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The Book Slut contributor Hunter Mclendon started a newsletter called ‘Shelf by Shelf,’ a deep dive about his journey into every book...

I’ve often judged songs by how quickly they raise a line of goosebumps up my arm, or how reliably a chorus line or a high note creates a...

“Men don’t have to pay attention the way we do. Men die because they make mistakes. Women? We die because we’re female.” Grady Hendrix...

A slew of books being read around the globe. Plus, two emerging fans of Nightbitch.

"When I was a child I spent hours alone in my room creating elaborate psychodramas for my Calico Critters."

Dieting is, regardless of any potential health benefits, a business. Worth an estimated $71 billion, it targets the insecurities in us...

HELLO HELLO we've been quiet, but we'll be posting regularly again soon! Here's what our writers have been reading in the meantime. As...

Mercury Boys follows fish-out-of-water, 16-year-old Saskia, who has arrived in Coventon on the back of her mother’s infidelity.

Around 1.1 million foreign students were enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities across America from 2019-2020. This was a decrease of...

HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...

This post written by author Jaye Viner as a guest of The Book Slut.

Clad in millennial pink, this book is highly deceptive. I expected stupid decisions and self deprecation but instead I was met with a...

HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...

"It’s a reminder to women to pursue their own dreams even as they support the goals of their partner and family."

With one foot in the past and one in the present, Marcie Maxfield compiled a stunner of a novel. As the narrator, Em, embraces and...

HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...

HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...

HELLO HELLO Friday* is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...

Perfect On Paper made my heart TRULY fucking sing. Let’s just start there. This book brought me pure pure joy and while I might not have...

We've somehow hit the second half of 2021 and there's a slew of new books to be excited about! They cover debuts, popular author...

This week; Melissa Febos, Nadia Owusu, Andrew Solomon, Jean Kwok, Aminatta Forna, Emma Cline, Samantha Downing, TJ Newman & Elizabeth Little

Loving Lizzie March is a brightly pink clad novel about a misguided woman’s fervent search for The One. When Lizzie is sure she has found...

The story follows a young woman’s grief journey—vacillating between different time periods, excavating memories, bringing on key witnesses.

HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...