Books, Arts, and Culture

If there’s one thing to note about the tremendous story collections on this year’s list, it’s the global terrain these stories cover. There’s the wide-ranging geography—from...

In the dark ages, before today’s (over)abundance of streaming services, I got into Buffy the Vampire Slayer through the books that were available at my local Barnes...

Obviously, this is a big claim to make. However, some fandoms lend themselves particularly well to reinvention by other people, whether that’s because of the vast...

The excitement I feel at the end of every year as I look toward all the great books coming out next year is unlike any other....

Gripping books. Page-turners. Unputdownable reads. We’ve all encountered those gripping books to read that just immediately hook us and don’t let go until the last page....

Anime fans know that the 1980s and ’90s were a veritable golden age for manga. Some Japanese comics that began in those halcyon days — like...

There has been a lot discourse recently over the song Baby, It’s Cold Outside. Don’t worry; I’m not going to jump up on the soapbox for...

Calling all fans of the Grishaverse! Whether you discovered the Shadow and Bone books first or fell in love with the characters on the Netflix show,...

While there are stories we adore for characters that we fall in love with, or plots we can’t stop thinking about, there’s another element to storytelling...