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Books Still Thinking About Gatsby? Why Loving Your School Books Isn’t a Crime. As an English literature student, I'm here to tell you why we shouldn't be embarrassed to love the books we met in school. Hermione ChanJune 18, 2025
Books 6 Must-Read Books For Pride Month Celebrate Pride Month with these moving literary depictions of the queer experience. Lilly WrightJune 15, 2025
Books How I Learned to Finally Love Reading Shakespeare (And How You Can Too) Why you should give the Bard another shot. Grace TurzaJune 4, 2025
Books BookTok Burnout? Here are 8 Classic Novels that Match Your Favorite Tropes. Looking for Classic Literature recommendations? Explore a curated list of recommended, must-read books based on popular BookTok favorites. Talia PirronMay 27, 2025
Books 10 Classic Books That Won’t Put You to Sleep—From an English Student Books deemed "classics" have a reputation for being unbearably boring, but these 10 recommendations will have you rethinking and rereading. Lilly WrightApril 28, 2025
Books Through Rose-Tinted Pages: Why We Romanticize Certain Eras in Literature From the glamorous 1920s to the romanticized pages of literature, certain eras continue to captivate us. We’re drawn to their idealized beauty, yet beneath... Tilly BrownApril 10, 2025
Culture Ergodic: Meet the Book Genre That Hates Its Audience On stories not made to be understood: meet the genre that hates its audience J. DoeMarch 10, 2025
Culture Wigtown: Inside Scotland’s Underrated Book Town From the reverse of the town's negative status to the success of its book festival and the wholesome story of a bookseller who moved... Bethan CroftSeptember 28, 2024
Culture Want to Read The Classics? Here’s Where to Start. These book recommendations, ranging from Fantasy to Murder Mystery to Romance, will guide you on your journey into reading the Classics. Bethan CroftSeptember 14, 2024
Entertainment David Foster Wallace and the Problem of Adaptation Can everything be adapted? Some things are best left in their original medium, such as the literature of David Foster Wallace. Lauren CulverJuly 8, 2024
Culture We’re obsessed with dystopias. Why? The dystopia is everywhere. There may be something deeper than entertainment value that resonates with such mass audiences. Lucille MillsJune 21, 2024
Trends In-Depth Recommendations From The Web’s Literary Communities Discover how online literary communities shape contemporary reading culture, influencing trends and preferences in literature in society. Mardiyyah AdekaJune 18, 2024
TV & Film From The Page to The Screen: Romance Film Adaptations Are Back From Colleen Hoover to Emily Henry, the most popular authors in the romance genre are bringing back romance film adaptations. Azlyn LaFolletteJune 11, 2024