I have read so many great books this year that I knew it was time to make my list of the best nonfiction books of 2025. I ...

With the publication of her newest book, I wanted to give you a summary of The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny to get you caught up ...

While they used to be relatively hard to come by, single parent romance novels are now all the rage in the romance book world ...

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

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 ...

Kirsten and I noticed that family inheritance novels have become a popular subgenre of books in the last few years. We have become a little bit obsessed. These books have it all, and I wanted to put ...

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 ...