Reads A Lot

[ad_1] This Pride Month, we’re celebrating with books that highlight extraordinary LGBTQ+ stories. Funny, heartbreaking, suspenseful, romantic – there’s a little something for everyone on this list, so scroll down on for some of our favorites and #ReadPrideAndBeyond all year long! Plus, don’t forget to enter our sweeps to win a stack!   Click here to enter our … 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] 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] 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