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“Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre” Graphic Bio Brings the Author to Life

At a time when the topic of feminism is more prevalent than ever in children’s literature, the deeply motivating graphic biography Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre (Disney-Hyperion) by Glynnis Fawkes is a great introduction for...

She Spoke Out First on Abuse at USAG: “What is a Girl Worth?”

Most athletes, for better or worse, are usually defined and remembered for their actions in the arena or on the playing field. That will never be the case for Rachael Denhollander. Denhollander, a member of...

“Today We Go Home:” Seeking Hope After the Horrors of War

Larkin Bennett, protagonist of Kelli Estes’ novel Today We Go Home (Sourcebooks), was sure she’d never recover from Afghanistan. Not after the explosion. Not after she watched her best friend, Sarah, die right next to...

Edward Snowden’s Not Afraid of His “Permanent Record”

Edward Snowden may run into some trouble getting paid for his memoir Permanent Record (Metropolitan Books), but he was never all that concerned with money. Did he talk his way into a $62k a year...

“Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre” Graphic Bio Brings the Author to Life

At a time when the topic of feminism is more prevalent than ever in children’s literature, the deeply motivating graphic biography Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre (Disney-Hyperion) by Glynnis Fawkes is a great introduction for...

She Spoke Out First on Abuse at USAG: “What is a Girl Worth?”

Most athletes, for better or worse, are usually defined and remembered for their actions in the arena or on the playing field. That will never be the case for Rachael Denhollander. Denhollander, a member of...

“Today We Go Home:” Seeking Hope After the Horrors of War

Larkin Bennett, protagonist of Kelli Estes’ novel Today We Go Home (Sourcebooks), was sure she’d never recover from Afghanistan. Not after the explosion. Not after she watched her best friend, Sarah, die right next to...

Edward Snowden’s Not Afraid of His “Permanent Record”

Edward Snowden may run into some trouble getting paid for his memoir Permanent Record (Metropolitan Books), but he was never all that concerned with money. Did he talk his way into a $62k a year...

A.F. Brady’s “Could Be” Killer

A high-powered Manhattan defense attorney known for taking on the most despicable – and guilty – of clients finds himself on the defense when he appears to be set up as his former mistresses’ brutal murderer. Compelling readers to turn the pages in a novel with a hateful anti-hero and few sympathetic characters is tricky, but A.F. Brady...

Chandler Baker: Women, Work and Waging War

Get some Midol. Those three words uttered by any man is bad enough, but your boss? Whisper Network (Flatiron Books), a novel of domestic suspense by Chandler Baker, vividly portrays the razor-sharp, double-edged sword of being a professional woman in corporate America. Whisper Network chronicles several months in the lives of professional women of a legal department at Truviv...

Ann Lineberger: Murder, Mysticism and Kinky Sex

In the comic murder mystery Sunday Best, Ann Lineberger shows us that even in a small, seemingly innocuous town with wealthy residents, things aren’t always as normal and virtuous as they seem. This satire dives deep into investigating seemingly polished high-end lives, and exposing the hilariously flawed personas and obsessions lying just beneath. Sunday Best is a satirical...

A.F. Brady’s “Could Be” Killer

A high-powered Manhattan defense attorney known for taking on the most despicable – and guilty – of clients finds himself on the defense when he appears to be set up as his former mistresses’ brutal murderer. Compelling readers to turn...

Chandler Baker: Women, Work and Waging War

Get some Midol. Those three words uttered by any man is bad enough, but your boss? Whisper Network (Flatiron Books), a novel of domestic suspense by Chandler Baker, vividly portrays the razor-sharp, double-edged sword of being a professional woman in corporate...

Ann Lineberger: Murder, Mysticism and Kinky Sex

In the comic murder mystery Sunday Best, Ann Lineberger shows us that even in a small, seemingly innocuous town with wealthy residents, things aren’t always as normal and virtuous as they seem. This satire dives deep into investigating seemingly polished...

Thrillers

More Than Leis and Luaus in “Off the Grid”

Deception, espionage, and murder erupt amid the Hawaiian volcano fields in Robert McCaw’s newest Hawaiian police procedural Off the Grid [...]

7 Legal Thrillers You Won’t Need a Law Degree to Enjoy

Perry Mason. Atticus Finch. Sir Wilfred Robarts in Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution. John Grisham's Reggie Love [...]

In “All the Broken People,” a Small Town Hides Big Secrets

“Jasper is a beautiful little town, but we’re not immune to the uglier parts of life.” All the [...]

More Than Leis and Luaus in “Off the Grid”

Deception, espionage, and murder erupt amid the Hawaiian volcano fields in Robert McCaw’s newest Hawaiian police procedural Off the Grid...

7 Legal Thrillers You Won’t Need a Law Degree to Enjoy

Perry Mason. Atticus Finch. Sir Wilfred Robarts in Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution. John Grisham’s Reggie Love and Jake...

In “All the Broken People,” a Small Town Hides Big Secrets

“Jasper is a beautiful little town, but we’re not immune to the uglier parts of life.” All the Broken People...

Romance

Lights, Camera, Second Chances in “The Last Chapter”

“I’ve been told for the last few years that I should share my story, but my journey has been too [...]

Bartender Chases One Who Got Away in “Don’t You Forget About Me”

You always remember your first love… don't you? That theme plays a large role in internationally bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane’s [...]

J.R. Ward’s Brotherhood is Back in “Blood Truth”

As far as vampires are concerned, we’ve come a long way since Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration for the creepy, [...]

Lights, Camera, Second Chances in “The Last Chapter”

“I’ve been told for the last few years that I should share my story, but my journey has been too...

Bartender Chases One Who Got Away in “Don’t You Forget About Me”

You always remember your first love… don’t you? That theme plays a large role in internationally bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane’s...

J.R. Ward’s Brotherhood is Back in “Blood Truth”

As far as vampires are concerned, we’ve come a long way since Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration for the creepy,...

Pop Culture

“The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt Takes Flight in New Film

Since Donna Tartt’s best-selling novel The Goldfinch (Little Brown & Co.) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in [...]

“To the Lighthouse” Author Comes to Life in “Vita and Virginia”

Hot, hot, hot. A new film brings the legendary love affair between early feminist writers Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West [...]

Dissecting John Steinbeck’s Just-Found Story, “The Amiable Fleas”

“The past,” William Faulkner once said, “isn’t dead. It’s not even past.” Thanks to the Strand Magazine, neither [...]

“The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt Takes Flight in New Film

Since Donna Tartt’s best-selling novel The Goldfinch (Little Brown & Co.) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014, no...

“To the Lighthouse” Author Comes to Life in “Vita and Virginia”

Hot, hot, hot. A new film brings the legendary love affair between early feminist writers Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West...

Dissecting John Steinbeck’s Just-Found Story, “The Amiable Fleas”

“The past,” William Faulkner once said, “isn’t dead. It’s not even past.” Thanks to the Strand Magazine, neither is literary...

Save the World

Keah Brown Fights Ableism with Positivity

There's nothing wrong with being different, but that's not how the world made Keah Brown feel. She spent her childhood [...]

Office Worker Turned Travel Junkie in “Ten Years a Nomad”

Five-hundred-thousand miles. One-thousand hostels. Ninety countries. Matthew Kepnes's parents were taken aback when told their son was going to travel [...]

The Bright Side to Voluntourism

When I picked up Travel with Purpose (Rowman & Littlefield) I was skeptical. I’ve never had much of a real [...]

Keah Brown Fights Ableism with Positivity

There’s nothing wrong with being different, but that’s not how the world made Keah Brown feel. She spent her childhood...

Office Worker Turned Travel Junkie in “Ten Years a Nomad”

Five-hundred-thousand miles. One-thousand hostels. Ninety countries. Matthew Kepnes’s parents were taken aback when told their son was going to travel...

The Bright Side to Voluntourism

When I picked up Travel with Purpose (Rowman & Littlefield) I was skeptical. I’ve never had much of a real...

Videos

Pretty Guilty Women

Her Secret Son

The Lost History of Dreams

Aloha Rodeo

The Fourteenth of September

Children’s Books

Clever Wiley Blevins Book Helps Kids’ Insecurities With Reading

“Putting your underwear on backwards isn’t the worst thing that can happen to you on the first day of school.” [...]

Picture Book Teaches Kids How to Cope with Being “Small in the City”

In only 37 pages and a handful of sentences, Small in the City (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House) broke [...]

“Alien Superstar” Won’t Alienate Young Readers

Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver have been fascinating young audiences – and older ones – for generations. Now the bestselling [...]

Clever Wiley Blevins Book Helps Kids’ Insecurities With Reading

“Putting your underwear on backwards isn’t the worst thing that can happen to you on the first day of school.”...

Picture Book Teaches Kids How to Cope with Being “Small in the City”

In only 37 pages and a handful of sentences, Small in the City (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House) broke my heart...

“Alien Superstar” Won’t Alienate Young Readers

Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver have been fascinating young audiences – and older ones – for generations. Now the bestselling...

Nonfiction

“Duh!” Will Ensure Your Next Bar Trivia Win is (Half in the) Bag

Bar trivia is the best kind of trivia. Where else can you flex your knowledge of Cheers and early twentieth-century [...]

James Walvin Illuminates the End of Slavery

In Freedom: The Overthrow of the Slave Empires (Pegasus Books), James Walvin traces the rise and fall of [...]

“Guardian:” An Insider’s Gripping Account of CIA Security’s War on Terror

If ever there was an opening sentence to a book that was going to make you read on, [...]

“Duh!” Will Ensure Your Next Bar Trivia Win is (Half in the) Bag

Bar trivia is the best kind of trivia. Where else can you flex your knowledge of Cheers and early twentieth-century...

James Walvin Illuminates the End of Slavery

In Freedom: The Overthrow of the Slave Empires (Pegasus Books), James Walvin traces the rise and fall of the transatlantic...

“Guardian:” An Insider’s Gripping Account of CIA Security’s War on Terror

If ever there was an opening sentence to a book that was going to make you read on, it is...

Fiction

AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Moons and Swoons

This week's AuthorBuzz giveaway has two books featuring everybody's favorite celestial body: the moon! Dear Reader, Don’t you love [...]

“The Girl and the Tiger:” When the Rainforest is Running Out

Readers often ask novelists, “Where do you get your ideas?” Experience, observation, news stories are common responses. Imagine, [...]

Return to the Attic Once More in V. C. Andrews’ “Beneath the Attic”

Content warning: this novel contains a depiction of sexual assault. When a novel starts off with a young girl being [...]

AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Moons and Swoons

This week’s AuthorBuzz giveaway has two books featuring everybody’s favorite celestial body: the moon! Dear Reader, Don’t you love...

“The Girl and the Tiger:” When the Rainforest is Running Out

Readers often ask novelists, “Where do you get your ideas?” Experience, observation, news stories are common responses. Imagine, though, you’re...

Return to the Attic Once More in V. C. Andrews’ “Beneath the Attic”

Content warning: this novel contains a depiction of sexual assault. When a novel starts off with a young girl being...

Audiobooks

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YA Mystery Audiobooks to Bring Out Your Inner Detective

In partnership with AudioFile, here are some Y.A. mystery series that will get you in the sleuthing mood. The [...]

“His Hideous Heart” Updates Edgar Allan Poe for Gen Z

Edgar Allan Poe’s body of work, updated and contextualized for a YA audience, isn’t as much of a stretch as [...]

Heavy is “The Weight of Smoke,” a Historical Drama Now on Audiobook

In grade school, most of us learned the story of English explorer Captain John Smith and his relationship with Algonquian [...]

YA Mystery Audiobooks to Bring Out Your Inner Detective

In partnership with AudioFile, here are some Y.A. mystery series that will get you in the sleuthing mood. The air has...

“His Hideous Heart” Updates Edgar Allan Poe for Gen Z

Edgar Allan Poe’s body of work, updated and contextualized for a YA audience, isn’t as much of a stretch as...

Heavy is “The Weight of Smoke,” a Historical Drama Now on Audiobook

In grade school, most of us learned the story of English explorer Captain John Smith and his relationship with Algonquian...

Potpourri

Brooklyn Antiquarian Fair Adds Magical & Mystical Trends

Since Brooklyn, NY, is a recognized hub of underground culture, this year’s Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair will focus [...]

3 Confidence-Boosting Strategies for Aspiring Authors

Do you ever find yourself daydreaming of becoming a writer? Or what’s more, does your truest self find its voice [...]

On National Book Lovers Day, Time to Reflect on Why We Read

Today is National Book Lovers Day, so you are entitled to hear some statistics that will make you feel good [...]

Brooklyn Antiquarian Fair Adds Magical & Mystical Trends

Since Brooklyn, NY, is a recognized hub of underground culture, this year’s Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair will focus on subculture...

3 Confidence-Boosting Strategies for Aspiring Authors

Do you ever find yourself daydreaming of becoming a writer? Or what’s more, does your truest self find its voice...