7 Books That Deliver Unexpected Mystery
Having been raised by my grandparents and great-aunt, my early years were predominantly filled with oral storytelling. Many tales my family shared bordered on the fantastical...
Calling a Woman Selfless Isn’t a Compliment
I first met Courtney Maum in 2011 when she was writing the “Celebrity Book Review” column for Electric Literature. Through the medium that is Courtney’s mind,...
The 20 Most Influential Memoirs of All Time
Memoir is a wide-ranging genre. It’s not a biography — the story of a person’s life told by someone else — or an autobiography — a...
The Bookish Life of LeVar Burton
If I say (or sing) “Butterfly in the sky” to you, will you answer with the next line of the Reading Rainbow theme song? If you...
What Do Your Favorite Books Say About You?
Telling me your single favorite book won’t actually tell me much about you. It is but one data point, a tiny thread in the tapestry of...
How I Create My Own Main Character Energy By Carefully Curating What I Read in Public
You know the scene. It’s in the stacks that the two characters strike up a lively debate about which long-deceased author was the better poet. She...
12 of the Best Filipino YA Books from the Philippines
In my years participating in the international book scene, particularly in the U.S. publishing industry, I noticed that books from the Philippines or works that feature...
The Best Mystery, Thriller, and True Crime Books Out In May
Spring has sprung, and what better pairing to the beauty of nature than the ugly side of humans and crime? Or something. Listen, mystery readers stick...
Books About Moms Who Regret Having Children
This past Oscar season, audiences were exposed to a narrative that is often shrouded in silence: that of the mother who regrets motherhood. In the psychological...
Book Fetish: Volume 485
Welcome to Book Fetish: Volume 485, your roundup of miscellaneous bookish clothing, art, accessories, reading tools, and more from around the web! Graphic Novels Are Real...
