For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] “The Artist’s Bookshelf” is a column about books that inspire the CHIRB staff’s favorite artists. Theo Germaine has range. If you’ve seen them in Abby McEnany’s Work In Progress on Showtime, you’ll know them as Chris, the compassionate, joyful love interest of the protagonist, Abby. Together, they run around Chicago backdrops I know and … Read more
[ad_1] Friday is Midsommar’s Eve in Sweden. Always celebrated on the Friday between June 19th and 25th, Swedes flee the cities for the countryside to raise a Midsommar’s pole, or Midsommarstång, and adorn it with greenery. They weave flower crowns and gather with friends and family, eat outside at long tables, dance, sing, and drink. … Read more
[ad_1] We’re highlighting some amazing Black bookstagrammers who are a vital part of the book community that we know and love. They’ve shared with us photos of their favorite books by Black authors and told us a little more about who they are and how books have changed them. We think their stories—and the stories … Read more
[ad_1] Sherlock Holmes is one of the most adapted stories of all time—per Guinness, Dracula is the only character portrayed more frequently in film, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Sherlock has the lead for prose adaptations. The detective is no stranger to genre science fiction and fantasy either, with award-winning stories like Neil Gaiman’s … Read more
[ad_1] Read it Forward asked 22 Black authors to tell us their favorite book by Black authors—the books they return to again and again, the ones that never fail to provide inspiration. Here are the books they love, which are perfect for adding to your own TBR pile. Jasmine Guillory, author of Party of Two: … Read more
[ad_1] Black-owned bookstores are spaces that foster community, support emerging authors, educate, and lift up and celebrate Black voices and stories. Read it Forward asked 17 Black authors to tell us about their favorite Black-owned bookstores in the U.S. and around the world, most of which are available to fulfill orders via their websites, or … Read more
[ad_1] Deciding what book to read next can be an arduous task. I’ve been known to comb through recommendations from friends, bestseller lists, and review publications like this one, sometimes for hours on end. But sometimes it’s simpler. Just an appealing cover and a catchy premise. “A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all … Read more
[ad_1] Nic Stone is awesome. Seriously. Most known for her bestseller Dear Martin, which tackles police brutality against a young Black teen and the media coverage that follows, Nic Stone writes important books about the Black experience that everyone should read. Her latest, Dear Justyce, is a follow-up to Dear Martin—it centers on an incarcerated … Read more
[ad_1] I’ve long marveled at the ways that writers connect themselves to other writers—ones from the past and ones from the present. For more than a decade, Shirley Jackson has been one of those writers for me. And this week, as the movie Shirley opens, based on my 2014 novel about Jackson, I’m marveling all … Read more
[ad_1] When you pick up a book from the late nineteenth century, you might prepare yourself to read a musty language that has aged so much it feels otherworldly. Machado de Assis’s books, however, are not like that. His books not only feel evergreen, but they also seem to anticipate the taste of a reader … Read more