Editor Book Picks

Add These 3 Books to Your To-Read List If You Love "It Ends With Us"

06/22/2023

Add These 3 Books to Your To-Read List If You Love "It Ends With Us"

Even though "It Ends With Us" by Colleen Hoover came out in 2016, it's constantly making the rounds and topping bestseller and must-read lists.

Sex Therapist Vanessa Marin Shares How to Get Comfortable Talking About Sex

02/20/2023

Sex Therapist Vanessa Marin Shares How to Get Comfortable Talking About Sex

It's time for some dirty talk.

Lilly Singh's New Book Will Convince You to "Be a Triangle"

04/05/2022

Lilly Singh's New Book Will Convince You to "Be a Triangle"

At 92 pages long and sprinkled with comic-style illustrations, Lilly's Singh's "Be a Triangle" (out today) is deceptively short and simple.

Fall For the Dark '60s Dream World of Talitha Getty in "Sister Stardust"

04/05/2022

Fall For the Dark '60s Dream World of Talitha Getty in "Sister Stardust"

There's something about the '60s that calls us back, again and again.

V.E. Schwab's New Book Is a Creepy, Gothic Dream With Illustrations to Match

03/04/2022

V.E. Schwab's New Book Is a Creepy, Gothic Dream With Illustrations to Match

A fantasy book can have all the dazzling magic, intricate plotting, and gorgeous prose in the world, but it won't amount to much if there's not a solid main character in there driving things forward.

Monsters Steal Time (and Travel Through It) in This Debut YA Fantasy

02/25/2022

Monsters Steal Time (and Travel Through It) in This Debut YA Fantasy

The life of 16-year-old Joan Chang-Hunt, the protagonist of Vanessa Len's young-adult fantasy "Only a Monster," isn't exactly normal, but it's really her family's fault.

18 Romance Books by BIPOC Authors For Your TBR Pile

02/15/2022

18 Romance Books by BIPOC Authors For Your TBR Pile

If you're a romance enthusiast, it's never been a better time to expand and diversify your TBR pile.

Station Eleven Meets Black Mirror in This Pandemic Novel

01/18/2022

Station Eleven Meets Black Mirror in This Pandemic Novel

The sickness at the heart of Sequoia Nagamatsu's dazzling debut novel, How High We Go in the Dark, causes the body to do the impossible.

Wahala Is Your First "Friendship Thriller" For 2022

01/14/2022

Wahala Is Your First "Friendship Thriller" For 2022

There are foundational friendships, and then there's what Ronke, Simi, and Boo have.

Colleen Hoover's New Romance Will Rip You Apart and Put You Back Together Again

01/04/2022

Colleen Hoover's New Romance Will Rip You Apart and Put You Back Together Again

Colleen Hoover is one of my favorite romance novelists, so when I learned she was releasing a new contemporary romance, adding it to the top of my TBR list was a no-brainer.

Get Your TBR Lists Ready: These Were Our 18 Favorite Books of 2021

12/11/2021

Get Your TBR Lists Ready: These Were Our 18 Favorite Books of 2021

Sometimes I like to measure years by the books I read — not how many, but which ones linger in my mind, which scenes I can't get out of my head, which genres I dipped my toe into and fell in love with.

Jodi Picoult's Emotional New Book, Wish You Were Here, Is a Must Read Set During the Pandemic

11/30/2021

Jodi Picoult's Emotional New Book, Wish You Were Here, Is a Must Read Set During the Pandemic

Jodi Picoult's newest novel, Wish You Were Here ($20, originally $29), is the first of hers I've read in a decade, but it has certainly gotten me hooked on her writing style once more.