A Discovery of Witches

No matter how big our TBR piles get, we're always finding new books we want to stack on! Here are 26 exciting July releases available for preorder, along with suggestions for similar reads you can enjoy right away.

The fact that certain subgenres of romance often employ familiar tropes doesn’t make them any less enjoyable. In fact, some of us never tire of certain delicious scenarios like secret societies and elite boarding schools. Here we review some of the top tropes in dark academia.

Season three of "A Discovery of Witches" is set for release on January 8. The popular TV series is based on the All Souls series by Deborah Harkness. It is a saga of passion and obsession bringing to mind the work of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova.

In ancient fables, folklore, and fairy tales, witches often appeared as threatening or villainous characters. But some argue that this is a reflection of sexist cultural models. Here we present nine stories featuring powerful witches as protagonists.

This is our fifth (and final!) installment of the best books of the past decade. Each week for five weeks, we’ve presented top-ten lists of the best books of the past decade in two different genres. A total of ten lists of ten: 10 x 10 = 100! This week’s lists are Poetry Collections and Romance. Here are our picks for the top ten of each.