Books, Arts, and Culture

If you’ve hung around in the YA spheres long enough, especially if you’re a contemporary YA fiction reader, chances are you’ve probably heard the term “quiet...

What makes for the best satire books? Satire is the use of humor and irony to show how something (a person, community, nation etc.) is foolish...

I have to admit: when I think of science fiction and fantasy, I don’t often think of Jewish themes. At least, I didn’t use to. Which...

At the school library I manage, I run a Dungeons and Dragons program twice a week with our students. It is a lot of fun and...

There’s a pile of unfinished cross-stitch projects sitting in a box in my house. It’s not that I don’t want to do them. It’s simply that...

Whatever sport you like to watch, there’s probably a romance about it. I can’t say this with 100% certainty, of course — I’ve yet to find...

On March 4, the winners were announced for the 27th annual Audie Awards. Winners are announced in 25 categories, including best female narrator, best audiobook in...

Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Allegra Hyde, NoViolet Bulawayo, Matt Bell, and more—that are publishing this week. Want to learn more about upcoming...