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Six "reboot" novels to put on your radar.

A handful of books that bounce off the canon.

By Brittany Allen | September 25, 2025

How Charlotte Brontë’s Shyness Helped Make Her a Storyteller

How Charlotte Brontë’s Shyness Helped Make Her a Storyteller

Graham Watson Explores the Influence of Friendship and Community on the Author of "Jane Eyre"

By Graham Watson | August 11, 2025

Finding the Wild Girls of Literature (and Following Them Into the Woods)

Finding the Wild Girls of Literature (and Following Them Into the Woods)

Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum Recommends Sarah Moss, Jamaica Kincaid, Carson McCullers and Others

By Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum | January 17, 2025

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Greg Cwik Examines the Reading Habits in the Iconic 90s Sitcom

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The Lights Don’t Just Go Out: A Lifelong Fainter on How Fiction Gets Fainting All Wrong

The Lights Don’t Just Go Out: A Lifelong Fainter on How Fiction Gets Fainting All Wrong

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By Sophie Brickman | August 6, 2024

How the Victorians Created the Modern English Novel

How the Victorians Created the Modern English Novel

Katie Lumsden on the Enduring Tropes of an Era

By Katie Lumsden | March 2, 2023

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