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Novels

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The Books That Taught Author Courtney Maum How to Be Funny Without Being Cruel

These novels showed her that social satire starring the wealthy and privileged didn't always have to be savage.
By Courtney Maum
A smiling Brooke Averick in a striped halter top is pictured in front of a collage of colorful book covers including Female Fantasy, Crescent City, and Interesting Facts About Space.

Brooke Averick’s Ultimate Escapist Reading List

The books the internet personality, podcaster and (now) author comes back to most are the ones that let her lose herself for a while.
By Brooke Averick
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10 Lesser-Known Anti-Totalitarian Novels

While Orwell and Atwood have become the default lenses through which readers process political darkness, a rich parallel tradition of anti-totalitarian fiction has been making the same arguments in unexpected ways.
By Noah Berlatsky
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10 Books Worth Reading Even After You’ve Seen the Movie

By Gillian Harvey
A collage of contemporary books by women arranged in a tilted grid, featuring covers including Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma, Strange Heart Beating, My Year of Rest and Relaxation and The Last Sane Woman, with muted tones punctuated by bright pink typography and surreal imagery.

Violent Femmes: Must-Read Books by Women That Foreground Brutal Beauty

By Adam Steiner

Author Alexa Yasemin Brahme’s Best Books to Read When You Don’t Know What the Hell You’re Doing

By Alexa Yasemin Brahme

Author Tolani Akinola’s 10 Best Books About Dysfunctional Families

By Tolani Akinola
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10 Books That Authors Think Everyone Should Read

By Nick Hilden
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Author Adam Steiner’s Essential Reading List for Those Ready to Reinvent Themselves

By Adam Steiner
An image featuring a woman in a cream-colored dress, standing confidently with her arms crossed in front of a collage of book covers, including titles like We Were Liars, Outlander, Daisy Jones & The Six, Lies and Weddings, Love & Gelato, and The Book of Lost Names.

Bestselling Author Elle Kennedy’s Favorite Summer Romances

By Elle Kennedy
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The Best Books That Foreground Female Friendship

By Gillian Harvey
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10 Uplifting Books to Banish the Winter Blues

By Gillian Harvey

11 Essential Books Overlooked by the Literary Canon

By Nick Hilden
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Get Cozy With Our Picks for the Best Sweater Weather Reads

By Nick Hilden
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To Understand the Present, Read These 10 Political Novels from the Past

By Nick Hilden
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The Best Books About Time Travel, From Classics to Modern Favorites

By Leah von Essen
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The Best Climate-Focused Speculative Fiction

By Leah von Essen
A woman in a red blouse sits in a studio holding a copy of The Great Gatsby Art Novel, with other Bond & Grace titles like The Secret Garden, Alice in Wonderland and Frankenstein stacked beside her, surrounded by painting supplies and artworks.

Inside the Bond & Grace ‘Art Novels’ That Put Artists at the Center of Classic Literature

By Dan Duray

Old Story, New Angle: Even More of the Best Spinoffs, Retellings, Sequels and Prequels

By Gillian Harvey

Observer’s Book Pile: The Best Retellings of the Classics

By Hudson Warm
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10 Must-Read Thrillers to Cool Your Blood

By Gillian Harvey
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10 Historical Novels That Bring the Past to Life

By Gillian Harvey

Literary Travel: 8 Must-Read Novels That Will Transport You Around the World

By Lanie Brice
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The Best Holiday-Themed Novels to Put You in the Christmas Spirit

By Gillian Harvey
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