Books


Edward and Bella, a brown-haired couple, hold each other close as they dance.

“Midnight Sun” makes Twilight great again… by being worse

Sana Panjwani
The image shows two panels, one on the left side showing the book cover of Ahalya with the illustration of a woman on the cover, and shows Koral Dasgupta on the right panel.

Koral Dasgupta’s latest novel “Ahalya” infuses feminism into Indian mythology

Deboparna Poddar
Blond girl wearing an orange Camp Half Blood shirt and holding Percy Jackson books and coloring book.

23 things only a true Percy Jackson fan would understand

Maggie Mahoney
From left to right -- photographs of Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Margaret Walker, Lucille Clifton.

21 Black female poets to add to your bookshelf

Claire Cheek
[Image description: promotional image of the wolf pack in the Twilight Saga] via Summit

The Twilight series may be hot again, but Stephenie Meyers’ werewolves definitely aren’t

Aafiyah Shaikh
[Image Description: book cover of "The Vanishing Half." Two rainbow female silhouettes "vanishing" into each other] via Vox.

Brit Bennett’s “The Vanishing Half” is a timely tale about white-passing privilege

Afsha Kasam
Kristen Bell holding up her book, "The World Needs More Purple People."

Kristen Bell’s “The World Needs More Purple People” has been deeply mischaracterized by critics

Dola Haque
[Image Description: . A boy leans down kissing a girl. Noughts and Crosses book via Random House.]

“Noughts and Crosses” is the tragic love story you need to read in the time of BLM

Danai Nesta Kupemba
[Image Description: Adiba Jaigirdar holding up her book The Henna Wars in front of a bookcase.] Via Twitter

Navigating queerness & tradition in YA fiction with Adiba Jaigirdar, author of “The Henna Wars”

Amal Als
[Image description: A copy of "What I Like About You"] Photo from Marisa Kanter.

The ultimate 2020 romance, “What I Like About You,” is debut author Marisa Kanter’s first masterpiece

Karis Rogerson
Attribution: [ Image description: Aya Khalil wearing a tab head scarf, smiling and holding a copy of her book]

Aya Khalil invites us to step into the shoes of an immigrant child in “The Arabic Quilt”

Maram Farag
[A photo of Iris Krasnow in grayscale is in the center. On either side of her are the books covers of her books "Sex After..." and "Camp Girls"] Via iriskrasnow.com

Relationship expert Iris Krasnow unravels the secrets of real intimacy

Vanessa Montalbano