Barbara Kingsolver’s Partita was an instant New York Times bestseller upon its release in October 2026, partially because it was also the October Read with Jenna book club pick. Since the Pulitzer ...

After the astounding success of Lessons in Chemistry, I have been eagerly waiting for Bonnie Garmus’s sophomore book. It is hard to believe that this is only her second book. There is so much to ...

The 2027 Reading Challenge is here! This will be the 9th reading challenge since Jackie and I started Beyond the Bookends. We love seeing how much the challenge has grown and how much all of you have ...

It is funny that sometimes reading one book in a very niche genre leads to a landslide of books in that same niche. That is what happened to me! I knew I wanted to make a list of novels set in ...

Kirsten and I recently had a discussion about speculative fiction novels and what constitutes speculative fiction. It turns out that this is a long-running debate in the literary community. We wanted ...

I love a family drama book, but there is something even more captivating about multigenerational novels. I love seeing multiple generations together, connected in some way. Sometimes the generations ...

The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett is at the top of the New York Times bestseller list and is one of the hottest book club books of the year. With that in mind, I knew I needed to make a list of ...

Ann Patchett, writer extraordinaire and owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, published her newest book in June 2026. Whistler is a perfect pick for a book club because of its themes and the ...