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In this list of WWI novels, I wanted to highlight my favorite books that take place during the Great War. These stories are ...

Fashion and art have always captured the imagination of tastemakers around the world because they tell the behind-the-scenes ...

I am so excited about the March 2026 book releases, and I cannot wait to get my hands on these books. It is always so much ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Jackie and I created the summer reading challenges in 2021, when we kept hearing people say they didn’t know what to read. The pandemic was starting to fade out, but everyone’s reading habits were ...