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Read This, Then That: The Trouble With Destiny, and Other Young Adult Novels You’ll Ship (Because They Are On Boats, You See)

Dig into THE TROUBLE WITH DESTINY and other YA books that are set aboard or feature boats and ships.

Read This, Then That: The Bees by Laline Paull & Other Stories of Animal Rebels

Novels of animals that rise up to fight within their own societies and the oppressive ones humans have established.

Read This, Then That: THE LUMINARIES and THE MOONSTONE

In Read This, Then That, we pair new books with classics that have similar themes, structures, and stories. Last year, ...

Read This, Then That: Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang

After New York Comic Con this year, the folks over at First Second found themselves with an awesome reason to celebrate. Their ...

Read This, Then That: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY and THE SHEIK

Fifty Shades of Grey and The Sheik: two "romance" novels published nearly 100 years apart that reinforce gender roles and cultural norms in similar ways.

Read This, Then That: A GAME OF THRONES and IVANHOE

In Read This, Then That, we pair new books with classics that have similar themes, structures, and stories. That A ...

Read This, Then That: VAMPIRES IN THE LEMON GROVE and E.T.A. Hoffmann

In Read This, Then That, we pair new books with classics that have similar themes, structures, and stories. Vampires in ...

Read This, Then That: YOUNG AMERICANS and T.S. Eliot

In Read This Then That, we pair new books with classics that have similar themes, structures, and stories. Jordan Castro ...

Read This Then That: ZOO TIME and HUMPHRY CLINKER

In Read This Then That, we pair new books with classics that have similar themes, structures, and stories. Howard Jacobson’s ...