Ever since I saw Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi has been one of my favorite directors of all time. Waititi has a gift for intertwining genuine humor and on-point satire with emotional depth, and I aspire to watch everything he directs. Waititi’s latest project adapts Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Klara and Sun to film.…
They’re not typically thought of as book club fodder, but horror books really can be among the most thought-provoking. It can be very illuminating to see what comes up during club discussions as the most terrifying parts of the book. Sometimes, even books that are not considered horror can have truly terrifying moments. I’ve found…
October 20, 2026 View Online | Join All Access | Listen Books are so dead. Books are so back. Which is it? Could it be both? Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt (whose first name is Achilles?!) is feeling about the business of reading, and he’s got the data to back it up. Nathan Heller’s…
It happens to everyone. You’re cruising along through a nice run of books, then all of a sudden, you’re just…not. Reading slumps, while frustrating, are totally normal, and they have a diverse array of causes and cures. Here are a few of our favorite tips for getting your reading groove back: Switch Up Your Formats:…
As we near Halloween, we’ve got yet another witchy release by a big name. Philippa Gregory’s Royal Witch is out this week. Like any good book by Gregory, there are court politics and maybe even a regicide plot. And, of course, there are also rumors of one woman summoning the devil for clout, as one…
Peter James is the bestselling author of the Roy Grace series. The latest, Dead in Three Two One, is out today from Pan. Below, he recommends three of his favorite crime novels. (Photo credit: Max Young.) Brighton Rock by Graham Greene This is the novel that made me want to write crime thrillers. I was…
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True crime is a genre synonymous with blood, but murder isn’t the only kind of crime. Nonviolent true crime books are a great introduction to the genre if you’re not interested in reading about serial killers, and they’re also good variety if bloody true crime reads are your usual fare. That’s why task #22 of…
One thing about working for a book-centered company is that your to-be-read pile will reach an astronomical height. It was, unsurprisingly, already pretty hefty, but day after day of reading about the latest and greatest releases from my colleagues has me stacking and stacking. In other words, I have been influenced! Specifically, I have been…
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