The annual Goodreads Reading Challenge is going strong once again this year, with more than 8.9 million (!) participants globally and 351 million (!) books pledged.   For the uninitiated, the Reading Challenge is just that: Goodreads members pledge to read a certain number of books in the calendar year, then endeavor to...

A Princeton alum returns to investigate a dangerous secret society. Two wine-addled potters try to stage a production of Madea in the middle of the Peloponnesian War. A queer slacker embarks on a magical ocean journey with the fate of the empire on the line.   Such are the stories on offer in today’s collection, the latest...

Here at Goodreads World Headquarters, we spend a lot of time sorting books into stacks. It’s fun, if a little hard on the back. The key is to lift with your legs. Anyway, we occasionally stumble upon a particularly interesting sorting technique.   Such is the case with today’s collection, which features a sampling of...

  With the advent of streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Apple TV+ we’re currently experiencing a kind of Golden Age for book-to-screen adaptations. Television and film have long looked to the book world for source material, but in recent years the sheer number of adaptations is astounding.   For us book nerds,...

The Halloween horror movie season is upon us, and the theaters are filled with options. But serious book people can tell you: For a really terrifying experience, nothing beats a good horror novel.   It's a head-game thing. A skilled novelist can turn your own imagination against you, encouraging you to imagine horrors...

Do you like it darker?   If so, today’s collection is for you. In honor of Halloween reading season, we’ve prepared another installment of our semi-regular and oddly popular Dark & Twisty series, designed for those seeking a moody and atmospheric kind of reading experience.   It’s all about the vibe with this collection....