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  • Good Reads To Kick off Your Summer

    Kick off your summer with these fun and diverse titles for kids!

  • Immigrant Heritage Month

    In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month, here are books for youth that center around immigration stories.

  • Incredibly Elusive Relatives? Expose Their Secrets With This Genealogical Series

    Trace hard-to-find-ancestors with these genealogical resources

  • Remembering Peter David: 10 Remarkable Comics You Need to Read

    Known for The Incredible Hulk, X-Factor, Aquaman, and many others, Peter David left a mark on comics that will not soon be forgotten.

  • Books We Meet On Vacation

    15 vacation romance books to fall in love with

  • Movies Turning 20, 25, and 30 in May 2025

    See what movies are celebrating milestone anniversaries this month!

  • Memorial Day Reads for Kids

    Here are five titles for children that honor the United States and our fallen soldiers. Have a meaningful Memorial Day.

  • 20 Books About Prehistoric Ohio Wildlife

    From trilobites to black bears, here are twenty titles about animals that lived in Ohio during prehistoric times.

  • Malcolm X Celebrates 100 Years This Year

    Human rights champion Malcolm X commemorates his 100th birthday this year.

  • 10 Places that Validate Your Distrust of the Outdoors

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  • Intriguing Locked Room Mysteries to Challenge the Keenest Armchair Detective

    In the best locked room mysteries, the reader has the same clues as the wily sleuths who solve impossible crimes; the fun part is seeing how they all get put together. Here are some of the best locked room mysteries to challenge devoted armchair detectives.

  • 15 Steampunk Stories for Youth

    Gadgets, gears, gizmos, and usually an airship or two.

  • 10 Comics to Read Now, 40 Years After “Crisis on Infinite Earths”

    There may be an infinite number of universes, but you can find all 10 of these superhero classics in this one.

  • 10 Free to Use Superheroes for Public Domain Day

    Your new favorite hero might already be copyright-free.

  • Top 10 Books on the Creative Pulse of Street Fashion

    Street fashion is the venue for the bravest among us to show their personal style and possibly start a whole new trend. Here are the best photography books capturing these amazing people in action.

  • Remembering 100 Years of Former President Jimmy Carter

    Jimmy Carter had a short presidency and a long post-presidency, and his stubborn sense of values profoundly informed them both.

  • Swoony Sports Romances

    Romances with one or both of the main characters as athletes (or athlete-adjacent) continue to be super popular. Here are some great new/er titles for those who enjoy a great romance with a sporty slant.

  • Top Thrillers With Neurodivergent Perspectives

    Neurodivergent people are those whose brains process information in a way that is not typical of most individuals. There are many wonderful mysteries and thrillers with characters on this spectrum that provide a unique and fascinating perspective in problem-solving and investigation.

  • Chillax with the Best Books on Pop Culture Life in the 1990s

    It's always fun to look back at pop culture from the decades and wonder what the heck we were thinking at the time. Here's a great list of titles on the 1990s sure to make you nostalgic if you were there, or puzzled and amused if you weren't. As if!!

  • Celebrating Rod Serling’s 100th Birthday… in “The Twilight Zone”

    You’re traveling through another dimension. That’s a signpost up ahead! Next stop: a Rod Serling blog post.

  • Cozy Reads That Aren’t Excessively Saccharine

    These cozy reads are like hot chocolate for your brain, sure to leave you warm and happy.

  • 8 Comics to Read After Watching the Teaser for James Gunn’s ‘Superman’

    The teaser trailer for James Gunn's 'Superman' just dropped. While you wait for the movie, here are the comics you need to read.

  • Best Books on Home Decorating Without Remodeling

    Tired of seeing ridiculously out of reach home decorating books? Here are some great titles with low-cost decor ideas well within the range of most people. You got this.

  • Totally Tubular Books about Pop Culture Life in the 1980s

    Living in the 1980s was truly the end of an innocent era when we could take the phone off the hook or just go outside and be completely unreachable by anyone. Seriously: people would dial our number (which they either had to already know or get from something called a phone book), get no answer or a "busy signal" (look it up) and they'd think, "Gosh, I'll just have to call back later." It was AWESOME. Here are some great books on other bizarro aspects of life during that amazing era.

  • 10 Nontraditional Christmas Comics to Spark Your Holiday Spirit

    Had your fill of typical Christmas stories? These comics from off the beaten path are just what Santa ordered.

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