Author: Arianna Rebolini
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The Complete Guide to 2026 Runaway Hit Operation Bounce House
One of this year’s most highly anticipated books is now one of its biggest hits: Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman. Why is everyone talking about this sci-fi release, and what is it about? Here’s a quick, complete guide to author Matt Dinniman’s standalone debut, what makes it so exciting—and why you should listen to…
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2026 Book-to-Screen Adaptations: Listen Before You Watch
It’s a great cultural moment for people who love all types of storytelling media. We could call it a golden age, producing some of out best book adaptations. And every year there seems to be more than the last, especially in mini-series format. Limited-run series have been around for decades, but they dominate the book…
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Percy Jackson Audiobooks: The Complete Series Guide & Reading Order
If you’re a book-lover or fantasy fan born anytime after, say, 1994, there’s a good chance you’re well acquainted with the name Percy Jackson. The 12-year-old boy who discovers he’s a demigod is the star of a series that spawned a universe: Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In 2005, when the author Rick Riordan—a crime…
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The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of 2026
With each passing year, more and more people discover the joy of audiobooks. Since Edison Research started tracking listening habits ten years ago, the number of U.S. readers who listen to audiobooks has increased by 167 percent. And publishers are responding to that growing interest with more—and more diverse—audiobooks at our disposal. Now, we have…
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How to Ethically Divest from Amazon: A Practical Guide to Everyday Alternatives
In recent years, as the wealth gap has expanded and people in power have increasingly used that power to exploit and oppress everyone else, consumers have become more aware of which mega corporations are part of the problem. And as this information has spread, particularly via social media, so have impassioned calls for protesting through…
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Our Favorite LGBTQIA+ Audiobooks
Despite the best efforts of people in power trying to erase LGBTQIA+ voices (see the drastic increase in book bans, which disproportionately target queer authors) there’s no suppressing the popularity of their stories. While fiction sales as a whole have decreased in recent years, LGBTQIA+ fiction sales keep growing. Readers know what they want, and…
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Embracing the Shadows: The Best Dark Romance Audiobooks
Any romance reader can tell you that “romance” is too broad of a term to accurately describe their reading habits. Just like IRL romance can’t be cleanly defined, stories about love and sensuality can’t be constrained. For every relationship dynamic, kink, and fantasy, there’s most likely a subgenre exploring it. But of all those subgenres—romantasy,…
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Beyond the Ice: The Best Audiobooks for Fans of Heated Rivalry
Newcomers to the Heated Rivalry universe might not realize that the book series it’s based on (Game Changers by Rachel Reid) is just one in a plethora of hockey romances—or that hockey romance itself is a subsection of the massive genre that is sports romance. How lucky for new fans, who have an entire world…
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Your Most Sustainable Read: Digital vs. Print
When we think about carbon footprints, reading habits don’t immediately come to mind. There are many pastimes and hobbies that have a larger environmental impact, but that doesn’t mean the impact can’t be reduced. The printing process emits millions of metric tons of CO2 a year, and a depressingly large amount of those books end up…
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Voices of Power and Perspective: The Best Audiobooks by Black Women
It goes without saying that there’s no shortage of must-listen literature written by Black women. Even so, those authors might be underrepresented in your reading repertoire—because Black writers, editors, and other publishing professionals are underrepresented in the publishing industry as a whole. Research shows that as of 2020, despite slow growth, Black writers still made…
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Explore New Worlds: The Best Science Fiction Audiobooks
There’s a lifetime’s worth of options to choose from, but these standout science fiction audiobooks, some trusted classics and others brand new releases, are a great place to start.
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Step Into Another World: The Magic of Fantasy Bookstores
There’s no shortage of digital spaces for fantasy readers to link up and share recommendations, but nothing beats walking into a brick and mortar store, flipping through a new book, and finding a cozy corner where you can read it.