Jamie Canavés is the Tailored Book Recommendations coordinator and Unusual Suspects mystery newsletter writer — in case you’re wondering what you do with a Liberal Arts degree. She’s never met a beach she didn’t like, always says yes to dessert, loves ‘80s nostalgia, all forms of entertainment, and can hold a conversation using only gifs. You can always talk books with her on Bluesky, Litsy, Goodreads, and her substack Multitudes Contained.
From the silly (no more book club stickers, please!) to the serious (start fact-checking your books, already!), these trends need to stop.
Why are so many books mislabeled on Goodreads? How many books are readers missing out of because of these mis-categorizations?
Where do you place the feeling of terror when you can’t do anything about the things scaring you? One way is to turn to fictional horror.
Here are Barnes & Nobel's Top Books of 2021. Their top 10 is really a top 11 and we can't blame them.
These are the best nonfiction books of 2021 including true crime, sociology, memoir, history and even a deep dive into the history of food, including Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell.
Coping with a loved one passing is hard enough, so here are some tips to ease you through the process of sorting through their books.
While I finally found my footing again with reading this year, certain things in my reading life are now indicators of my stress level.
Go on, do it: read outside your usual comfort zone. A whole new world of amazing experiences could be waiting just beyond that next page.
Jonathan Mattingly, an officer involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, has returned his advance and is looking for a new publisher.
Though we've come a long way, there's still a long way to go: how the mystery genre is still leaving out marginalized voices.