The term “microhistory” is a relatively new designation that refers to nonfiction history books that focus in on a single event, person, or...
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Judging by early reviews and general pop-culture impact, Emily St. John Mandel (Station Eleven) has hit a home run with her latest novel, Sea...
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Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day.
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This is a fun one: For the collection below, we decided to take a long-arc overview and try to identify the most popular books published over...
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The concept of “the page-turner” has always been a little slippery. Typically, the term refers to books with gripping, plot-heavy narratives....
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Here at Goodreads World Headquarters, we humbly endeavor to provide readers with book lists that will be useful, or interesting, or at least...
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As you might expect, the Goodreads staff is a bookish bunch. Our collective love of literature makes for very fun meetings and very, very long...
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Summer reading time has arrived, and for the serious reader that means it’s time to enact a game plan. There are just too many good books,...
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