Books, Arts, and Culture

My favorite trope in horror is the one that offers the most flexibility: ghosts. This is especially the case with YA books, where YA ghost books...

Don’t get me wrong: I appreciate a slow burn romance as much as the next fanfic reader. But getting together isn’t the only story you can...

Highlighting female authors in translation since 2014, Women in Translation Month is now an explosively popular online phenomenon, filling lit mags and Twitter feeds with lists...

My mother is an amazing woman. She raised four children by herself in a foreign country while getting a Masters and a second degree. She epitomises...

These days, we all hear about meditation, healthy habits, mindfulness. So, I have gathered a list of the best mindfulness books that there are out there....

As each February rolls around, a few bibliophile friends (who are also dedicated Santa Monica Library patrons) and I anticipate the book selection announcement from the...

If we were living in a manor house in the English countryside in the 1920s, we may have this news delivered to us via letter on...

This Riot Recommendation asking for your favorite co-written books is sponsored by Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite. What does a seventeen-year-old Haitian American...

Critical Linking is a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web, sponsored by our giveaway of the year’s best mysteries and...