Hey, Stephanie Plum Fans! Are You Team Morelli or Team Ranger?
Love triangles have an undeniable appeal, and there have been more than a few iconic ones throughout literary history. Who could…
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Bookish Gift Recommendations From Fictional Characters
Back in June, we solicited summer reading recommendations from some literary peeps in the know. Now, a new slew of characters has come forward to…
7 Perfect Gifts for the Game of Thrones Fan in Your Life
Throughout the holiday season, we’re gathering books that make the perfect gifts for everyone on your list—from your mother and the…
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Compassion is the central theme in these essays from the author of State of Wonder and Bel Canto.
The 7 Best Comeuppances in Literature
There is nothing quite as gratifying as a good comeuppance—it can even outmatch a good revenge, in some cases. Although the…
6 Great Gifts for Hunger Games Fans Who Are Hungry For More
Throughout the holiday season, we’re gathering books that make the perfect gifts for everyone on your list—from your mother and the…
The Kind of Thing You Still Write About: A Guest Post by Wiley Cash
We’re still raving about Wiley Cash’s incredibly assured, character-driven debut novel, A Land More Kind Than Home — and we’re giving…
Wiley Cash: the Kind of Thing You Still Write About: A Guest Post
Novelist Wiley Cash uncovers the notebook of his seventh-grade self: “Halloween Hallow,” Die Hard, and an apprentice writer’s first work…
5 Books to Read Before Your Trip to France
Whether you’re headed to Paris next year for Fashion Week, going coastal on the Riviera, or planning to spend your…
4 More Years That Deserve the Bill Bryson One Summer Treatment
Reading Bill Bryson’s One Summer: America, 1927 is like having your favorite uncle read you bedtime stories—about bizarre homicides, persnickety…
Reading Lessing: Writers Reflect
“No one else does this like her; the pulling apart of what is going on within a human mind in…
The 7 Deadly Sins Reading List: Greed
Channeling our lesser natures, we recently launched a series that promises to be wicked good fun: The 7 Deadly Sins…
The Best Military Romances
Romance novels centered on characters in the military are especially appropriate this month, when we remember the sacrifices members of…
Gift Guides: 5 Great Books for People Who Love Mary Roach
Throughout the holiday season, we’re gathering books that make the perfect gifts for everyone on your list—from your mother and the…
A Day in the Life of a Bookstore Cat
Ever wondered what that friendly gray tabby at your local bookstore is up to when she’s not sleeping in a…
Gift Guides: 8 Great Books for People Who Love Michael Pollan
Throughout the holiday season, we’re gathering books that make the perfect gifts for everyone on your list—from your mother and the…
5 Lessons We Learned From Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes
28 years ago today, on November 18, 1985, we were introduced to Calvin & Hobbes and their inventive world, imagined…
Four Series That Could Be the Next Big Thing in Paranormal Fantasy
It’s an interesting time to be a paranormal fantasy fan. Over the last few years, some hugely popular series have…
Gift Guides: 7 Books for People Who Love Malcolm Gladwell
Throughout the holiday season, we’re gathering books that make the perfect gifts for everyone on your list—from your mother and the…
How the Library Changed My Life
At four years old, the coolest thing I could do with a Saturday was dress myself entirely in navy green…