The new winter book releases for 2027 are fantastic, and I cannot wait to dive into these amazing books. This is the post ...

Thoughtful Partita book club questions for Barbara Kingsovler's newest novel, covering music, ambition, and loss, plus a free printable discussion guide.

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

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 ...

Kirsten and I recently had a discussion about speculative fiction novels and what constitutes speculative fiction. It turns out that this is a long-running debate in the literary community. We wanted ...

I love a family drama book, but there is something even more captivating about multigenerational novels. I love seeing multiple generations together, connected in some way. Sometimes the generations ...

Ann Patchett, writer extraordinaire and owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, published her newest book in June 2026. Whistler is a perfect pick for a book club because of its themes and the ...

As soon as I read Ann Patchett’s newest book, I knew it would be perfect for a book club selection. I made a list of Whistler book club questions to help with your next book club. You can sit back and ...

Watch on YouTube This week on the Read Carpet Report, Jackie and Kirsten talk about museum books. In the Read Carpet Rundown, they discuss The Love Hypothesis, which is headed to Prime, and they’ve ...

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 ...

This is your companion guide to the Off-Campus series characters. The world of Elle Kennedy’s Briar U universe is complex and overlapping, so I wanted to help you keep track of who’s who in the book ...