WWII romance books for readers who want a love story with their history: The Bronze Horseman, The Invisible Bridge, The ...

The 2027 Reading Challenge is here! This will be the 9th reading challenge since Jackie and I started Beyond the Bookends. We love seeing how much the challenge has grown and how much all of you have ...

I noticed a trend this year that I love. Some of the best books I read were books with child narrators. These are adult books told from a child’s perspective, rather then books intended for children ...

It is funny that sometimes reading one book in a very niche genre leads to a landslide of books in that same niche. That is what happened to me! I knew I wanted to make a list of novels set in ...

Every year, Kirsten and I love to find new ways to celebrate books for summer and knew books set on an island would be ...

This year, I read a number of books that I loved with a clear antiheroine. These characters are flawed and should be unlikable, yet somehow, I was laughing ...

Looking for the November 2026 Celebrity Book Club Spoilers? You’ve come to the right place! For years, I’ve worked with sources in the book industry to bring you these spoilers before they are ...

If you are looking for books set at the beach, you’ve come to the right place! I made you a list of Jackie and my favorite books, and it has something for everyone – romance, historical fiction, ...

Magical realism is one of my favorite book genres because it seamlessly weaves magic into everyday life. Some people call this genre fantasy-light. It is one of my favorite genres and I wanted to make ...