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A new YA standalone novel about dark faeries for fans of Laini Taylor and Sarah J. Maas. Prince and his faerie courtiers are staggeringly beautiful, unrelentingly cruel, and exhausted by the tedium of the centuries—until they meet foster-siblings Josh and Ksenia. Drawn in by their vivid emotions, undying love for each other, and passion for life, Prince will stop at nothing to possess them. First seduced and then entrapped by the faeries, Josh and Ksenia learn that the faeries’ otherworldly gifts come at a terrible price—and they must risk everything to reclaim their freedom....

I Didn’t Want To Leave My Career In Professional Sports But I Had No Choice The first book in this grouping is the one that stands out as far as why the athlete left their career, but you’ll understand when you read it. The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai If you have read the Forbidden Hearts series, you’re familiar with Rhiannon Hunter. The moment she appeared in the third FH book, Hurts to Love You, I was desperate for her story....

Find below a roundup of some outstanding and cute nursery bookends. And know if you, like me, begin lusting for some of these yourself, you can always put them in any other room in your home too. Perfect Nursery Bookends Let’s start with these fun metal Alice in Wonderland bookends. $64. Jungle bookends feature so many options—giraffes, elephants, monkeys, zebras, birds! $20 each. Rainbow bookends would brighten up any nursery....

Editor’s Note, 6/22/2020: Following are the works of independent creators. Book Riot no longer promotes J.K. Rowling in light of statements she has made against the trans community. Canon Harry Potter Erotica There is a small corner of the Internet dedicated to those of us who prefer the canonical Harry Potter couples. Personally, my favorite couple will always be Ron and Hermione, and not even J.K. Rowling herself can talk me out of this....

This post originally ran August 12, 2013. _________________________ The latest The Giver casting news got me thinking about some of my favorite literary adaptations, which in turn made me think about their stars, who seem ubiquitous in Adaptation Land (which seems to be Hollywood’s unofficial name these days). For book lovers, it’s bittersweet that every other movie these days seems to be based on beloved (or not-so-beloved) books. From the latest Nicholas Sparks to The Book Thief, adaptations are here to stay....

Four women. Four secrets. A weekend that will change them forever…if they survive. Each woman has come to the retreat for different reasons. Each has her secrets to hide. And at the end of this weekend only one will be left standing. Sherri Smith illuminates the dark side of the self-care and wellness industry in a thrilling ride of revenge perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers. The Retreat is a twisting, bone-chilling suspense that asks: how well do you really know your friends?...

Are you getting enough sleep? Are you drinking water? Or are you, like certain nonfiction newsletter editors, staying up til 1 a.m. every night and telling yourself the water in coffee is good enough. WELL these books are here to help you start taking care of yourself.

As a result of the virus, so many lives have changed and early 2020 has seen numerous changes, including the cancellation of major events – rightfully so. While cancelling or postponing these events may be challenging for organizers and attendees, it’s important to practice the safety measures that health officials recommend. Safety and health are the first priority. One of the major events that is postponed to 2021 is the Summer Olympics, which are scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan....

American Girls Before I go any further in my recommendation, I’d like to say Team Samantha for life. We stan a subversive class warrior. Anyway…I can’t remember how I ran across the American Girls podcast, but I’m thrilled I did. Hosts Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney are historians and they bring their finely tuned eyes for details to a truly important subject: the history-centered American Girl books and dolls. Each episode of the podcast takes a deep dive into one of the books, examining the plot, the characters, the message, and how it all holds up decades later....

Some other great books that Soneela has narrated that I read in print include Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao and Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed! Want more recommendations of audiobooks narrated by Nankani? We’ve got you covered.

Each of these books makes an impact because they showcase stories from the eyes and hearts of people who have lived them, in the hopes that their words will inspire a younger generation to live bolder and louder. Children’s imaginations can never be underestimated, and the worlds these stories provide fill up their growing minds with stories they can run into with open arms. Right down to the cracks in the walls, each page, colour and illustration throughout the book has been carefully put together to take children back to the gorgeous Swat valley so they can take a trip with the girl who once called it her home, and has since gone on to conquer the world – telling them that they can too....

And this is just the beginning. Droughts, floods, wildfires, storms—all are becoming more intense, prolonged, and frequent. The publishing world has spent the past several years grappling with that fact, producing more and more climate fiction. This includes a number of novels for those who will feel our climate emergency’s effects most harshly: young adults. As we know, it’s often easiest to grapple with our hard truths from a slight remove....

Listen to the audiobook edition of Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener and read by Suehyla El-Attar. This prescient account of a journey in Silicon Valley is a rare first-person glimpse into high-flying, reckless startup culture at a time of unchecked ambition, unregulated surveillance, wild fortune, and accelerating political power. With wit, candor, and heart, Anna deftly charts the tech industry’s shift from self-appointed world savior to democracy-endangering liability, alongside a personal narrative of aspiration, ambivalence, and disillusionment....

Manto has humanized Partition by portraying it as a thoughtless political move. His short stories zeroes in on victims who were far removed from the insensitive politicians who decided their fates. However, Manto has gone largely unnoticed. Sadly, he still is one of the most under celebrated writers of India. He has not received his fair share of recognition from the global literary sphere as well. So, here is a list of short stories by Manto that according to me would make great plots for short films (my listicle does contain spoilers, sorry!...

“If you have a penchant for old libraries and cute bookshops, you might be interested in mixing your love of all things literary with a dash of wanderlust. Because wouldn’t it be lovely to travel somewhere new and spend your days exploring, and your evenings curled up in a perfect book nook? Well, luckily for you, Airbnb has the answer. The travel accommodation platform has a whole host of gorgeous properties around the UK that would be perfect for bookworms, thanks to their in-house libraries or ties to the book world....

If you wish to read more poetry as well, here are a few tips that have helped me, and that I am positive will help you as well. Poetry Apps Poetry apps are one of the best tools ever invented. Not only do I get a new poem delivered to my phone every day, it comes with a notification, which means I won’t forget to have my small dose of daily poetry....

Book Riot is teaming up with Open Book to giveaway a summer reading prize pack which includes $100 giftcard to Bookshop.org Here’s a little more about the Open Book newsletter: We created Open Book to amplify BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other traditionally underrepresented voices in the publishing world. We ask writers to be open books about their lives, work, process, inspiration, and interests to help readers get to know new voices with a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and ideas that shape our society....

The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan, Narrated by Peter Ganim When a local man falls off a cliff, Canadian Detective Esa Khattak and his partner Detective Rachel Getty are called in to look over the case. What starts as a routine case slowly grows more and more suspicious as Khattak and Getty look into the dead man’s past. Soon they realize the man was living under a false identity and may be a Bosnian war criminal....

There are many benefits of nursery rhymes. Rhymes and repetition help children develop hearing awareness, build memory capabilities, and understand language and concepts. They teach children about narrative structure and stories, and how there are beginnings, middles, and endings. They encourage imagination. They help develop attention spans. They form a link between generations and are a way to preserve culture, as the same nursery rhymes are often known and recited by grandparents and parents....

The Golden Record perfectly captures this sentiment. Launched on the Voyager spacecrafts in 1977, the gold-plated phonograph holds 115 images, 27 songs, 21 sounds of Earth, and greetings in 55 languages. The record, “intended to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials,” according to NASA, highlights the powerful feeling of connection interstellar broadcasts inspire. As we navigate social distancing, or whenever you’re feeling like a lonely satellite, I hope you might find comfort through the broadcast connections made in these science fiction books....