I have adored traveling ever since I went on my first trip with my family in elementary school, but I caught the travel bug when I went on my first trip across the world to play soccer in Denmark and Sweden. Suddenly, my desire to go became insatiable, initiating a longing for airplanes, new cultures, […]
This riveting debut will keep you up at night and is perfect for fans of Within These Wicked Walls and White Smoke. This haunted house horror about a girl visiting Vietnam and staying in the French colonial house her Ba is restoring explores themes like queerness, generational trauma, and colonialism, and it will haunt you long after you’ve turned the final page. Keep reading to discover the authors and stories that have inspired Trang Thanh Tran as they set out to write their book.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we are so lucky to have so many books, both nonfiction and fiction, to help us learn about and normalize taking care of our mental health. We’ve compiled a list of some of our favorites to read this month and year-round to understand, and remember, that when it […]
More than fifty years after its publication, One Hundred Years of Solitude is finally coming to a screen near you. Netflix announced earlier this month it will produce a Spanish-language adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s landmark novel, a cornerstone of magical realism and Latin American literature. In honor of this momentous occasion, we’ve handpicked some […]
We’re closing out another year of fabulous YA lit, full of breakout debuts, devastating contemporary, series starters that left us breathless, mega huggable romcoms, intoxicating fantasy visions, and more more more! Here are fifty of the YA books we can’t/won’t/don’t stop talking about in 2018.