Books about women in STEM are becoming more popular, and it's about time! In the past, women in STEM have been overlooked.

When The Hunger Games was first published, it was a trilogy of books that became so popular that Collins has since written ...

Get ready for a festive holiday season with this new Christmas Books 2025 guide! Romance, Fiction, YA, Mystery – every genre is on this list of festive holiday novels, so get ready to find the new ...

The 2026 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 noticed that family inheritance novels have become a popular subgenre of books in the last few years. We have become a little bit obsessed. These books have it all, and I wanted to put ...

The last seasonal reading challenge to launch here at Beyond the Bookends was our spring reading challenge, which launched in 2023. But don’t let the final roll-out fool you, the spring reading ...

I wrote this article to give some strategies for teaching reading to your kids at home. These tips will help make learning to read a fun, positive, and meaningful time. As a speech-language ...

I love to read books set in tropical locations. In the summer, I feel like I am there and in the winter, these books make me forget about the cold. I wanted to put together a list of my favorite books ...

The Read with Jenna Book Club List 2022 is a complete list of Jenna Bush Hager’s book picks for 2022. I wanted to make this list to see how the book choices change and evolve from year to year. I have ...

Kirsten first went to Maine a few years ago and is completely hooked, which is no surprise to our friend Cassie who has always loved Maine. I did not want to be left out of the love, so I knew I ...

If you know me, you know that I love a quirky book post and this one fits the bill. You would think that all books with secret in the title would be mysteries, but you would be mistaken! These are my ...