#Pop Culture
Books to Read While Watching the Summer Olympics
August 5, 2024Looking for books to read between the big moments of the 2024 Summer Olympics? Check out these sporty memoirs and fiction picks.
Cowabunga! A Look Back at 40 Years of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
May 24, 2024Your childhood favorites are aging, too.
10 Moving and Fantastical Books Like Miyazaki’s THE BOY AND THE HERON
May 14, 2024If you loved Hayao Miyazaki's newest movie, you have to pick up these moving and fantastical books like THE BOY AND THE HERON.
A Heart’s a Heavy Burden: 10 Books Like HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
February 15, 2024If you're looking for stories like Diana Wynne Jones' classic tale, check out these fantastical books like HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE.
Give Us What We Want: On BARBIE, FLASH, and BATGIRL
October 25, 2023The Barbie movie is Warner Brother's highest grossing film ever. So why do they not seem to want to make many female-led movies?
May The Pop Culture Be With You: 8 Titles To Get You There
October 23, 2023These fascinating pop culture books dive into culture, community, gender, race, disability, society and more through music, film, and TV.
Reminder To New Users: Bookish Instructions for Bluesky
September 21, 2023Bluesky users have been giving out tongue in cheek "Reminders to new users." Can you match them to the books they're referencing?
12 of the Most Unexpected Book-to-Stage Adaptations
September 14, 2023From a Das Kapital play to an opera about a toy rabbit, here are some of the most surprising books that have been adapted to the stage.
Beyoncé, Western Lit, and the Cowboy Renaissance
September 11, 2023Why no, this is definitely not just an excuse for me to talk about Beyoncé. Whatever do you mean?!
More Like Miyazaki: 13 Mesmerizing Manga and Graphic Novels for Fans of Hayao Miyazaki
The films of Hayao Miyazaki are truly exceptional! These manga & graphic novels tap into that Miyazaki magic.