
We’re mostly quiet, mild-mannered folk, us book people. We keep to ourselves. We like to sit in cozy chairs, get…
Murderers, Kidnappers & Teachers: 10 Children’s Book Characters Who are Legit Insane
Remember how our parents used to tuck us in at night and send us off to dreamland with stories of…
17 Quotes Proving Jessica Wakefield is the Only Sweet Valley Twin Who Matters
Size six. Aquamarine eyes. Perfect mirror images with perfectly contradictory personalities. Oh, you minions of Francine Pascal—you’ve lovingly ghostwritten a…
Love Nora Ephron? Here Are 5 Books You Need to Read
Nora Ephron wrote her truth. She shared the daily horrors and joys of being a particular type of woman (opinionated,…