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Summer Loomis has been writing for Book Riot since 2019. She obsessively curates her library holds and somehow still manages to borrow too many books at once. She appreciates a good deadline and likes knowing if 164 other people are waiting for the same title. It's good peer pressure! She doesn't have a podcast but if she did, she hopes it would sound like Buddhability. The world could always use more people creating value with their lives everyday.

All Aboard For The Best Train Books for Kids!

There's more to read than The Little Engine That Could. Find the best train books for kids, from early readers to middle grade books.

How to Find Themes in Books

A handy guide to how to find themes in books, whether you're doing it for school or for your own reading enhancement.

30 of the Best Audible Books for Kids

Organized by length, these are the best Audible books for kids for fun listening. Find all 30 of them now, along with tips for finding more!

4 Adult Fiction Books That Are Perfect for Rereading

Looking for a book you can return to again and again? Check out these reader-approved adult fiction books for rereading.

10 of the Best Picture Books of 2021 So Far

We've rounded up some of the best 2021 picture books for kids so far to help you and the littles catch up on some of this year's best.

18 of the Best Baby Books of 2021

Baby's first board book is going to be a good one judging from these baby books, including Baby Young, Gifted and Black: With a Mirror! by Jamia Wilson and Andrea Pippins.

7 Memoirs on Learning a New Language

Experience the highs and lows of learning a new language at various stages of life with these memoirs, including In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri.

5 Shorter Novels From Around the World

If you're looking for some books to keep you reading or get you ahead of your reading challenge, pick up these shorter novels.

5 Compelling Memoirs From Doctors

Venture into hospitals and clinics around the world, and learn about the challenges faced by healthcare workers with these memoirs by doctors, including The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper.

9 Of The Best Japanese History Books

If you're eager to learn more about this fascinating country, these Japanese history books, including The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman, are good ones to start with.