Books FINALLY, We Shall Now Discuss My Life in Middlemarch
The Toast's first formal discussion of "My Life in Middlemarch," Rebecca Mead's phenomenal book about...Middlemarch, and her life in it.
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Books Dirtbag Phantom Tollbooth
The Phantom Tollbooth with dirtbags.
Books Audiobooks: A Bestsellers List and a Giveaway Contest
A handy guide to the best-sellers list on Audiobooks.com, and a subscription giveaway.
Books Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin and the Pleasures of Reading
Slaney Chadwick Ross, who has an incredible name, speaks joyously of "Tam Lin," the novel that suckered you into academia.
Books All the Sporty Ladies: Female Athletes in Romance Novels
Mindy Hung continues her reign of terror by discussing how female athletes are portrayed in romance novels.
Books Ask a Clean Person: Checking In With Jizzcliners and Barfees of Yore
Jolie Kerr, of "Ask a Clean Person" fame, follows up with some of her most famous advisees.
Books How To Tell If You’re In A Dashiell Hammett Novel
If you're trapped in a Dashiell Hammett novel, this piece can help you out.
Books ROUND 2: Guess the Book With Help From the Library of Congress!
The return of the world's nerdiest book game, in which Library of Congress subject keywords are the only help you get.
Books On Hild and The Joys of Situating
Another Hild post, you lucky bastards.
Books When To Give A Kid A Book: The Only Parenting Advice I Will Ever Give You
How to control a child through the judicious giving of books.
Books An Interview With Rachel Shukert: YA, Writing, and Old Hollywood
Nicole Cliffe talks with the very talented Rachel Shukert about her books, including, COINCIDENTALLY, the new one that came out this very week!
Books The Most Horrifying Moments From Sideways Stories From Wayside School
Every scarring memory from Sideways Stories From Wayside School.
Books Where Do Books Go After They End?
Molly McArdle convinced The Toast to run one more piece about Harry Potter, because it was too good and moving to resist.
Art Let’s Go To The Bookstore
Evan Johnston draws a bookstore.
Books What Happens When You Tell People You’re Reading Only Women?
Lilit Marcus on the delights and frustrations of publicly reading only women.
