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Five Genre-Bending Young Adult Books
“Pick a genre,” they said. “Horror. Fantasy. Science Fiction. Romance. Crime. Thriller. What interests you most?” I was fifteen, and I could no longer hang out in the children’s section of the...
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Solitary Struggles in a World on Fire: The End of the Ocean, by Maja Lunde
It is 2017. A woman named Signe sails her beloved boat across the treacherous waters of the North Sea from her hometown in Norway to the idyllic city in France where her ex-lover lives. She has...
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Andy Serkis Will Record a New Audiobook Edition of The Hobbit
In May, Gollum actor Andy Serkis powered through a 12-hour reading marathon (a Hobbitathon) of the entirety of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Now, he’ll go back behind the microphone to do it again, for...
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The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker Is a Measured, Gorgeous, Character-Driven...
The Hidden Palace is Helene Wecker’s long-awaited second novel. Wecker’s debut, The Golem and the Jinni, was published to no small acclaim in 2013. Those of us who remember that novel and its fantastic...
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Read an Excerpt From This Woven Kingdom
To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight. We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from This Woven Kingdom, the first...
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A Western Fairy Tale in Different Clothes: This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
In the world of Tahereh Mafi’s latest YA fantasy novel, This Woven Kingdom, a cautious peace has been achieved between humans and their predecessors, the Jinn. The Fire Accords, set up by the current...
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Megan Giddings’ The Women Could Fly Finds Magic in Community
It’s a specific kind of magic that some books, when you finish them, feel like stories you’ve always known—like reading the book unlocked it in your head. That’s the feeling I had when I slowly turned...
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Natalie Haynes’ Stone Blind Fills in Mythological Silences
Natalie Haynes is a comedian, writer, and broadcaster, and along with Professor Dame Mary Beard, is probably at the moment the UK’s most well-known female classicist. Stone Blind is her third novel to...
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