Books about women in STEM are becoming more popular, and it's about time! In the past, women in STEM have been overlooked.

When The Hunger Games was first published, it was a trilogy of books that became so popular that Collins has since written ...

Get ready for a festive holiday season with this new Christmas Books 2025 guide! Romance, Fiction, YA, Mystery – every genre is on this list of festive holiday novels, so get ready to find the new ...

The 2026 Reading Challenge is here! This will be the 9th reading challenge since Jackie and I started Beyond the Bookends. We love seeing how much the challenge has grown and how much all of you have ...

The last seasonal reading challenge to launch here at Beyond the Bookends was our spring reading challenge, which launched in 2023. But don’t let the final roll-out fool you, the spring reading ...

Is it just me, or has there been an uptick in Fall romance books lately? I think it’s the popularity of series like Lovelight Farms and Dream Harbor (the first book of which is the wildly popular ...

I love to read books set in tropical locations. In the summer, I feel like I am there and in the winter, these books make me forget about the cold. I wanted to put together a list of my favorite books ...

The Read with Jenna Book Club List 2025 is a complete list of Jenna Bush Hager’s book picks for 2025. I wanted to make this list to see how the book choices change and evolve from year to year. I have ...

Kirsten and I were talking about books- as we often do- and the discussion traveled to the idea of a list of the best historical thrillers. There are so many fantastic historical mysteries so why not ...

Kirsten first went to Maine a few years ago and is completely hooked, which is no surprise to our friend Cassie who has always loved Maine. I did not want to be left out of the love, so I knew I ...

If you know me, you know that I love a quirky book post and this one fits the bill. You would think that all books with secret in the title would be mysteries, but you would be mistaken! These are my ...

Taylor Jenkins Reid is a rockstar when it comes to writing books that women love to read. She started out writing contemporary romances, but really hit her stride when she started writing historical ...