Escape the Winter Blues with These 1980s (and 80s-Inspired) Novels
Few things satisfy that need for escapism during the cold winter months like 1980s fantasy movies—shout-out to Labyrinth and Legend—so…
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5 Books that Contain Amazing Self-Contained Scenes
A great book is more than the sum of its parts—there’s always something you can’t quite put your finger on…
Joe Hill: Author of Horns and Hero of Horror
When you’re a child of Stephen King, it’s perfectly understandable if your mind is a little…twisted. Luckily for the world at…
7 Things I Learned from Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal
Sometimes the right book comes your way at exactly the right time. I’ve always loved Atul Gawande’s writing—with his compassion…
5 Reasons to Read Terry Brooks’ The High Druid’s Blade
Comparable in size and scope to Tolkien’s Middle-earth, Feist’s Midkemia, and Silverberg’s Majipoor, Terry Brooks’ Shannara is among the most…
5 Reasons You Should Preorder Robert Galbraith’s The Silkworm Today
Everyone knows the story of the quiet critical success of Robert Galbraith’s debut, The Cuckoo’s Calling, which garnered great reviews…
Frog Music: Singing the San Francisco Blues
Juliet’s father in “Romeo and Juliet” tends to get off easy. Audiences feel bad for both sets of parents, Capulet…
5 Reasons You Should Read Charlaine Harris’s Midnight Crossroad, Out Today
Charlaine Harris is an icon. She’s found success writing mysteries (the Aurora Teagarden series), gothic horror (Sweet and Deadly), and…
Four Books that Celebrate Romance (and Suspense!) This Spring
It’s beginning to feel like spring at last! Trees are in bud, tulips are poking up from the soil, and…
5 Reasons You Must Read John Corey Whaley’s Noggin
“Listen: I was alive once and then I wasn’t.” It won’t be the first or last YA book to make…
4 Reasons April is an Amazing Month for YA Books
This year, April brings showers, impending flowers, and some young adult fiction so mindblowingly good it’ll spring clean your brain.…
4 Books To Remind You That Winter Won’t Last Forever
Turning pages is hard when you’re spending 20 hours a day in mittens. But March is here, and with it…
5 Approachable Must-Read Classics
Classic literature sometimes gets a bad rap. Perhaps because so many of us first encountered the great novels in uninspired…
5 Reasons This Is an Amazing Month for Young Adult Lit
Some months the stars align, the book cupids load their bows, and our collective to-read lists collapse under their own…
Celebrating 50 Years of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
While a number of people and things that changed my life turn 50 this year, including Lucky Charms, Mary Poppins,…
5 Dark Thrillers to Soothe Your Valentine’s Day Hangover
Coming off of a Valentine’s day overdose? Completely topped up on truffles, love poems, and ecards featuring Tony Bennett songs…
4 Reasons the Second Miss Peregrine’s Book is Even Better Than the First
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, a YA crossover hit by Ransom Riggs, was released in 2011 to glowing praise…
Sue Monk Kidd’s The Invention of Wings Lives and Breathes
The Invention of Wings, the latest novel from Sue Monk Kidd, is a recent Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection—and a…
Four Books That Will Inspire You to Renew Your Resolutions
January is a month made for reinvention, inspiration, and new experiences…but it’s been so cold that by now you’ve probably…