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Ormond; or, the Secret Witness (published in 1799), was written by Pennsylvania-born writer Charles Brockden Brown. In many ways, Ormond is a book about the ideals of the American founding. Throughout the book, Brown contends with some of the most...

Along with Iron Man (2008), Kenneth Branagh's Thor (which was released in 2011) kickstarted the behemoth we now know as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film, which is based on a comic book of the same name, tells the story of Thor, the Norse...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms was published in the 14th century. Although the novel's author is not known for certain, it is widely attributed to Luo Guanzhong, who many scholars believed lived during the Ming dynasty (much of Guanzhong's life...

Henry Derozio was an early 19th-century poet, teacher, and thinker who played a significant role in the Bengal Renaissance in India. Derozio was born in Kolkata in 1809 to an Indo-Portuguese father and an English mother. He was known for his...

Rarely are war films elevated into the pantheon of the best films ever made. However, Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1998) is widely regarded as one of the best war films ever made. The film, which starts with one of the most recognizable...

Author, journalist, and sociology professor Matthew Desmond is known for his hard-hitting expose onsystemic issues plaguing the United States and its people. In his most famous book, Evicted, Desmond explored the housing and eviction crisis in...

First published on 7th November 2023, Check & Mate is a young adult novel written by Ali Hazelwood. The novel delves into themes of resilience, love, sacrifice, and the pursuit of personal passions.

The story revolves around the life of...

Published on 4th April 2023, Divine Rivals is a young adult fantasy novel written by Rebecca Ross. In this novel, Ross transports readers into a fantastical realm where ancient gods wage a tumultuous battle for supremacy over Cambria.

Within this...

Published by Tor Books in April 2023, In the Lives of Puppets is a fantasy novel written by TJ Klune. The story delves into a dystopian world devoid of humanity where robots reign supreme. Victor Lawson, nurtured by his robotic father Giovanni in...

Hell Bent, which was published in early 2023, is the second novel in author Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House series. It picks up after the events of the events of the previous novel, Ninth House. After her teacher, Mr. Darlington is punished and...

Rebecca Yarros' Fourth Wing was published in early 2023 by Red Tower Books, which is dedicated to primarily publishing fantasy books. Fourth Wing follows the main character and protagonist, Violet Sorrengail, a young woman who has spent most of...

Emily Henry's Happy Place was published in 2023 by publisher Berkley. With every one of her novels, Henry aims to create a book that will appeal to everyone—men and women alike. Her novels are often filled with relatable themes that speak to what...

In her 2023 novel Weyward, Emilia Hart took a significant risk. Rather than telling a simple story in a single setting, she decided to follow three separate but interconnected story threads. The first story is set in the modern day, in 2019, and...

Eastbound is the 2023 English-language translation of Maylis de Kerangal’s novel Tangente vers l'est which was originally published in 2012. The direct translation of the original title would be “Tangent Toward the East” but the revised title...

Donna Barba Higuera's The Last Cuentista was published in October 2021 to great fanfare. A work of science fiction, The Last Cuentista follows a twelve-year-old girl named Petra Peña, who lives on an Earth beset by terrible, tragic conditions...

Ian Reid's Foe was published in 2018 by Gallery/Scout Press. Foe is set in the near future and follows Junior and Henrietta, who live together on a cramped, but isolated and remote farm. One day, a strange man named Terrance comes to the couple's...

Charmaine Wilkerson's Black Cake (2022) tells the story of two young men named Byron and Benny, who are grieving the unexpected death of their mother. When the two travel to their mother to sort out her funeral and estate, they are confronted with...

Agatha Christie's Hallowe'en Party was published in the United Kingdom in 1969. As with many of Christie's novels, Hallowe'en Party features Hercule Poirot, who is tasked with investigating the murder of two young women at a Halloween party. At...

A Haunting in Venice (2023) was originally published as Hallowe'en Party in 1969 by acclaimed British mystery author Agatha Christie. The name change was made for marketing purposes: a film called A Haunting in Venice was released in 2023, and...