the book slut

Last year my boss came up to me at an office party and wanted to talk about books. He asked first if my husband read as much as I did and...

Every week we’re sharing what our some of our writers are currently reading. For all of our US readers, we now have our own Bookshop! You...

My year in reading has gotten off to a great start so far. I tend to balance my reading with half fiction (30 titles, 55%) and half...

Only one of these actually came out this year, and one was published in 1847. A true spectrum. Without ado, the best books I’ve absorbed...

Many people balk when asked what their favorite anything is, but I love picking favorites. The first question I ask when I walk out of a...

Howdy hoes, 2020 is halfway over and I am a delightfully stressed-out mix of hallefrickenlujah and “HOW?!?!?!?” I had an incredibly long...

Every week we’re sharing what our some of our writers are currently reading. For all of our US readers, we now have our own Bookshop! You...

To begin with – I adore the Baroque and Rococo era, the Enlightenment, the art, the architecture, the intellectual atmosphere, the whole...

Nate McKee is a worrier in a worrying world. We know that, he knows that, but is there really that much he can do about it? Wakefield...

Growing up, I spent a lot of summers with my extended family in Panama. The months my brother and I were not in school were also the...

The Cry Heard Round the World: I Can’t Breathe!

Mexican writer Yuri Herrera is mostly known for works of fiction, but his latest release is his first non-fiction book. A Silent Fury is...

Bernadine Evaristo, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Audre Lorde, Emily Brontë, Bryan Washington, Zinzi Clemmons, Arturo Islas, Hank Green & more.

Untethered is the memoir of Hayley Katzen, an academic turned ‘farmer's wife’ and her search for home, while she ponders ideas of...

Rebecca, Rebecca, you have been haunting my reading, and thank you for that. Let me tell you how it all started. One day, in my Instagram...

During this month of Pride, which has become even more momentous with Black Lives Matters protests being welcomed around the globe, and...

National Book Award winner in Non Fiction, Sarah M. Broom’s The Yellow House depicts her life growing up in New Orleans East in a large...

Every week we’re sharing what our some of our writers are currently reading. For all of our US readers, we now have our own Bookshop! You...

Pulitzer Prize-winning Bengali author, Jhumpa Lahiri has written a masterly novel, The Lowland, depicting the bonds of kinship between...

Written with precision and deep consideration, Fairest expands on the conversation of identity and gives a language to those looking for a w

Lauren shares how she came up with her fantastic concept, how the United States and Caribbean history are connected, and what sets her char

Close your eyes, take deep measured breaths to detect the absence within you this book can fill.

This week; Ibram X. Kendi, Alyssa Cole, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Maisy Card, Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah M. Broom, Rachel Kushner & N.K. Jemisin

Oyinkan Braithwaite, Sara Sligar, Nell Zink, Françoise Gilot & Carlton Lake, Fernanda Melchor, Yoko Ogawa, Zoraida Cordova and more.