Are You Planning to Join the (Face)Book Club?
Another New Year’s Day has come and gone, and we’re now firmly mired in the January blahs. If you’re anything like me, your vague, lofty pledges to “eat healthier” and “take the stairs more” have...
View ArticleBooks Lead This Year's Oscar® Nominations
A quick glance at the list of Oscar® nominees confirms that 2014 was a great year at the movies. It was also a very good year for moviegoing readers: of the eight films nominated for Best Picture,...
View ArticleThe 7 Worst Books to Use for Your Wedding Theme
Apparently, we’re right in the thick of engagement season. What with the Super Bowl coming up (it’s a game fought over a diamond ring, sponsored by a hundred diamond ring commercials) and Valentine’s...
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It's Almost Valentine's Day! Here are 6 Books That'll Make You Glad You're...
Most holidays have only one Mood Setting: Fun. Christmas, the Fourth of July, Groundhog Day—these holidays don’t depend on your relationship status, they’re just moments where everyone pauses to...
View ArticleMore Books to Read if You Loved Gone Girl
So, you read Gone Girl in one white-knuckled sitting. Then, in no time flat, you tore through our previous suggested list of novels to fill the Gone Girl-shaped hole in your life. That’s okay: You’re...
View Article5 Great Fictional Evil Geniuses
Everybody loves a protagonist. Our heroes and heroines inspire us to face our fears, to strive for greatness, and to triumph in the face of evil. Which brings us to our point: a good story still needs...
View ArticleThe 5 Worst Mothers in Literary History
As Philip Larkin wrote in the Greatest Poem of All Time (GPAT): “Man hands on misery to man/It deepens like a coastal shelf/Get out as early as you can/And don’t have any kids yourself.” This doesn’t...
View ArticleGone Girl Author Gillian Flynn Is Back
Gillian Flynn has a knack for twisting the knife, usually before you even know you’ve been stabbed. In Gone Girl, Dark Places, and Sharp Objects, she spins a web, adorning it with broken characters and...
View ArticleA Book for Every Relative at Your Thanksgiving Table
Thanksgiving is upon us, which means now’s the time to dredge up all the patience and calm you have buried in your tired soul and bring it to the surface—yep, it’s time to deal with your relatives...
View ArticleLoved The Girl on the Train? Here are 6 New Books to Read Next
Yes, yes, we know. You know. Everybody and their great aunt knows. If you liked Gillian Flynn’s dark and suspenseful Gone Girl, then you have to read Paula Hawkins’s page-turner The Girl on the...
View Article10 Seemingly Unrelated Books that Complement Each Other Perfectly
The literary world can like an infinite sea of ideas: walk into a bookstore and the thousands of titles on display—which are only the tip of the bookberg bobbing under the surface—is overwhelming in...
View ArticleThe Biggest Book Spoilers, Ever: The Sinner, Ender’s Game, Gone Girl & More
Warning: if you like to be surprised, stop reading right now. Get a glass of water or look at Buzzfeed or start working on your memoir. But if you’re curious about these books and their...
View Article10 Novels That Teach You Something About Marriage
As anyone who’s been married for more than a minute will tell you, it can be hard work. Many books tellingly end on the “happily ever after button,” leaving the results to the imagination, making it...
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