Roundups
The 10 Best Games to Gift this Holiday Season
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With delicious holiday treats, festive decorations, classic movies and family traditions, there are an abundance…
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…
5 Terrific Adult Novels for New Parents
As a daughter who was raised in a complicated family with many secrets, I’m now a mother who is raising…
10 Books to Inspire Graduates
Graduation is thrilling—and sometimes scary. Fortunately for today’s graduates, some very smart people have written down their thoughts on how to…
7 Banned Books That Should Be Required Reading
Every year the Office for Intellectual Freedom, a branch of the American Library Association dedicated to fighting censorship, compiles a…
5 Cuban American Novelists You Should be Reading
One of the most magical aspects of literature and art in general is that combination of attitudes and backgrounds that…
25 Must-Reads for Women’s History Month
It’s Women’s History Month, so to celebrate the women who have shaped our history, written characters we loved, lived lives…
Bah, Humbug: 25 Unhappy Books for Valentine’s Day
Love is in the air…but that doesn’t mean you have to drink the Kool-Aid. If you’re not feeling all the…
Celebrate President’s Day with 25 Fictional Presidents
President’s Day is around the corner, so we compiled a list of 25 fictional presidents for you to read about!…
Prepare For The Royal Wedding With 50 Royal Reads
If you’re anything like me, the new royal wedding is pretty much the only news you care about these days.…
6 Novel Novels About Novelists
Films-within-films (Tropic Thunder; Singin’ in the Rain), plays-within-plays (Shakespeare does this a lot), and songs referencing songs (“You probably think this song…
Lesser-Known Series by 5 Hugely Popular Authors
While there are have been plenty of hugely popular series in recent years—Fifty Shades of Grey, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games,…
6 of the Best Cameos by Real People in Works of Fiction
Fiction is fiction and nonfiction is nonfiction, and in case you get those mixed up, fiction is the “not real…
6 Irresistible Novels About Old Hollywood
What we talk about when we talk about Old Hollywood: classic movies, glamorous movie stars, true crime, lush romance, bitter…
10 Awesome Summer Vacation Destinations Inspired by Books
This post is sponsored by Rosetta Stone. Studies have shown Americans take less vacation than just about any other country…
8 Books so Unique They Have No Readalikes
Every novel ever written is, in a way, a unique expression of a unique mind. However, to crib from George…
The 6 Most Famous Pumpkins in Literature (and One Rutabaga)
The most famous pumpkin in the United States is not found in literature, but rather in the cheerily autumnal Starbucks…
6 Coming-of-Age Novels for Grownups
Coming of age: it’s not just for kids anymore. Because, let’s face it, we all still have quite a bit…
5 Books Where Nature is the Antagonist
“Antagonist” is one of the most frequently misunderstood words in the literary world. Many make the mistake of assuming a story’s antagonist…