2023 International Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
Honoring the finest works of translated fiction from around the world, the International Booker Prize has announced its 2023 shortlist. The prize is awarded every year to...
Science and Fiction Are Experiments That Ask the Same Question
When I was a teenager, my uncle Jesse Ausubel decided to count all the fish in the sea. He’s not crazy. The Census of Marine Life,...
A Woman Metamorphoses Into a Fitness Influencer and Cult Leader
We never learn the name of the protagonist in Anna Metcalfe’s debut novel, Chrysalis, a detail that feels fitting in a book that is in part...
New Releases Tuesday: The Best Books Out This Week
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for new books! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to your TBR. This is...
Quiz: Pick Your Favorite Period Piece Films, Get a Historical Fiction Recommendation
Pick your favorite period piece films and dramas to get a historical fiction recommendation! Whether your favorite thing about watching movies set in the past are...
Worst. Superhero Movie. Ever.
I watched 16 of the worst superhero movies for this article. And to really rub salt in the wound, I volunteered. Don’t worry — I didn’t...
The Evolution of Spoken Word Poetry
Oral traditions span continents and cultures. One of the most famous from history is Greek mythology. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are epic poems which tell the...
In Search of Book Hangovers
I used to read like a machine. I’d pick up a book, finish it, and then immediately start the next book. Rinse and repeat. But my...
8 Books Like For All Mankind On Apple TV+
It’s the space race, baby! Apple TV’s For All Mankind explores an alternate history in which a Soviet Union crew, not a United States crew, was the...
8 Children’s Books About Trucks for Vehicle-Loving Kids
Hot trends in children’s literature are often up for discussion — are vampires dead? What mythical creature is the Next Big Thing? — but when it...
