Launched in 2019, Nightfire, the new horror imprint from Tor, encompasses the breadth of horror, from short story collections to novellas and novels, from standalone works to series, from dark fantasy to the supernatural, from originals to reprints of lost modern classics. Nightfire’s novels are now appearing on shelves in bookstores and libraries near you. Do you dare stretch the spines on these terrifying titles this autumn? But boy, oh boy, these books absolutely disrupted all the bravado I used to boast of....

Crock Pot: 1001 Best Crock Pot Recipes of All Time by Emma Katie Let’s start with this massive collection. Emma Katie’s work is the de facto epic of crockpot cookbooks, and in a just universe would be regarded similarly to the works of Shakespeare and Homer. Katie’s recipes are concise and no-nonsense, and several of them appear per page. Anything from appetizers, soups, and sides, all the way to the main course can be found here, and in spades....

Like many bibliophiles, I love going to local bookshops when I travel, feeling like it helps me get a better sense of the place I’m traveling in. Plus, there are many bookstores that are magical in and of themselves, like the theater turned bookstore El Ateneo Grand Splendid in Buenos Aires, Argentina, or Beerwolf Books, a bookstore/pub in Falmouth, United Kingdom. So with that magical feeling, it’s natural that there are books about bookstore mysteries....

I think it’s wonderful that so many stories about friendship and families exist. Many of my favorite middle grade books have no romance in them at all. And I definitely understand complaints that there need to be more YA and teen books without any romance in them. Not all tweens or teenagers feel interested in romance, in their books or in their personal lives. And it’s important that there are stories that exist for them....

My own son is a huge fan of this series. We recently visited a new local bookstore for the first time. I let him go to the children’s section so I could browse with a friend. As I was leaving I noticed a display for the latest in the series, Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls. I observed to her, “I wonder how long it will take for him to notice?...

Well, I’ll tell you, I had a similar thought when I sat down to write this. Why would someone insistent upon reading a book with a required happy ending want to also experience the greatest fright and anxiety? And how could two or more people who were similarly experiencing their own greatest fright and anxiety, and probably trying to take down at least a serial killer, and at worst some kind of otherworldly creature determined to destroy the world, find time or inclination to fall in love?...

OverDrive is the leading digital reading platform for organizations worldwide. We are dedicated to “a world enlightened by reading” by delivering the industry’s largest catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, streaming video and magazines to a growing network of 50,000 partners in 78 countries. Now, the winter holidays are upon us again, the tree is still there, and it’s a bit sad that it’s not safe yet for the kids to charge in and redecorate it....

The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith I love Man Booker International Prize winner The Vegetarian by Han Kang and it’s a great place to start this list. It’s a beautiful and provocative story about a woman, Yeong-hye, who begins to have horrible nightmares of blood and carnage, and in order to clear her mind and rid herself of these dreams she becomes a vegetarian. The story becomes one of control and power as her husband and family try to break her into submission, back into the norms of Korean society....

You know how it goes: a character wakes up, usually to a radio playing a song or the ring of a phone. They go about their day, showing their personal flaws or problems in their life. Maybe they’re arrogant, maybe they’re selfish, maybe they mess up miserably and hurt the people around them. But, then the day is over. It’s time for bed. Only, when they wake up, the same song is playing....

These 10 books set in Hawai’i range the gamut from light comfort reading to heartbreaking familial epics, and each and every one of them will sweep you away. Whether romance novels full of island vibes or historical fiction that draws readers back into the islands’ tumultuous past, these books are exactly what you need for a bit of summer respite. And you can enjoy them all from the comfort of your house, sans beach vacation....

There’s a lot more to bookselling than I ever knew, though. I’ve used skills I never knew I had, stretched some that don’t come so naturally to me, and watched my colleagues deploy others while I can only watch in awe. Skills like… Recommending Books Obviously, that’s the best one, the one I enjoy most, am naturally good at, and want to get better at. It’s 90% of the reason I wanted to work in a bookshop to start with....

It’s a candy store of choices for writers based on how many years Hollywood has existed, how many jobs there are in Hollywood, and how many things you can explore — from the business side to in front of the camera. I went across genres, from romance to fantasy; different jobs in the industry, from director to set designer; and different tones, from love letter to the grit behind the glamour....

Unfortunately, Korean light novels are a bit hard to find. Only some of them are in print, and most of them are web novels. Which is all fine and great (I love web novels), except that most of them aren’t fully or properly translated. There are a few sites where you can read them both legally and for free, like Woopread, Webnovel, and WordExcerpt. So Korean light novels are out there, you just have to dig a bit....

But there is also something amazing about a story that is contained in 300-some pages but still leaves an incredible impact. I think sometimes we forget that it’s just as much of a challenge to succinctly tell a story that feels satisfying and complete as it is to properly plan a story over several volumes. That’s exactly what this list is, a collection of standalone YA sci-fi novels that have everything: an A+ plot, interesting and well-rounded characters, imaginative worldbuilding, and fantastic writing — all wrapped in a single tome....

Professional librarianship began in 1876 with the formation of the American Library Association, the founding of American Library Journal, and the publication of Melvil Dewey’s decimal-based system of classification. Concurrently, there was an increase of libraries being built across the United States partly due to the philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie. Many of the libraries Carnegie built were academic libraries at Historically Black Colleges and Universities like Tuskegee Institute, Atlanta University, Fisk University, and Howard University....

Michelle McNamara Michelle McNamara passed away before completing her first book on the search for (and her personal obsession with) the Golden Gate Killer. Even so, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark is a masterful blend of memoir and investigative journalism. While the book was posthumously completed by McNamara’s husband and research partners, you can see more of her writing at True Crime Diary. Dave Cullen Cullen has carved out a depressingly necessary niche as a school shootings reporter, starting with his iconic tome about the Columbine High School massacre, simply called Columbine....

Some of the most illuminating episodes for me have been “Shaken Baby Syndrome,” “Terri Schiavo,” and “Human Trafficking.” As the show’s title promised, I was definitely wrong about all of those things. And how did I have so little knowledge about what actually happened with Enron? Last month, host Michael Hobbes announced he’ll be leaving the show, but Sarah Marshall will keep it going with a planned roster of guest co-hosts....

Vampire Law Guardian Veritas is about to break every rule, by secretly hunting down dark souls that were freed in order to save master vampire Ian. By her side is master vampire Ian, his memories fragmented, but determined not to be left behind by the woman who entranced him. So what if demons, other Law Guardians, and dangerous, otherworldly forces stand against them? Come hell or high water, Ian intends to remind Veritas of the burning passion between them, because she is the only person seared on his mind—and his soul… at Brightly: Huddle Up and Read: 10 Books About Football for Kids at Bustle: 15 Female Detective Novels To Read While You Mourn Nancy Drew at BuzzFeed: 14 Contemporary Books By Native American Writers To Get Excited About at Crime Reads: Books to Read When Winter Isolation Sets In and Cabin Fever Takes Over at Electric Lit: 11 Indie Literary Magazines You Should Be Reading at Epic Reads: 40 Retellings That Refresh the Stories You Thought You Knew at Get Literary: Did Underwater Leave You Breathless?...

This month’s picks are full of multicultural children’s books, from an early chapter book about a multi-generational Indian family (Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister?) to an exciting middle grade fantasy steeped in Islamic folklore (Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds). A common theme I noticed this month is books about borders. The picture books Bright Star and My Two Border Towns both have characters crossing borders, as does the middle grade graphic novel Borders....

In times of extreme stress, it can be hard to find enough focus to devote to something that requires as much singular attention as reading. It’s definitely true for me, at least. One thing that really helps me during reading funks, though, is picking up a comic. Something short and sweet that I can get through in one sitting often helps kick start my brain back into reading mode. But even if it doesn’t, I’m still left with the satisfaction of having read something again....