The Broadcast

Stranger Things Book Bag: 12 Must-Read Novels If You Love the Hit Show

Thursday, Jul 04

If you’re as obsessed with Stranger Things as we are, you’ll know that the long wait for season 3 is finally over! Time to gleefully gobble up the next installment in the adventures of Mike, Eleven, Steve Harrington, Chief Hopper, and all the other residents of Haw...… read more

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What Is Kindle Unlimited – And Is It Worth The Money?

Thursday, Jun 27

If you’ve ever heard the term “Netflix for books,” you’re already familiar with the rising trend of the book subscription model. These are services that allow readers to “borrow” books from vast reserves of reading material — sort of like a virtual library.A...… read more

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What Is Steampunk? 25 Defining Titles from This Singular Speculative Genre

Thursday, Jun 20

When you hear the word steampunk, it probably conjures up visions of tight corsets, thick goggles, top hats, and intricate costumes involving clockwork and other machinery. Everyone is dressed in lace and waistcoats, but they wield strange technologies — pr...… read more

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A Guide to the 15 Best Emily Dickinson Poems

Friday, Jun 14

Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion (2016)One of the most daring voices ever to craft a couplet, Emily Dickinson feels as relevant now as when her first volume of poetry came out under her own name — in 1890, four years after her dea...… read more

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All of the Best Stephen King Books, Ranked

Monday, Jun 10

To say Stephen King is prolific is to understate his publishing career. He's published over 130 short stories and 51 novels (including a 52nd book coming out this September!). If you ...… read more

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40+ Stupendous Sea Monsters (in Stories You’ll Want to Dive Into)

Friday, Jun 07

Spine-chilling, stupendous, and sometimes even seductive, sea monsters have haunted literature’s depths since the days of Homer’s wine-dark sea. This post will introduce them — and show you the books you'll want to dive into for their stories. For yo...… read more

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What is Magical Realism? 15 Essential, Spell-Binding Books

Thursday, May 30

Magical realism is a literary style that weaves threads of fantasy into a depiction of everyday life. Its heroes aren’t fairies or sorcerers, they’re ordinary people — whose lives happen to butt up against the extraordinary.It sounds simple enough: y...… read more

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120 Best Children's Books of All Time

Tuesday, May 28

Whether it’s read out loud by a parent, covertly read under the covers with a flashlight after bedtime, or assigned as class reading — children’s books have the ability to capture imaginations, perhaps more than any other genre.From Max’s wild rumpus to Winnie’s refl...… read more

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All the Harry Potter Books in Order: Your J.K. Rowling Reading List

Tuesday, May 28

Of all the zeitgeist-defining fiction to come out of the past twenty years, perhaps none has been more universally beloved than the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. An incredibly imagined fantas...… read more

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70 Best Game of Thrones Quotes from the Books and TV Series

Friday, May 24

Well, whether you loved or hated the hotly contested final season of HBO's Game of Thrones series, we can bet on one thing: you're sad to say goodbye to Sunday nights spent watching the Seven Kingdoms battle it out for the Iron Throne. True, we do have The Wind...… read more

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