What Your Library Card Can Save You Every Year
Most households have a number of monthly expenses that they no longer give much thought to. A free trial of […]
The Minneapolis Detective Who Made Readers Forget Their Better Judgment
There’s a particular kind of reader who discovers John Sandford’s novels the way most people stumble into a long-running television
Cloudstreet and the Art of Writing a Place So Vividly It Becomes a Character
There’s a particular kind of literary experience that sneaks up on you. Not the kind where a novel announces its
The Hidden Resources Most Library Users Never Discover
Paying for something you already had causes a certain kind of annoyance. Most people, if pressed, would describe a library
Why Modern Libraries Are More Important Than Ever
Something feels different when you walk into most public libraries these days, though it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what. The
Every Era Gets the Novels It Earns
The literary internet erupts for about a week before moving on to something else when a critic occasionally sits down
The One Ingredient Every Great Book Club Pick Shares
A book club meets on a Tuesday, wine gets poured, and within fifteen minutes the conversation has already drifted to
The Secret Formula Behind Every Runaway Bestseller
Every so often a book shows up everywhere at once. Quoted poorly in an Instagram caption, on a friend’s nightstand,
Inside the Odd, Ordinary Life That Inspired Reginald Perrin
Imagine a schoolboy traveling from Orpington to Chislehurst on the 8.16 train every morning, seeing the same commuters in the