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This article is organized by two types of resources: free Kindle ebooks and books that are available for free through Kindle Unlimited. Be sure to check out both to find the best low-cost reads for your Kindle! And for more free Kindle recs from the previous year, take a look at our 2020 round-up. 8 Free Kindle Books: 2021 Options 7 Free Books on Kindle Unlimited If you’re interested in strategies for finding more free Kindle ebooks, be sure to check out this resource as well....

Because this is a centuries-old genre, this list is not meant to serve as a definitive list of every well-written mystery novel. To claim that would be impossible — or at the very least would take a whole book in itself to compile rather than an article. Instead, this list functions as a round-up of the best mystery books of all time that have defined the genre in meaningful ways....

“For so many centuries, the exchange of gifts has held us together. It has made it possible to bridge the abyss where language struggles.” —Barry Lopez, About This Life “If nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that—warm things, kind things, sweet things—help and comfort and laughter—and sometimes gay, kind laughter is the best help of all....

Well, I do. And while I enjoy novels for what they are, and read mostly non-illustrated fiction, some stories feel so graphic that I think they would be done (even more) justice with the help of a graphic adaptation. Of course, adapting a novel into a graphic novel also means that part of the text is lost. But artwork can, very often, easily manage to convey a lot of what the novel tries to pass onto the reader....

2022 is here and so is our list of the Most Anticipated Books of the year ahead. With millions of new and used books, ThriftBooks has an endless selection of books at the best prices. From childhood classics to new, undiscovered worlds of adventures, there is something for everyone and every budget. And with the ThriftBooks ReadingRewards program, every purchase gets you a step closer to a free book reward....

Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor Can you think your way to a better time? Olympian Deena Kastor explores the power of positive thinking in a book that spans her running career from high school racing to training at altitude with legend Joe Vigil. After several setbacks, Kastor began to investigate the ability of her thoughts to shape her running and shares what she’s learned in this uplifting book filled with actionable advice....

It also ends up being a really good excuse to go shopping and stock up my personal library. Isn’t that what we Book Rioters do? Let’s have a look at the winners and honourable mentions! Older Readers (13–18 Years of Age): Winner: Between Us by Clare Atkins Every teenage romance feels like there is something “Between Us”, though rarely does it include barbed wire fences or volatile socio-political issues. Our star-crossed lovers are Anahita, an Iranian asylum seeker who is only allowed out of the detention centre to attend school, and Jono, son of a guard at the detention centre and fellow school student....

— National Book Foundation (@nationalbook) September 17, 2019 2019 National Book Awards Translated Literature Longlist When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl’s Book by Naja Marie Aidt, translated by Denise Newman The Collector of Leftover Souls: Field Notes on Brazil’s Everyday Insurrections by Eliane Brum, translated by Diane Grosklaus Whitty Space Invaders by Nona Fernández, translated by Natasha Wimmer Will and Testament by Vigdis Hjorth, translated by Charlotte Barslund Death Is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa, translated by Leri Price Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai, translated by Ottilie Mulzet The Barefoot Woman by Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Jordan Stump The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder Crossing by Pajtim Statovci, translated by David Hackston Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones The shortlist will be announced October 8th....

PEN America is a nonprofit organization that works to defend free speech and expression in the United States and worldwide. The longlists for this award are among the most diverse out there. These lists include around 50% authors of color and approaching 60% women and non cis-male authors. Nearly 50% of the books come from small and independent presses. The finalists for these awards will be announced in January 2022....

From extraordinary debut novels, to exciting new books from beloved authors, to fantastic YA fiction — there’s a little bit of everything in this list to help you find those must-read books to read in 2022. And you know me, I can’t help but recommend as many books as possible. So you’ll find a few bonus recommendations thrown in here and there. Because this is only the teeniest fraction of incredible offerings coming our way in 2022....

If you’re thinking about going vegan or just want to start a meatless Monday tradition, you’ll probably be in need of a good cookbook or two. There are so many out there to choose from. What works best for me might not be what’s best for you. That’s okay, though! Whether you’re on a budget, feeding a family, or just exploring the idea of a vegan lifestyle, there’s certainly a vegan cookbook out there for you....

26 Of The Best Fantasy Book Covers Of 2019 The Winter Of The Witch By Katherine Arden, Cover Art By Robert Hunt All of the artwork in this trilogy is beautiful. I’m sad this is the last one! In An Absent Dream By Seanan McGuire, Cover Art By Robert Hunt Another fantastic cover by Robert Hunt. I love every cover from the Wayward Children series, but this cover and the first—Every Heart a Doorway—are my favorites, this one because it’s a gorgeous tree!...

The Hobbit “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” —The Hobbit “There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” —The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings Main Series “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens....

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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo In this novel in verse, a plane traveling from New York to the Dominican Republic crashes, and Camino and Yahaira’s lives are forever changed. Camino lives in the DR, and Yahaira in New York City. What they don’t know is that they share a father, a man who split his time between his two daughters and kept his two families a secret from each other....

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First Lines “I will be her witness.” —A Book of Common Prayer “Havana vanities come to dust in Miami.” —Miami “Terror is the given of the place.” —Salvador Best Joan Didion Quotes On Parenting “I don’t think anybody feels like they’re a good parent. Or if people think they’re good parents, they ought to think again.” “When we talk about mortality we are talking about our children.” Best Joan Didion Quotes On Writing “Quite often you want to tell somebody your dream, your nightmare....

Syd (no pronouns, please) has always dealt with big, hard-to-talk-about things by baking. Being dumped is no different, except now Syd is baking at the Proud Muffin, a queer bakery and community space in Austin. And everyone who eats Syd’s breakup brownies . . . breaks up. Even Vin and Alec, who own the Proud Muffin. And their breakup might take the bakery down with it. Being dumped is one thing; causing ripples of queer heartbreak through the community is another....

Where should any follow ups to this season glean their inspiration from now? Sure, there is a wealth of possibility in the realm of “classic” gothic literature, perhaps Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, or even Wilkie Collins’ Woman in White. But…why confine ourselves to this small subset of literature? Why not explore the tragic haunting of other voices, cultures, perspectives? Ghost stories can be love stories can be fantasy stories can be stories of loss and longing and, even, hope....

While waiting for a very late bus to arrive last week, I received an early holiday gift when I discovered a few online short stories that spoke directly to me: these December days are potentially deadly. These four stories about the holiday experience do not drip of massive manufactured sentimentality that defines this time of year. Rather, these stories introduce us to characters who, despite their best efforts to prevent a holiday upset, the upset comes anyway....