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    The Best Books of the Decade (2010-2019): TOP 15
    Jessica Maria
    • Jan 1, 2020
    • 13 min

    The Best Books of the Decade (2010-2019): TOP 15

    In this first year at The Book Slut, we wanted to commemorate the last ten years of our reading. We are but a few excited readers—represe...
    The Best Books of the Decade (2010-2019): TWO VOTES
    Jessica Maria
    • Jan 1, 2020
    • 7 min

    The Best Books of the Decade (2010-2019): TWO VOTES

    These books nearly made the cut into the top of our list, but failed by one vote. Good thing each book had a pair of champions voting for...
    The Best Books of the Decade (2010-2019): ONE VOTE
    Jessica Maria
    • Jan 1, 2020
    • 32 min

    The Best Books of the Decade (2010-2019): ONE VOTE

    We culled over 180 books amongst our writers as their best of the decade. There were quite a few that only had one passionate vote, so we...
    Congratulations to the 2019 National Book Award Winners
    Jessica Maria
    • Nov 21, 2019
    • 2 min

    Congratulations to the 2019 National Book Award Winners

    Two months ago I woke up early on a Sunday of all days—and by early I mean before even my four-year-old child—to make sure I got a train ...
    NO MEN NOVEMBER
    Courtney Dyer
    • Nov 4, 2019
    • 3 min

    NO MEN NOVEMBER

    November is here. The seasons differ around the world but a month without men sounds great to me, (not really, we love men here).
    Congratulations to the 31st Annual LAMBDA Award winners
    Jessica Maria
    • Jun 13, 2019
    • 2 min

    Congratulations to the 31st Annual LAMBDA Award winners

    The best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books of the last year were honored at the 31st annual Lambda Literary Awards on Monday ...
    Tayari Jones wins Women’s Prize for Fiction
    Kailey Brennan
    • Jun 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    Tayari Jones wins Women’s Prize for Fiction

    American novelist Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage has won the Women’s prize for fiction. Less than two months after Tayari Jones won ...
    Sally Rooney's Normal People Wins British Book of the Year Award
    Jessica Maria
    • May 16, 2019
    • 2 min

    Sally Rooney's Normal People Wins British Book of the Year Award

    British magazine The Bookseller announced the 2019 British Book Award winners on Monday night, with Sally Rooney’s Normal People taking t...
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