8 Compelling Modern Cultural Histories

Elisa Shoenberger has been building a library since she was 13. She loves writing about all aspects of books from author interviews, antiquarian books, archives, and everything in between. She also writes regularly for Murder & Mayhem and Library Journal. She’s also written articles for Huffington Post, Boston Globe, WIRED, Slate, and many other publications. […]

Gothic Romances to Beat the Heat With

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Born into a family of readers, P.N. gained a love reading as a sort of herd mentality. This love of reading has remained a life long passion, resulting in an English Degree from The University of Houston in […]

Rebecca Yarros Reveals ONYX STORM Cover and More Book News!

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror […]

New Zora Neale Hurston Novel Coming in 2025

January 7, 2025 would have been Zora Neale Hurston’s 134th birthday, and now it will be the publication date of The Life of Herod the Great, a novel Hurston was still working on when she died in 1960. Per a release, the novel “brings first-century BC Judea to vivid life, and portrays Herod the Great […]

New Comics and Nonfiction in July, Plus YA Book News, July 11, 2024

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL […]

How to Restart Your Reading Habits

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Thursday! As we look toward the weekend, I’d love to know: what are you reading this week? If you’re in a rut, you might appreciate this look at how to restart your reading habits. And it’s […]

Random House to Buy Boom! Studios

Wednesday, Random House Publishing Group announced it had agreed to buy Boom! Studios, a comic and graphic novel publisher. Boom! Studios was founded in 2005, and is responsible for titles like Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR and Lumberjanes. With Random House’s acquisition, Boom! Studios is expected to maintain its editorial independence, and Disney is selling its small stake […]

Why Would a Private University Be Leased Public Library Space? Retaliation.

Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View […]

The Best Debut Books of the Summer, According to Indie Booksellers

Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands “This debut is the thunderous announcement of a brilliant novelist. Tom Newlands gives us Cora Mowat, a teenage protagonist with undiagnosed ADHD, whose singular voice and humor are absolutely unforgettable. Like Derry Girls done by Dave Eggers, Only Here, Only Now is fiercely original, unabashedly Scottish, heartrendingly poignant, and hilarious to the […]

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