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First off, I finished Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab for a Book Riot Podcast discussion with Rebecca Schinsky and Vanessa Diaz. This was my first V.E. Schwab book, and I really enjoyed it! It lived up to the “toxic lesbian vampires” pitch, which was all I needed. I also had […]
Goodreads has released its list of the 144 Most Read Books of the 2025 Reading Challenge (So Far), separated by genre. Each category has 12 titles, and the genres are: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Romance, Young Adult, Memoirs, History & Biography, and General Nonfiction. Some authors dominate their […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Erica Ezeifedi, Associate Editor, is a transplant from Nashville, TN that has settled in the North East. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public libraries, where she has focused […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I read a lot of queer books, and I don’t always have an opportunity to talk about them on Our Queerest Shelves. So, I thought I’d give you an update of all the queer books I read last […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. This weekend is Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon! It started in 2007, and I’ve participating every April and October for more than ten years. It’s a great excuse to clear my calendar for a day and read as much as […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. A Read With Jenna Book Festival is Coming Jenna Bush Hager is taking her popular book club to […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I currently have 25 books checked out from the library. Is that a lot? I have a few more holds I need to pick up, too. And then there are the hundreds of books I own and haven’t […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. A year ago, I tier ranked all the sapphic books I’ve read, back when Our Queerest Shelves was on Substack. Since it’s no longer accessible, I thought I’d repost it and add in the dozen or so sapphic […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Despite reading more than a hundred books a year, most of the time, I read pretty casually. Usually, I can put down a book and not think about it again until I pick it back up. It’s not […]
February 4, 2025, 12:20pm If you—or, let’s face it, one of your retired family members—are looking for a historical side hustle, there’s a team in Washington who want to see you. A team of Top Men. The National Archives is seeking volunteers to help transcribe and organize its many handwritten records. And apparently “anyone with an […]
