Rom-coms are great any time of year, but they’re especially perfect to curl up with when autumn arrives. TikTok has officially heralded the start of Meg Ryan fall, and, taking inspiration from the likes of You’ve Got Mail and When Harry Met Sally, many readers are letting cozy season take over their TBR stacks. We

This past summer, it was announced that Practical Magic 2 is officially in the works. Even better, both Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock are set to return as the Owens sisters. But while we may still have a year or two to wait before we return to the cozy and magical cinematic world of Practical

Home Depot’s viral 12-foot skeleton is back in stock, which can only mean one thing: spooky season is just around the corner. We likewise see readers flocking to the horror section at their local bookstores; sales of scary books reliably increase every October. The tradition of telling ghost stories dates back at least to colonial

Election seasons can be unpredictable, and 2024 is set to be no exception. But it turns out that election season book sales are quite stable, despite the volatility that accompanies a high-stakes election. Marketplace analysis shows that certain categories actually sell better from September to November during an election year than during a non-voting year.

Julia (@thepeliroja) has been documenting her journey to learn Spanish on TikTok to her more than 15k followers. Her favorite resource? Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish, a backlist gem from 1989 that relies on existing knowledge of English to learn Spanish more efficiently (plus, it contains illustrations by Andy Warhol). She sings the praises of

House of the Dragon season 2 premieres June 16 on HBO. The acclaimed Game of Thrones spin-off series is coming back almost a year and a half after the season one finale. Don’t worry if the events of season one are a bit foggy after all this time: House of the Dragon has released two

Romantasy: the hybrid genre everyone is talking about. Unless you’ve been actively avoiding both social and mainstream media, the trend has crossed your path. And it’s still on the rise: at the time of writing, the hashtag “#romantasy” has over 992 million views on TikTok. Books blending fantastical elements with steamy romance aren’t new, but

The highly anticipated Nat Geo documentary “Secrets of the Octopus,” narrated by Paul Rudd, will air on April 21. The latest installment in the “Secrets of…” series, it follows “Secrets of the Whales” and “Secrets of the Elephants” as well as other acclaimed recent nature documentaries like “A Real Bug’s Life.” The companion book (also

“New Year, New You” season is nearly upon us. And while some will be setting transformative goals for themselves in 2024, many continue to shift away from making resolutions at all. To wit, 55% of Americans and 66% of Millennials find the entire concept of resolutions outdated. And with finances tight for many, resolving to

While most of us became aware of Dark Academia thanks to TikTok, where the hashtag #darkacademia has over 5 billion views, the aesthetic/subculture found its foothold on Tumblr around 2014. Some trace its origin even further back to 1992, citing Donna Tartt’s The Secret History as the genesis of Dark Academia. So what is the Dark

At long last, the Backlist Vault now includes Juvenile and YA titles! Several new title collections have been added, and many more will be coming to the site over the coming days and weeks. Some of these are kids-specific, and others contain a mix of kids and adult titles. As a reminder, all title collections in

Your sourdough starter from the early days of lockdown may be long dead, but baking cookbooks are alive and kicking! With the weather finally cool enough in most parts of the country to turn the oven on, a new season of The Great British Baking Show on Netflix, and the holidays just around the corner,