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Love Books? You Still Might Suffer From Bibliophobia

Love Books? You Still Might Suffer From Bibliophobia

Sarah Chihaya on the Real Consequences of Fearing Books

By Sarah Chihaya | February 4, 2025

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

Kelly E. Hill on Women Defying Societal Norms in the Nineteenth Century

By Kelly E. Hill | April 12, 2024

Reading Beyond London’s WWII “Blitz Spirit”

Reading Beyond London’s WWII “Blitz Spirit”

Jo Baker Recommends Jill Paton Walsh, Graham Greene, and More

By Jo Baker | May 10, 2023

13 Adaptations Better Than the Books They’re Based On

13 Adaptations Better Than the Books They’re Based On

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By Emily Temple | March 23, 2023

Reconstituting Our Shared Past: On the Transformative Power of Queer Historical Fiction

Reconstituting Our Shared Past: On the Transformative Power of Queer Historical Fiction

Beatrice Hitchman Recommends Novels That Spotlight LGBTQ Themes and Characters

By Beatrice Hitchman | January 6, 2022

Multiple Narrators, Multiple Truths: A Reading List

Multiple Narrators, Multiple Truths: A Reading List

Sophie Ward Recommends Jennifer Egan, Han Kang, the Brothers Grimm, and More

By Sophie Ward | September 28, 2021

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The 50 Best Contemporary Novels Over 500 Pages

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10 Great Works of Historical Fiction to Ease Your Thomas Cromwell Withdrawal

10 Great Works of Historical Fiction to Ease Your Thomas Cromwell Withdrawal

At Least History Isn't Going Anywhere

By Emily Temple | March 11, 2020

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By Emily Temple | December 12, 2019

The 50 Greatest Coming-of-Age Novels

The 50 Greatest Coming-of-Age Novels

Summer's Almost Over . . . Just Like Your Childhood (Sorry)

By Emily Temple | August 26, 2019

11 Literary Pick Up Lines for the Chronically Dateless

11 Literary Pick Up Lines for the Chronically Dateless

Get Yourself a Valentine Who Reads

By Emily Temple | February 13, 2019

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10 Contemporary "Dickensian" Novels

Because "Kafkaesque" is Like, So 2018

By Emily Temple | February 7, 2019

When a Story is Best Told Backwards

When a Story is Best Told Backwards

Samantha Harvey on the Melancholy of Reverse Narratives

By Samantha Harvey | November 15, 2018

9 Novels in Which Houses Have a Life of Their Own

9 Novels in Which Houses Have a Life of Their Own

From the Creepy to the Comforting, Melanie Hobson on the House as Character

By Melanie Hobson | September 10, 2018

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