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The Best Fairytale Retellings for Adults

April 10, 2026

What makes a story a fairy tale retelling? Some faithfully recast characters that we know well in modern-day settings, like the characters in Helen Oyeyemi’s Gingerbread, who live in present-day England and use toxic gingerbread to travel to a distant, mystical land. Other retellings are set in the past and use the fairy tale as […]

Books Like The Hunger Games

April 8, 2026

Book Recommendations | Library

It’s been over 15 years since Suzanne Collins published the first book in The Hunger Games trilogy, a fact that staggers its original readers. The series’ dystopian setting, teen love triangle, and hierarchal societal structure were ideas that once dominated the young adult genre, but today The Hunger Games has built a larger legacy on […]

Books About Hauntings

April 2, 2026

Book Recommendations | Library

Where to find your next haunted female protagonist Ghosts are, by far, the most versatile of the creatures who stalk English literature. In a clever writer’s hands, a specter can travel through time, remember the long-forgotten, revive long-dead secrets, all while bringing dread to the current narrative and its characters. But not all hauntings require […]

The Best Speculative Nonfiction Books

March 31, 2026

Book Recommendations | Featured Reads

Within the umbrella of “creative nonfiction” there exists a subgenre known as “speculative nonfiction.” It’s not a widely-used term. You’re not likely to find it on Publisher’s Marketplace or the shelf labels of bookstores. But as the art of writing about life has become more popular, it’s an undeniable trend that memoirs are becoming less […]

The Best Witchy Stores in NYC

March 20, 2026

Culture & Magic | Library

They say you can buy anything in New York City, and it’s true–even a dose of magic. Or a witchy brownie, whatever suits your fancy. There are many New Age / crystal / spiritual stores in NYC, including Enchantments in the East Village, open since 1982, Alum Shanti and Namaste Bookshop on opposite sides of […]

Two Books About Fairies You Shouldn’t Miss

March 16, 2026

Book Recommendations | Culture & Magic | Featured Reads | Library | Magic in Nature

As long as I can remember, I’ve been curious about fairies—faeries? Fae? (How do we address those tiny winged beings? Are they in fact winged? Tiny? Real?) Part of the draw for me is the mystery, which has followed fairies across the generations. As Jonny Dillon, archivist of the National Folklore Collection at the University […]

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