Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Stocksy, Amazon Reading novels is so back in style after more than a few years of declining interest. Women especially have returned full-force to novels, memoirs, and non-fiction, joining book clubs, scrolling BookTok, and getting super into revitalized genres like contemporary romance, romantasy, and speculative fiction. It is super, super fun and...
LumiNola/E+/Getty Images Feel-good books are a special sort of subgenre — while you might not see it listed as a category on your favorite book-buying website, it’s absolutely a thing. Because in a world as batsh*t as the one we live in, sometimes what you really need from a book is the warm and fuzzies,...
@stillateacher / TikTok Does your teen read for pleasure? Do they even read for school? One teacher says that her high school students are totally checked out from the wonderful world of books, noting that there are several different factors to blame for the drop off in kids enjoying the act of reading — especially...
Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service/Getty Images Since 2016, challenges to books in schools and public libraries have risen dramatically. Between 2021 and 2023, there was a dizzying 128% increase in such challenges, often targeting materials about and written by people in marginalized communities. In states like Texas and Florida, legislation often categorized as “book bans” gives...