An Unconventional Decade: 10 Books to Read in Your 30s
One might expect a list of books to read in your 30s to be mostly nonfiction. Practical books about finance, career, family, relationships, health, fitness. But...
8 Stellar Sci-Fi Books With Living Spaceships
Sci-fi is a vast genre, with stories ranging from fast-paced comedy to high-tech sagas with detailed worldbuilding. While there are many recurring sci-fi tropes, like intergalactic...
The Strange History of the Oddest Title of the Year
While there are many literary prizes out there, The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year might be one of the most unusual. Since 1978,...
Thank You, Romance: On Dating in My 30s, Glorious Conversations, and Queer Romance Novels
I fell in love for the first time when I was 22. We were interns on a farm together. We spent the summer baking pies, reading...
14 Best Social Thrillers That Will Change the Way You See the World
You love a good thriller. Me too. But sometimes you want a little more from your thrillers than edge-of-your-seat storylines and shocking plot twists. Sometimes you...
9 Ableist Tropes In Fiction I Could Do Without
After writing my piece on disability representation in children’s publishing, I felt hopeful that publishers were trying to be intentional and thoughtful about disability representation in...
The True Story of Everett True
In the early decades of the 20th century, before there were comic books, there were comic strips. And among those strips was The Outbursts of Everett...
Bookish Goods for Margaret Rogerson Fans
Margaret Rogerson may only have three YA fantasy novels on shelves, but judging by the massive amount of bookish swag you can purchase inspired by her...
Hidden Knowledge: Secret and Mysterious Libraries Around the World
From Brandon Sanderson―author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourth massive installment, Rhythm of War―comes a new hefty novella, Dawnshard. Taking...
John Oliver’s deep dive into critical race theory is well worth a watch
If you were anywhere near the internet or the TV last year, chances are you would have seen the phrase “critical race theory” at some point...
