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The opening pages of Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel Klara and the Sun promise to take us into a future we haven’t yet realized. Narrated from the...

“Sometimes, it’s nice to watch something simplistic,” a relative of mine remarked after we had rewatched The Harvey Girls, a 1946 movie musical starring Judy Garland....

With Leigh Bardugo’s work getting well-deserved attention, one of the stand-outs of her Grishaverse books is Six of Crows with its fantasy heist plot. Everyone loves...

This list of horror books about small towns was originally published in our horror newsletter, The Fright Stuff. Sign up for it here to get horror...

Before May the Fourth was a big deal, there was Towel Day. After creative Renaissance man Douglas Adams’s death in 2001, fans declared May 25 Towel...

Many of us have done it: You place a hold on a library book with the best intentions and then life gets in the way or...

There’s no shortage of true crime content right now. From podcasts to documentaries, it’s everywhere, including books. These new true crime books published in 2021 will...

My name is Grace, not “Kyle’s little sister!” Having a good-looking, friendly, outgoing older brother sucks—especially when you’re the total opposite, someone who likes staying home...

A bedtime book in the tradition of Goodnight Moon! This perfect read-aloud describes that magical time, just as we’re drifting off to sleep, when the moon...

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