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A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping

By BookPage | Katie Garaby | 8/13/2025 1:00 AM

Sangu Mandanna might actually be a witch herself: The long-anticipated follow-up to The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is here, and it is well worth the wait. ... Read full Story

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A Game in Yellow

By BookPage | Matthew Jackson | 8/12/2025 1:00 AM

Sexy, complex and confident, A Game in Yellow explores a three-way relationship gone horribly wrong thanks to a madness-inducing play. You’ve never read another horror novel like this one. ... Read full Story

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2 classic works of horror get terrifying modern updates

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 8/12/2025 1:00 AM

A couple turns to The King in Yellow to spice up their love life, and The Haunting of Hill House takes a Floridian vacation. ... Read full Story

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2 reality tv rom-coms that are all pleasure, no guilt

By BookPage | Editors | 8/12/2025 1:00 AM

Alice Chen’s Reality Check and The Re-Write pull apart the layers of reality dating shows. ... Read full Story

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CeeCee

By BookPage | Alice Cary | 8/12/2025 1:00 AM

Young readers will be enthralled with Shana Keller’s storytelling in CeeCee, while Laura Freeman’s illustrations seamlessly blend the historical realities of slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore plantations with the fairy-tale dreams of the book’s young enslaved protagonist. ... Read full Story

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Nights and Weekends

By BookPage | Becky Libourel Diamond | 8/12/2025 1:00 AM

With recipes fit for both hectic weeknights and slow Saturdays, Alexis deBoschnek’s Nights and Weekends offers fresh inspiration to home chefs, seven days a week. ... Read full Story

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Zhang Yueran and Jeremy Tiang: The collaboration behind Women, Seated

By BookPage | Lauren Bufferd | 8/11/2025 1:00 AM

Author Zhang Yueran and translator Jeremy Tiang share how their sharp new book about class in China made its way to American readers. ... Read full Story

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4 sweeping biographies that spotlight the lives of literary titans

By BookPage | Julie Hale | 8/7/2025 1:00 AM

Ignite your book club with works about Audre Lorde, Jane Austen, Simone de Beauvoir and John Steinbeck. ... Read full Story

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The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold

By BookPage | Dolly R. Sickles | 8/5/2025 1:00 AM

Full of suspense and humor and heart, Ally Carter’s espionage romance The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold is satisfying and sexy. ... Read full Story

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The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

By BookPage | Laura Hubbard | 8/5/2025 1:00 AM

Carissa Broadbent’s The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk is an exquisite mix of deep romance, lush world building and tense action. ... Read full Story

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Departure 37

By BookPage | Chris Pickens | 8/5/2025 1:00 AM

Cold War technology haunts the present in Scott Carson’s deft and suspenseful Departure 37. ... Read full Story

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Onstage or on camera, there’s nowhere to hide

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 8/5/2025 1:00 AM

Two actors find themselves way over their heads in Alexis Soloski’s and Dan Fesperman’s excellent thrillers. ... Read full Story

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Historian Jennifer Wright reveals how America learned to party

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 8/4/2025 1:00 AM

Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time offers an extensively researched, highly entertaining window into the colorful life of Gilded Age party girl Mamie Fish. ... Read full Story

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7 debut novels to shake up your 2025 TBR

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 8/4/2025 1:00 AM

A novel is possibility. A debut novel? Possibility squared. These seven first-time novelists, including Rob Franklin and Maria Reva, will open up your reading horizons. ... Read full Story

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The Conjuring of America

By BookPage | Destiny O. Birdsong | 7/29/2025 1:00 AM

The Conjuring of America explores how the folk magic of Black women is woven into the very fabric of American identity, shaping who we are and how we live. ... Read full Story

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Sloppy

By BookPage | Vanessa Willoughby | 7/29/2025 1:00 AM

With humor and razor-sharp wit, Rax King’s sophomore essay collection, Sloppy, shows that engaging in painful self-reflection is a worthwhile venture. ... Read full Story

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Looking for Group

By BookPage | Katie Garaby | 7/29/2025 1:00 AM

Two gamers try to move their online romance into real life in Alexis Hall’s absolutely darling and very nerdy Looking for Group. ... Read full Story

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Looking for groups in ‘Looking For Group’

By BookPage | Alexis Hall | 7/29/2025 1:00 AM

Alexis Hall’s Looking for Group may be a romance novel, but it’s also an ode to friendship and connection in all its forms—whether online or IRL. ... Read full Story

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Pariah

By BookPage | Carole V. Bell | 7/22/2025 1:00 AM

Fueled by adrenaline and the absurdities of contemporary politics, Dan Fesperman’s zeitgeisty Pariah follows a disgraced comedian-turned-CIA asset. ... Read full Story

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Love You to Death

By BookPage | Alice Cary | 7/22/2025 1:00 AM

Christina Dotson’s debut thriller, Love You to Death, is a fearless and funny spin on Thelma and Louise. ... Read full Story

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Aston Martin Vanquish, The Fastest Series Aston Ever, Has Problems Slowing Down

by carbuzz.com | Aug 24 2025

exercise

Meghan Trainor Gets Candid About the Mental Health Work Behind Her Fitness Transformation

by thehealthy.com | Aug 20 2025

fashion

I’m a cosmetic surgeon — skincare I actually use to look younger including a ‘holy trinity’ in the morning

by NY Post | Aug 24 2025

FFNEWS

Import slide continues after early peak

by FreightWaves | Aug 23 2025

finance

Keurig Dr Pepper reportedly near $18 billion deal to buy coffee company JDE Peet’s

by MarketWatch.com | Aug 24 2025

lifestyle

16:8 intermittent fasting: How it works

by Hello! Magazine | Aug 25 2025

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Neighbors rally for Lynbrook girl, 10, battling brain tumor

by greaterlongisland.com | Aug 24 2025

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‘Hypocritical’ NYC pol Erik Bottcher pushing ban on horse carriages once honored ‘king of furs’

by New York Post | Aug 24 2025

nation

2nd false active shooter reported at Villanova University in a week

by upi.com | Aug 24 2025

nutrition

5 Black Seed Oil Benefits, According to Metabolism Specialists

by thehealthy.com | Aug 21 2025

people

Kayla Nicole calls out Tyreek Hill over Popeye's comment

by marca.com | Aug 24 2025

shopping

17 New Watches You Missed from Breitling, Casio, Timex and More

by Gear Patrol | Aug 24 2025

travel

5 must-see museums dedicated to slavery around the globe

by Wanderlust | Aug 23 2025

wellness

5 Simple Longevity Tests You Can Do at Home

by Self.com | Aug 22 2025

world

Canadian PM Carney makes surprise trip to Ukraine

by United Press International, Inc. | Aug 25 2025

Word of the Day

undulant

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 25, 2025 is:

undulant • \UN-juh-lunt\ • adjective

Undulant describes things that rise and fall in waves, or things that have a wavy form, outline, or surface.

// The exhibit featured a painting with beautiful green strokes that resembled undulant hills.

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Examples:

“Though tightly bound by our love of books, we bibliophiles are a sundry lot, managing our obsession in a grand variety of ways. We organize by title, by author, by genre, by topic. By color, by height, by width, by depth. … We stack books into attractive still lifes accompanied by a single tulip in a bud vase, or into risky, undulant towers poised to flatten a passing housecat.” — Monica Wood, LitHub.com, 7 May 2024

Did you know?

If you’re looking for an adjective that encapsulates the rising and falling of the briny sea, wave hello to undulant. While not an especially common descriptor, it is useful not only for describing the ocean itself, but for everything from rolling hills to a snake’s sinuous movement to a fever that waxes and wanes. The root of undulant is, perhaps unsurprisingly, unda, a Latin word meaning “wave.” Other English words swimming the wake of unda include inundate, “to cover with a flood,” and undulate, “to form or move in waves.”

A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping

A Game in Yellow

2 classic works of horror get terrifying modern updates

2 reality tv rom-coms that are all pleasure, no guilt

CeeCee

Nights and Weekends

Zhang Yueran and Jeremy Tiang: The collaboration behind Women, Seated

4 sweeping biographies that spotlight the lives of literary titans

The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold

The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

Departure 37

Onstage or on camera, there’s nowhere to hide

Historian Jennifer Wright reveals how America learned to party

7 debut novels to shake up your 2025 TBR

The Conjuring of America

Sloppy

Looking for Group

Looking for groups in ‘Looking For Group’

Pariah

Love You to Death

The NYT Bestsellers

Amazon Best Sellers

Aston Martin Vanquish, The Fastest Series Aston Ever, Has Problems Slowing Down

Meghan Trainor Gets Candid About the Mental Health Work Behind Her Fitness Transformation

I’m a cosmetic surgeon — skincare I actually use to look younger including a ‘holy trinity’ in the morning

Import slide continues after early peak

Keurig Dr Pepper reportedly near $18 billion deal to buy coffee company JDE Peet’s

16:8 intermittent fasting: How it works

Neighbors rally for Lynbrook girl, 10, battling brain tumor

‘Hypocritical’ NYC pol Erik Bottcher pushing ban on horse carriages once honored ‘king of furs’

2nd false active shooter reported at Villanova University in a week

5 Black Seed Oil Benefits, According to Metabolism Specialists

Kayla Nicole calls out Tyreek Hill over Popeye's comment

17 New Watches You Missed from Breitling, Casio, Timex and More

5 must-see museums dedicated to slavery around the globe

5 Simple Longevity Tests You Can Do at Home

Canadian PM Carney makes surprise trip to Ukraine

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.Man buys 162 tickets for one lottery drawing, wins $811,000

2.Watch: Mexican festival's taco serving breaks three world records

3.Watch: Vegan firefighter's first day involves 40,000 pounds of steaks on fire

4.Minnesota State Fair Dairy Princesses Get Immortalized In Butter

5.Look: Oldest living person celebrates 116th birthday in Britain

6.Watch: Smokey Bear stolen from in front of Pennsylvania fire station

7.Girl Group KATSEYE Is Made Up Of 6 Unique Personalities — Which Member Matches You Best?

8.Watch: Canadian politician puts on 330 neck ties to break world record

9.Watch: Dog who fought bull wins 2025 Hambone Award

10.N.C. man wins $100,000 lottery prize on his wedding anniversary