And I get it. As someone who has watched, read, and (full disclosure) lived a fair number of cringe-worthy-but-not-in-a-funny-way romance moments, I understand peppering a moving love story with humor or infusing a comedy with enough heart to connect with readers or viewers isn’t as easy as Nora Ephron made it look. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t fantastic romantic comedy books out there. In fact, there are A LOT of them....
Meet Libby. The one-tap reading app from your library, powered by OverDrive. Downloading Libby to your smartphone allows you to borrow thousands of eBooks and audiobooks for free anytime and anywhere. You’ll find library books in all genres, ranging from bestsellers, classics, nonfiction, comics and much more. Libby works on Apple and Android devices and is compatible with Kindle. All you need is a library card but you can sample any book in the library collection without one....
Bookish Netflix Originals Streaming in April 2019 Titles link directly to Netflix. April 1 Ultraman Based on the Ultraman manga series, the Netflix series serves as a continuation of the 1960s Japanese tokusatsu (a type of TV series). For more on manga, check out our Beginner’s Guide to Manga. April 5 The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Part 2 Based on comic The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, I am hoping that season 2 will leave behind the weird vaseline effect used to blur the backgrounds in season 1....
Despite more books being published during the past few years, Christmas YA books continue to have a diversity problem. Not only are most of the books listed below written by white authors, there are essentially no stories featuring LGBTQ+ teens. We’ve said it before, and we’ll keep saying it until publishing changes: Give the readers what we want! We want more holiday YA books from authors of color, and we want more holiday romcoms where the teens falling in love aren’t straight or cisgender....
Here is just a selection of her quotes. Further reading: Toni Morrison has died, where to begin reading Toni Morrison books, and even more excellent Toni Morrison quotes.
Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution by Peter Kalmus Peter Kalmus was done—done!—with being part of the problem. He decided to take some radical steps, including planting fruit trees in his backyard, using only a vehicle that runs on used vegetable oil, and taking composting to a whole new level. This book is both his journey and his reflections on the scalability, the feasibility, and the entertainment value of his personal quest to cut his emissions....
When Anna goes on a break with her longtime boyfriend (who doesn’t seem super interested in her happiness), she tries for a one-night stand with Quan Diep, who wants to get back into the casual dating game after surgery and a long recovery period. Their mutual disinterest in a long-term relationship doesn’t hold very well when they keep meeting up and giving each other emotional support and affection. The joys of The Heart Principle lie in many different parts of the book....
A note, however, that due to the subject matter, this list of books falls far short of Book Riot’s usual diversity standards. You’ll find a list of diverse royal romance here. Coffee Table Books About the Royal Family Fiction inspired by the Royal Family Biographies of Members of the Royal Family Memoirs About Life with Royal Family Need more reading about the Royal Family? Check out Books about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and 13 Stories of People Who Fall in Love with Royalty
Sadly, this is nothing new. While trans people in the UK may not be facing military bans, the trans community has been used as a punchbag by the UK media – including some self-proclaimed leftist, feminist commentators – for many years. Luckily, charities like Mermaids exist to give trans kids the support they may not get from society at large, and there are a growing number of kids’ books about gender identity that young trans children, and their peers, can use as a resource, a way of seeing oneself, or just as a damn good read....
Based on the life of the author’s grandfather, the novel stars Thomas Wazhashk, the night watchman at a jewel bearing plant in North Dakota in 1953. The book unfolds around the “emancipation” bill, in which the government was attempting to terminate treaties with the Indigenous peoples and threaten their livelihoods. However, the story explores the individual lives of the characters with tenderness, elegance, and sly humour. Erdrich crafted an exquisite world where the characters grapple with the best and the worst of human nature....
Generally, these coming out stories share common features but also tell of wildly different experiences — the characters range in ages, gender, religion, culture, race, and class. Each story has complications, beauty, and nuance. Coming out is rarely simple, and most of these characters do the best they can to lead honest and open lives. I’d also like to recommend that if you enjoy these books, you might also want to take a look at this list of must read LGBTQ fiction and this list of YA coming out stories....
Poetry In the 1960s, Langston Hughes wrote an essay on the history of African American poetry. In this essay, he talks about the inextricability of the question of racism from African American poetry and quotes another celebrated poet on the subject: The first African American book was a collection of poems by Phillis Wheatley published in 1773, and since then the aspirations, experiences, and grievances of a people subject to the horrors of a racist society have found expression through poetry....
First awarded in 1969, the Booker Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English and published in the UK or Ireland. The winner of the prize will receive £50,000 and each shortlisted author will receive £2,500. The judges will reveal the winner during a prize ceremony at the BBC Radio Theatre on November 3rd. Chair of the judges, Maya Jasanoff, says of this year’s shortlist, “Some are acutely introspective, taking us into the mind of a Tamil man tracing the scars of Sri Lanka’s civil war, and an American woman unplugging from the internet to cope with a family crisis....
Don’t believe me? Just check out 15 of the best fake dating romance books you can look forward to this year. Below is a mix of adult and YA titles, something for everyone! Since you’re a fan of fake dating and all, you should probably check out these fake dating romance novels, YA books about fake dating, and 10 of the best fake dating young adult novels. More of a supposedly casual relationship pretending to be more for the publicity and then actually turning into more than, say, a totally fake relationship....
There are climate change books for all readers, as well as some titles focusing on related environmental issues, and I’ve separated this list into nonfiction and fiction. You’ll recognize some big names in the climate activism world, like Bill Gates and Greta Thunberg, but you’ll also learn about lesser-known activists, like Robert Bullard, who have been fighting for change for decades. On the fiction side, you’ll see novels with harrowing predictions into what our world could look like if we head down the same path we’re currently on without making any changes toward reversing climate change....
As a long-time reader of science fiction (and space operas in particular), I loved scouring through some of my personal favorite reads as well as other seminal works of the genre and new classics to create a list that I think will appeal to anyone who loves a good sci-fi novel focused on character and story. That’s what space opera is, essentially: science fiction that’s more concerned with exploring the characters and world than getting into the nitty gritty of plausible science....
1. Eleanore Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Eleanore is weird. That’s just who she is. When she and her equally weird co-worker, Raymond, save an elderly man who had fallen on a sidewalk, she suddenly finds company. This is a beautiful story that has a quirky imperfect heroine. Sure to bring you a bit of light on a dark day. 2. Beartown: A Novel by Fredrik Backman A small town on the brink of non-existance....
Truly Devious trilogy by Maureen Johnson This Agatha Christie–inspired trilogy wrapped up earlier this year, and I’ve been dying to see how it ends! Stevie is a true crime aficionado who has just been accepted to Ellingham Academy, the site of one of the most famous cold cases in recent history. It’s Stevie’s not-exactly-secret mission to try and launch her own investigation into the 75-year-old case, but strange happenings unsettle Stevie, making her think that this case isn’t so cold after all....
Almost American Girl by Robin Ha This graphic memoir starts out with an event that’s nearly unforgivable: Robin and her mother leave South Korea for a vacation to the United States, and once there for a few days, Robin’s mom informs her that this is their new home—they won’t be returning to Seoul. Robin is devastated, and considers this the ultimate betrayal. As she struggles to assimilate to the U.S., her mom struggles to stand on her own and provide for them—but when she enrolls Robin in art classes, Robin begins to slowly make friends and feel more comfortable in her new home....
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Kami Garcia comes a red-hot romance that will break your heart and put it back together again. When star soccer player Peyton receives an offer from her first-choice college, senior year starts off exactly as planned. But when Peyton uncovers her boyfriend’s dark secret, she confronts him—and finds herself falling down a flight of stairs. Peyton’s knee—and maybe her dream of going pro—is shattered....
