Book Recommendations from Your Favorite Authors
It’s an oft-repeated maxim: to be a great writer, one must first be a great reader. So who better to…
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From Wild Things to House Elves: Our 6 Favorite Fantasy Lands
Part of the magic of books is how they transport us to new lands, whether it’s a fictional school or a…
9 Books Even Non-Readers Will Love
Books like War and Peace, David Copperfield, and Ulysses are classics we think everyone should read—but when you take a look…
5 YA Moments That Made Us Lose Our Innocence
We all have those books we read too young, leaving us slightly scarred after sneaking a peek at a raunchy fantasy or…
Quiz: Which Weasley Are You?
Last week, a mere 17 years after the bloody Battle of Hogwarts, the world—wizards, witches, squibs, and muggles alike—finally got…
7 Adorable Book-Inspired Themes for Nurseries
Pro-tip: do not browse Pinterest looking for book-themed nursery ideas unless you want to be reduced to a puddle of squeeing goo…
Awesome Books to Bust You Out of Every Kind of Reading Slump
There’s no such thing as a bad time for reading, there are just those days when you can’t figure out what,…
6 Books in Which the Parents are MIA
Parents complicate things. They force you to change clothes, insist you come home before curfew, and demand to meet the…
Beyond Picture Books: 8 Chapter Books that Make Great Bedtime Reads
You’ve just plopped down on the bottom bunk with The Little Engine That Could, and cracked it open to start reading…
8 Fictional Schools We’d Like to Attend
School is never less fun than it is in springtime. The days are getting longer and the weather’s getting nicer,…
The 8 Most Embarrassing Parents in YA
Sometimes it seems like parents in YA (at least one, if not both) are either checked out or dead. So it’s always nice to…
9 Awesome SF/F Novels That Were Almost Never Published
Everyone loves an underdog, and nothing defines an underdog like success in the face of constant rejection. Philip K Dick, one of…
5 YA Characters Who Should’ve Had a Sibling
As one of four siblings, I’m always fascinated by books that explore the many different (and often complicated) kinds of…
6 Middle School Characters You’ll Want Your Kids to Befriend
Having friends is so important in surviving middle school—or life, for that matter. So obviously we want our kids to…
Spring Clean Your Life with These 9 Inspiring Reads
If winter is the season for accumulation—all those holiday gifts, all those layers, all those pounds—then spring is the time…
Which YA BFF Are You?
We’ve all had (or will have) that moment of startling realization, when it becomes apparent that we are not, as…
The Top 10 Scenes We Hope to See in the New Illustrated Harry Potter
Now that the cover for the fully illustrated edition of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has been released,…
TV Adaptations Readers Will Love
The conventional wisdom among readers is that the book is always better than the filmed version. But lately, television adaptations…
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…