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The Best of the Booker Prize for 2026
Every fall, book lovers around the world pause to see who has made the cut for the Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in English-language fiction. This year is no exception. From 163...
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The Best Books on Minimalism and Simple Living
Minimalism has an image problem. Say the word and a lot of people picture bare white walls, one chair in an empty room, and a life that feels more like a design magazine than a home. But the version of...
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T.I.M. Wirkus: Creating mystery and magic across genres
T.I.M. Wirkus (they/them) is the author of the novels The Infinite Future (Penguin Press, 2018) and City of Brick and Shadow (Tyrus Books, 2014), which was a finalist for the Shamus Award and the...
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The Best Books for Fans of Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov didn’t just write science fiction—he built entire universes out of ideas, and then let us wander through them. Whether it was the psychohistory of the Foundation series predicting the rise...
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Tracy Wise: Inspired by the classics
Tracy Wise is the author of the novella Madame Sorel’s Lodger. She spent her childhood in Asia due to her father’s aid work and currently writes university presidential speeches, campus communications,...
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The Best Books for Understanding AI
Artificial intelligence is one of those topics everyone has an opinion on, but far fewer people feel like they truly understand. Is AI going to cure diseases or take our jobs? Save the planet or drain...
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The Best Novels Set in the Publishing World
There’s something delicious about reading a novel set inside the very industry that produced it. Publishing is full of ambition, ego, secrets, and the occasional betrayal. Basically, it’s a novelist’s...
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The Best Books About Antarctica
Antarctica is one of the few places on Earth that still feels genuinely mythic: a continent with no native population, no government, and no human history before the 19th century, yet one that holds...
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The Best Books for Fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold
If you fell in love with Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold, you already know the particular kind of magic that this style of gentle Japanese fiction can offer. There are no explosions,...
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The Best Books for Understanding American Politics
If you’ve found yourself staring at the news lately, wondering how American politics got quite so loud, quite so divided, and quite so exhausting, you’re not alone. The good news is that you don’t need...
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The Best of Modern True Crime
True crime used to mean one thing: a lurid paperback with a screaming headline font and a story that cared more about shock value than the people involved. Thankfully, those days are fading. The best...
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The Best Books for Raising Resilient, Well-Adjusted Teens
Parenting a teenager has never been a walk in the park, but today’s parents are navigating terrain their own parents never had to consider. Smartphones and social media have rewired how teens...
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The Best Books for Fans of Philip K. Dick
If you’ve devoured Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, lost yourself in the identity puzzles of Ubik, and questioned reality itself after The Man in the High Castle, you already know that Philip K....
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Brandon Daily: Helping people see and understand their world
Brandon Daily is the author of three novels (A Murder Country, The Valley, and Through the Dark) as well as a collection of fiction (Darkening). His novel, Crop Burn Stories, is forthcoming from Down...
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S.L. Woeppel: Exploring secret identities
S.L. Woeppel is the author of Flipping the Birdie, a 2024 Booklife Prize finalist. Her second novel, The Butcher and The Liar, is released on September 16, 2025. Woeppel was born in Nebraska and...
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Enni Amanda: Writing spicy small-town romcoms
Enni Amanda is a graphic designer moonlighting as a romcom author, or maybe it’s the other way around. In 2006, she and her husband moved from Finland to New Zealand and fell in love with the gorgeous...
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The Best Animal Stories
There’s something magical about a great animal story. Whether it’s the fierce loyalty of a dog, the mysterious intelligence of an octopus, or the wild freedom of a horse, these tales tap into something...
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The Best Books for Runners
Whether you’re lacing up your shoes for your first 5K or you’ve been pounding the pavement for years, there’s nothing quite like a good book to fuel your passion for running. The right book can...
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The Best Romantasy Books
Romantasy, short for “romance fantasy,” is a genre that masterfully weaves together elements of romantic love stories with fantastical worlds brimming with magic, mythical creatures, and epic...
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The Best Books for Fans of Liane Moriarty
If you’ve ever raced through a Liane Moriarty novel — gripped by the secrets of suburban lives, the tangled dynamics of female friendships, or the slow burn of suspense — you’re not alone. Moriarty has...
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