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A Sweet Scholastic Treat for Your Friday It’s Friday. It’s Halloween. Let’s read something that’ll warm the cockles and send us into a festive spirit. Jami Attenberg writes about popping into a Scholastic Book Fair sponsored by her online group writing accountability project #1000wordsofsummer. Through the sponsorship, students at bilingual …
Book banners don’t ban books. That’s what they’ve said for years, utilizing terms like “curating,” “reviewing,” and “removing” to describe their acts of intentionally getting rid of books they don’t like from library collections. They claim they’re not banning books because kids can get the books being “curated” from the …
McMahon, along with a committee of six library workers, will select three recommended fiction titles in each reading level, totaling nine Summer Scares selections. The program aims to encourage a conversation at libraries worldwide about the horror genre across all age levels and ultimately attract more adults, teens, and children …
In particular, the title story “The Woman Dies” explores the common trope where Hollywood movies, TV shows, and comic books use the female character to propel the story forward. The bare-bone structure of the story really reveals how many stories require women as a prop or a tool for the …
While it sometimes doesn’t seem that way, there is still plenty of opportunity within the monster genre. I want more books that use the classic Haitian zombie, that draw from the beliefs and stories of the Caribbean that developed alongside voudou, a tradition rooted in West Africa. I want more …
I decided audiobooks absolutely counted, not as cheating, but as reading in a different key. The model we call “good reading” is neurotypical reading. It assumes a brain that can sustain focus in long, quiet stretches. It assumes a taste for certain genres and formats over others. It assumes a …
Over the last 50 years, thousands, if not millions, of people have seen Rocky Horror at midnight movie screenings, often accompanied by a shadow cast: actors who dress up as the characters and act out the film as it plays in the background. It’s been a touchstone for queer kids …
Diamond became very much a bogeyman of the industry. Shrinking sales and the failure to reach new readers, particularly young readers, was blamed partially on the fact that kids simply couldn’t access comics—at least, not the affordable, bite-sized floppy kind—anywhere but comic book stores, which had developed a reputation for …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Launch of a $50 Million Literary Arts Fund Some good news for …
Witches are an enduring fascination for all genres of books, from contemporary fiction to nonfiction, and romance to mystery. Whether the witches in the story are good, bad, or somewhere in between, readers eagerly devour witchy stories, especially in the fall. And for fans of historical fiction, witches can add …
We’re not to November yet, but the best books of the year lists are already coming in hot. We’ve seen them from Publishers Weekly, as well as Barnes & Noble. Now, Esquire names their best books of 2025. Esquirehas named 27 books to itsbest of the year so far, and …


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Hazelthorn by CG Drews Evander lives at the Hazelthorn estate and has since he was young and brought in by Byron Lennox-Hall, a reclusive billionaire who serves as his guardian. Byron’s always had three important rules for Evander to follow: do not leave the estate, do not go into the …
Who wants to fall in love with a supernatural being? Well, the characters in the manga mentioned below definitely do. Paranormal romance manga offers so many exciting things. Not only magic and supernatural creatures, but also a level of danger that ups the stakes higher than ever before. One thing …
I’ve spent about the last ten years in a state of ongoing anxiety, and I know I’m far from the only one. Between political upheaval, climate change, the rise of the far right, and many other ongoing issues, it’s no wonder that people are referring to our current time as …
An Intrigue of Witches by Esme Addison Esme Addison is no stranger to the cozy mystery genre. Her debut series, the Enchanted Bay mysteries, follows a water witch who comes into her powers while solving crimes in coastal North Carolina. A Brew for Chaos is the latest installment, and it …
Whether it was one room in a small town or the massive system of the New York Public Library, most readers have treasured memories of browsing the shelves of their local library as kids. Libraries take on many forms—they manage to be both scholarly, academic institutions and warm and welcoming …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Erica Ezeifedi, Associate Editor, is a transplant from Nashville, TN that has settled in the North East. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public …
If You Want to Start Reading Zadie Smith… One publishing darling noticeably missing from both aforementioned Best ofs is Zadie Smith, the prolific author of literary fiction and nonfiction whose newest collection of essays, Dead and Alive, is out tomorrow. For the fans out there, not to worry, Smith has …


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The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch The Entanglement of Rival Wizards is earnest, fun, and has lots of memorable characters, all of which bring Dungeons & Dragons to mind. Rival grad students Sebastian and Elethior are horrified to learn that they’ll be sharing the coveted research grant both …
It’s October, and that means all things spooky. Well, it’s more socially acceptable for spooky things than the rest of the year; for some of us, it’s Halloween in our hearts year round! A solid murder mystery is also great all year round, but they’re even more seasonally appropriate when …
VAULT COMICS – publisher of the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror graphic novels! James Crowley met his mortal end in a hail of gunfire. Now, he finds himself in purgatory, not quite undead, though not alive either, serving the White Throne to avoid falling to hell. His not-so-sacred duty …
There’s a book that is rocking the book world a bit. And it’s full of controversy. If you’re not really on BokTok like that, or just otherwise haven’t heard of it yet, the book I’m talking about is Alchemised by SenLinYu, and there are a few reasons why it’s faced …
Oh, are you here for the Monster Mash? Well, you’re a little early, but maybe I can interest you in some kids’ graphic novels all about monsters in the mean time? My library’s full of them and definitely haunted. No, I said not haunted; what did you hear? Right this …
These bookish blankets, quilts, and throws are excellent presents for any reader in your life. You also have the benefit of supporting craftspeople who continue to make beautiful and useful fiber goods. I highly recommend buying your favorite for you, your friends, or your family. Image from CurlUpQuiltsAndMore on Etsy …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books. Here’s our the bookish news stories readers were most interested in this week. Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of 2025 You’re not imagining it; Best Books of the …
I’ve been doing the readathon twice a year every year for more than a decade now. In the early years, I did them on my own, taking to social media to share my progress and cheer other people on. It’s transformed over the years, though. First I convinced my roommate …


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