I have read so many great books this year that I knew it was time to make my list of the best nonfiction books of 2025. I ...

With the publication of her newest book, I wanted to give you a summary of The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny to get you caught up ...

While they used to be relatively hard to come by, single parent romance novels are now all the rage in the romance book world ...

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

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 ...

One of the things Jackie and I are known for is our seasonal reading challenges – the fall reading challenges below! Released at the start of each new season, we work hard to come up with fun and ...

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 2025 is a complete list of Jenna Bush Hager’s book picks for 2025. I wanted to make this list to see how the book choices change and evolve from year to year. I have ...