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Looking for more great mystery reads? Check out our list of mystery novels perfect for book clubs over at TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, our personalized book recommendation subscription service that takes into account your reading preferences, and offers you three personalized recommendations every quarter. Fill out the reader survey to get started, and then a real power reader will recommend three titles just for you. Choose to receive your recommendation letter in your email inbox, or as hardcover books delivered straight to your door....

New York Times bestselling authors Barry Lyga and Morgan Baden have teamed up for the first time to create a novel that’s gripping, terrifying and more relevant every day. The Hive follows seventeen-year-old Cassie, who, after being “condemned” on social media, is on the run from a deadly state-sanctioned mob seeking to exact IRL punishment. Aided by a shadowy underground network, Cassie becomes an unlikely heroine, as her search for the truth makes her a threat to the entire unjust system....

Watch a completed TV series on Netflix or other subscription service. No waiting necessary. Yes, I am still here and yes, I am still watching. Make a giant bowl of popcorn, live tweet your own viewing party, and never wait more than 30 seconds for the next episode. Read the A Song of Ice and Fire series. Seems a bit obvious to read the books on which Game of Thrones is based, but how many GoT fans have actually read the books?...

But publishing still has a long way to go, and a lot of reckoning to do, because there are still far too few queer Indigenous stories out there. There are more than these listed in this article, of course, but not nearly as many as there should be. A lot of book lists focusing on queer and Two-Spirit Indigenous literature also include poetry and nonfiction — which is wonderful! Poets like Tommy Pico, Natalie Diaz, and Billy-Ray Belcourt are doing extraordinary work right now....

But the second person now haunts you. What does it mean? You wrack your brain, then proceed to the gold-embossed black leather notebook where you list all of the books you’ve ever completed. You have attached notes to each title: Slow until midway; ends abruptly; strong secondary characters. You consider yourself a connoisseur of literary structure and style. But nowhere has your past self described a book as written in the second person....

If you and your kids are looking for some great fairytale books, collections, and anthologies, you’ve come to the right place. Below is a list of some of the best collections and anthologies for kids out now. You may recognize some, while others are completely new! And don’t worry! While this list is specifically dedicated to books and collections for kids, all ages can enjoy a good fairytale from time to time....

Novels from Authors Like Stephen King Alma Katsu Okay, so putting Katsu on this list is a bit of a cheat, as she is one of the authors on this list that King himself has actually recommended on his social media. But with good reason! Her novel The Hunger shares a folkloric heart with much of his oeuvre. Whereas King’s novels often evoke the spirit (and sometimes the actual figures) of American folklore, Katsu’s novel is actual set in the midst of a bloody incident in American history that has taken on the proportions of a terrifying folktale....

The parameters of that distinction are roughish—some year ranges I’ve seen exclude me; some include youngsters so young that they never even held a floppy disk, but to whom I am supposed to feel generationally bound—but: there it is. As a member of this shadowy, feckless, and consummately-unappreciative-of-the-norms-of-yesteryears generation, I know that I am responsible for: the deaths of Sears and Toys-R-Us. Killing the housing market, marriage as an institution, Hamburger Helper, and chain restaurants....

What is Audible Escape? Audible Escape is a monthly subscription service from Audible that gives you unlimited access to all romance titles labeled as part of the “Escape” package. The first month of Escape is free to everyone who decides to try it and is a separate membership from Audible. If you don’t have an account and choose to continue, you can subscribe to just Audible Escape, or, if you are already a subscriber to either Audible or Kindle Unlimited, you can add Escape to your monthly subscription at a discounted rate....

Calling all audiobook nerds! The hibooks club is waiting for you. One membership gets you 1 free book to start and an additional catalog of audiobooks for unlimited listening. After all, we’ve got audiobooks. You’ve got ears. It’s a perfect match! Summer vacation is officially over. I’ve always loved the start of the school year, the fresh new discoveries, empty notebooks full of potential, new clothes, and that feeling of excited anticipation....

15 LGBTQ Comics for Middle Graders Loved these LGBTQ comics for middle graders and looking for even more great LGBTQ reads for kids? Try some of these: A lovely graphic novel exploring gender identity and expression as well as young love. 12 kid-friendly LGBTQ comics 9 queer comics for kids 9 of the best LGBTQ middle grade novels 15 great new LGBTQ middle grade books

Funny Poems For Kids About Animals So much of children’s literature features animals so I started with six delightful poems that can be memorized. The Fly by Ogden Nash The Crocodile by Lewis Carroll Eletelephony by Laura Elizabeth Richards Once there was an elephant, Who tried to use the telephant— No! No! I mean an elephone Who tried to use the telephone— (Dear me! I am not certain quite That even now I’ve got it right....

I aimed to hit as many reading tastes as possible so there is something here for everyone — and if you read them all you’re going to want to reinforce your TBR shelf. There’s nonviolent true crime for readers of corruption with a boss still loved by employees, a remote mystery where family members are dying one by one à la Agatha Christie, revenge and hunt for hidden money, translated Japanese crime, a thriller filled with horror tropes set in the woods, an Australian missing persons mystery, a start to a new cozy mystery series, two historical mysteries, the sequel in a procedural series, a #metoo thriller, an unsolved campus murder, and more....

Young Adult #1. To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo Princess Lira, daughter of the siren queen, has a deadly habit: she kills human princes. Prince Elian, heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world, has his own habit: he kills sirens. This is a brilliant take on The Little Mermaid, featuring a star-crossed couple who have killed each other’s people in the past. #2. The Winner’s Curse (The Winner’s Trilogy #1) by Marie Rutkoski Kestrel is the daughter of a general in the immense Valorian Empire, a conquering people who enslave everyone they come across....

Young Adult Social Justice Books You’re Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner Julia attends Kingston School for the Deaf. But when she sees a slur about her best friend written on the wall, she covers it up with a graffiti mural and ultimately ends up getting expelled. Now Julia is stuck in a “mainstream” school in the suburbs, where she’s the only deaf student and feels like an outsider. She finds that her only means of expressing herself and asserting her voice is through her graffiti art....

In my house, spooky season starts immediately after Labor Day. Yes, that means as I’m typing this (weeks before you’ll read it), my house is fully decked out. Oh yes, I’m that person. Our decorations stay up through all of September and October, before we switch to Christmas decor for November and December…and sometimes a little of January. Luckily for my neighbors, only a few decorations make their way outside — just a wreath and maybe a skeleton or two....

A lot of these bookish gifting lists focus on the big bestsellers of the year, the buzzy seem-to-be-everywhere books. And that’s a great strategy, for many people. But the thing is, if you’re here, you’re trying to give a book to a reader. And that’s a problem, because as any friend-of-a-bookworm knows, it’s impossible to buy us something to read, because you’re never sure what we have or haven’t read....

Traditional publishing professionals seem cautiously optimistic that the industry is on the road to recovery after the pandemic hit sales hard. Unfortunately, labor shortages and supply chain issues with printers and shipping companies mean that the challenges aren’t over. This, however, seems to have a silver lining: we see which books still sell during an unprecedented time in human development. Thus, industry professionals can focus on getting books that truly matter into children’s hands....

I love novellas. They’re quick and easy to commit to, and while many novellas are part of series, most can be read on their own. There are even series comprising completely of novellas, so you can have little bursts of joy in several increments. (P.S. I’m classifying novellas as anything under 200 pages or anything the author has classified as a novella…sometimes they’re a touch longer.) Here are some of my favorite romance novellas, both recent and a touch older....

I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella (The Dial Press, February 5, 2019) When Fixie Farr agrees to watch a handsome stranger’s laptop in a coffee shop, she can’t possibly know the chain of events that will ensue. She certainly never imagines she’ll be redeeming the IOU the handsome stranger scribbles on a coffee sleeve or that she’ll end up having to decide: will she stop focusing on fixing other people’s lives and finally fight for the life that she really wants for herself?...