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There's a lot to love about villains
Considering joining a reading group? Stop thinking and start doing!
Start tweeting your genre love!
In honor of Children’s Book Week, we asked Lyn Ingersoll, family librarian at Children’s National Health System, to list some of her favorite kids’ books. Here’s what she said.
Giving the Western canon the gangsta touch it's always needed.
It's tough to see past the publishing world's serious lack of pigment.
Several authors appearing at the Gaithersburg Book Festival have also appeared in the Independent.
Glenn Greenwald's new book makes a compelling case about the rightness of Edward Snowden's actions.
