Jólabókaflóðið may look like a pretty stabby word, but it’s actually a delightful compound that literally means “Yule book flood.” It refers to an Icelandic tradition that makes books a traditional gift around the December holidays, and we’re all for instituting it more widely. Here are the books we read that we’re recommending for giving this year, …

Pages 114 and 264. Those are the only two spots I stopped in Book of Night, the first because I fell asleep mid-page, and the second because I was pissed at the universe. Book of Night should not end. It needs to keep going. Only forty more pages and then the long, cold wait for …

There are still WAY too many good books coming out for this list to be comprehensive, so here’s the second 1/3rd of my most anticipated books. The middle of the year is particularly bountiful since a lot of books had their release dates pushed back due to supply chain issues. It’s been another chaotic year, …