Jane Steele Is the Hard-Edged Jane Eyre You Never Knew You Wanted
Lyndsay Faye is a certifiable meddler in fiction. Her debut novel, Dust and Shadow, pitted Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper in a masterful showdown between a fictional giant and an enigmatic...
View Article7 Fictional Characters We’re Dying to Take with Us On Spring Break
If you’re heading off to spring break, let’s talk about squad. Your squad isn’t just the people you happen to book tickets with, the people whose snores will keep you awake as you cram five to a bed in...
View ArticleThe 5 Creepiest Rabbits in Fiction
Easter is upon us, bringing its usual associates: egg hunts, little girls in frilly white dresses, Peeps, and, of course, the Easter Bunny, hop-hop-hopping along. A Google image search for this...
View Article6 Fictional Characters Whose Memoirs We’d Love to Read
There’s nothing better than a good tell-all memoir…except, of course, a tell-all memoir from someone whose past, present, and future we’ll never get to dig into. In other words, there’s nothing our...
View Article3 Austen Hotties Who Make Mr. Darcy Look Like Boiled Ham
When it comes to the Jane Austen literary canon, there’s one gentleman in breeches who seems to be everyone’s favorite boyfriend: The one, the only, the dashing Mr. Darcy. Yes, yes; we know all about...
View ArticleThe Book Nerd’s Guide to Baby Names
Welcome to the Book Nerd’s Guide to Life! Every other week, we convene in this safe place to discuss the unique challenges of life for people whose noses are always wedged in books. See past guides...
View ArticleCan You Guess the Fictional Character By Their Yearbook Quote?
It’s that time of year, when bright-eyed seniors on the verge of leaving the academic coop put together their yearbook pages. Between the “thank you’s” and the “I love you’s” and the “OMG ROTFL’s,”...
View ArticleRanking the Meet-Cutes of Classic Lit
The classic meet-cute can be the best part of a love story, or the most cringe-worthy. The more awkward, quirky, or downright doomed the relationship seems from that first connection, the better the...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Grandpas in Literature
Becoming a grandparent is a remarkable experience that many people report as rejuvenating, bringing fresh purpose to people who have otherwise achieved their life goals and settled into a quieter time...
View ArticleGet Ready for National Novel Writing Month with 5 Fictional Authors
It’s that time of year again, the magical, horrible month when authors, aspiring and otherwise, attempt to write an entire novel in 3o days. Some do NaNoWriMo for the challenge, some do it to finally...
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