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50 Best Black Science Fiction Books

Black science fiction books, Afrofuturistic stories, or short stories by Black authors were once unfortunately uncommon, but as of late there have been a lot more fantastic novels to introduce some diversity into this historically homogeneous genre/classification. There’s certainly been more books with wide-spread marketing efforts, which is critical, too. This list contains 50+ of …

Lovecraft Country Season 1, Episode 3: Holy Ghost Recap

Lovecraft Country, Episode 3 (“Holy Ghost”) opens with Letitia in church with a voiceover from Precious Angel Ramirez. A title card then talks about a group of black people who move into a house in the summer of 1955. It then says that ten days later, three people go missing inside the house, never to …

7 Book & Publishing Controversies in 2019 + 2020

There’s been a slew of book controversies and various literary scandals this past year or so. Not a surprise, considering what a mess this year has been as a whole. Anyway, as we enter into the last few months of the year, here’s the book dramas that people have been talking about! This list covers …

50 Best Detective Books of All Time

Detective novels are such a great genre of books, filled with with quirky private investigators, dark back alleys, sultry heiresses, and shocking villains. I fell in love with Agatha Christie novels early on when I was young for reasons I don’t entirely understand, but I’ve loved detective novels ever since. Most of the authors on …

The Girls Hulu Series: What We Know

The Girls by Emma Cline has had a TV series adaptation in the works for some time, which is apparently now being developed by Hulu. For all the details on The Girls film adaptation, here’s what we know so far: What’s it about? What’s the plot? The Girls is about a fourteen-year-old girl, Evie Boyd, …