If you are looking for Peck & Peck book club questions for your next book club, I have everything you need, including a ...

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The 2027 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 ...

There have been so many WWII novels over the years (dare I say too many?), but my personal favorites are ones that focus on love stories because they represent hope in the face of the darkest evil.

I noticed a trend this year that I love. Some of the best books I read were books with child narrators. These are adult books told from a child’s perspective, rather then books intended for children ...

Looking for the November 2026 Celebrity Book Club Spoilers? You’ve come to the right place! For years, I’ve worked with sources in the book industry to bring you these spoilers before they are ...

I have read so many great books this year that I knew it was time to make my list of the best thriller books of 2025. I wanted to have a list of all my favorite books in one place. Together, Kirsten ...

This year, I read a number of books that I loved with a clear antiheroine. These characters are flawed and should be unlikable, yet somehow, I was laughing out loud. I knew I needed to make a list of ...

If you are looking for books set at the beach, you’ve come to the right place! I made you a list of Jackie and my favorite books, and it has something for everyone – romance, historical fiction, ...

Ali Hazelwood has solidified her place in the world of spicy romance novels so I wanted to give you a complete list of Ali Hazelwood books in order of publication as well as information about the best ...

Kirsten and I love music, so novels about musicians are right up our alley. These are my favorite fiction and romance novels about musicians. What started out as a small list of novels about music ...