Gorgeous frescos, marble sculptures, and beautiful buildings capture the imagination of anyone reading these books set in the ...

In this list of WWI novels, I wanted to highlight my favorite books that take place during the Great War. These stories are ...

Fashion and art have always captured the imagination of tastemakers around the world because they tell the behind-the-scenes ...

I am so excited about the March 2026 book releases, and I cannot wait to get my hands on these books. It is always so much ...

Books about women in STEM are becoming more popular, and it’s about time! In the past, women in STEM have been overlooked. Their contributions are minimized, and the story often becomes one of male ...

I love a great holiday romance book. While Christmas romance books definitely dominate the season, these great Hanukkah romance books should not be overlooked. This is a list of my favorite Hanukkah ...

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 ...

Jackie and I created the summer reading challenges in 2021, when we kept hearing people say they didn’t know what to read. The pandemic was starting to fade out, but everyone’s reading habits were ...

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 ...

Is it just me, or has there been an uptick in Fall romance books lately? I think it’s the popularity of series like Lovelight Farms and Dream Harbor (the first book of which is the wildly popular ...