You can read Bradford Morrow on Poe’s Tamerlane here. Auctions are unpredictable beasts. If you approach them thinking you know how they will behave, you do so naively. Some lots sell far higher than expected, others much lower, and there’s often no explaining why. Competition can be furious as the auctioneer fields bids from potential buyers on the phone, online, and from collectors and dealers in the salesroom. And then, sometimes all three platforms stall out and a rarity like Ernest Hemingway’s first book, Three Stories & Ten Poems (1923), untrimmed and unopened in its fragile glassine jacket, gets “bought in”—auction-speak for fails to sell.

What’s worth more than the rarest book in American literature? The answer may (not) surprise you.

If you love popular, highly-rated fantasy novels, check out this list of books. These are the top-rated fantasy books according to Goodreads. I’ve been creating blog posts featuring highest rated novels, including top-rated thrillers and most rated beach reads. I hope this list helps you read more fantasy books in 2024!

50 Highest Rated Fantasy Books To Read In 2024

When it comes to both science fiction and fantasy, authors have a habit of writing multi-book epics rather than single, one-time books. So, if you’re looking for a standalone sci-fi tale to enjoy and don’t want to have to invest in multiple books, these are some of the best to pick up.

The best standalone sci-fi books

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In literature, classic books refer to the works that have been impacting the reading scene for years on end now. Some of the first authors that might pop into your mind when hearing the word classics are William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jane Austen, and many more. Their works are timeless and still hold value to them even after years or decades of publishing them. If you are one of the people who want to get into reading classics but feel disoriented and do not know what books to read or how to read them, this guide is for you!

Effective Guide To Reading Classics: How And What To Read

Science fiction and romance may not seem like the simplest combo of book genres, but they work surprisingly better than they arguably should. Whether it’s love on Earth with a sci-fi twist or a relationship burgeoning deep in space, the best science fiction romance books should there’s more to romance than meets the eye.

10 best science fiction romance books to read this year

The history of one Michigan ghost town is full of witches, plagues, and restless spirits. Uncover this cursed town’s chilling secrets. BEAVER CREEK TOWNSHIP, MI – Michigan‘s wilderness conceals a place where history and mystery intertwine. Pere Cheney, once a thriving lumber town, now stands as a silent reminder of human ambition’s fragility and folklore’s enduring power.

Witches, Plagues, And Restless Spirits: Locals Say This Michigan Town Is Cursed!

What makes a Zodiac Sign low maintenance? Independence can make someone low maintenance. Someone who is reliable, dependable, and punctual, can make someone low maintenance. Someone who tends to want to do things on their own can be low maintenance. Low-maintenance people tend to be those people who do on their own but are not necessarily alone. They rarely need or ask for help. They are self-motivated, often energetic, and can be considered leaders is many cases. Now me, some say I am low maintenance and others say I’m high maintenance. Maybe I’m both. Let's see what zodiac signs are considered low-maintenance.

5 Zodiac Signs That Are Low Maintenance

There are certain zodiac signs that most people are careful with because of their fiery and low tolerance levels. You can hardly mess with individuals with such signs without getting a backlash. Whether they are in work environments or family settings, they do not hesitate to set boundaries and protect them.

5 Zodiac Signs You Don't Mess With

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12 Best Audiobooks To Keep You Company This Summer, from Thrillers to Romance + More!

Unputdownable books, B&N makes a shocking move, Pride reads for 2024: just a few of the offerings today at Book Riot:. 9 Unputdownable Books that Will Grip You Till the Last Page. We’ve all read books that we just can’t put down — the ones we stay up reading till...

9 Unputdownable Books that Will Grip You Till the Last Page

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The Best New Books to Read in July 2024

I regret to inform you that the below list of the most read books on Goodreads this week is identical to last week’s, but I’ve added some of the most read books from different countries to shake things up a bit. We recently also made note of the The Most Popular New Books on Goodreads in 2024 (So Far), and if you’ve been keeping up with this feature, you’ll definitely notice some familiar names. The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFadden only came out in June, but it’s already in the top ten of the most popular books on Goodreads of the year so far!

The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week

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The color yellow is gorgeous, eye-catching, and downright happy for most people. So much so that it's the main hue in the world-famous happy face—but science says it's not the best color to wear on a date.

You Shouldn't Wear Yellow on First Dates, Here's Why

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Gregg Olsen's "If You Tell" is a terrifying real-crime tale examining the Knotek family's dark and twisted background. This book chronicles Shelly Knotek's terrible mistreatment of her three children, Nikki, Sami, and Tori, as well as their path from victims to survivors. Olsen, a #1 New York Times and Amazon...

'If You Tell' by Gregg Olsen Book Review: A Harrowing True Crime Tale

Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. “Ace Atkins’s killing honesty sets a new standard for Southern crime fiction.”. “As in his spy novels, Kanon demonstrates a mastery of closed-in drama. Such is the jabbing understatement of the dialogue—what’s withheld matters more than what’s said—that it holds you in suspense as much as any action scene. The contrast between his impeccable control and the nightmarish chaos of this time and place gives things a powerful edge. Kanon goes to China with stirring results.”

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. When Deborah Harkness—No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the All Souls fantasy series, which began with A Discovery of Witches in 2011—was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021, the disease neither slowed her ambitions nor displaced them. Her next book in the All Souls saga, The Black Bird Oracle, publishes next week, but Harkness is already in progress on six additional All Souls books, and five non-All Souls stories—two of which she thinks could wind up as television shows rather than novels. She jokes, with amused self-awareness, “I have a fabulously short attention span and a very low boredom threshold.”

Deborah Harkness, the ‘Accidental Novelist,’ Has Years’ Worth of All Souls Books in the Pipeline

The New York Times has been releasing their list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century 20 titles at a time this week, and now all 100 are available to browse. They asked 503 “literary luminaries” — including authors, editors, librarians, critics, and Book Riot’s own Jeff O’Neal and Rebecca Schinsky — to share their top ten books published in the U.S. since 2000 and tallied them up into the final list.

The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, According to the New York Times

Rachel Cusk’s Parade, Francine Prose’s 1974, and Andrew O’Hagan’s Caledonian Road all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. *. 1. Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan. (W. W. Norton) 5...

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Happy new book day to all who celebrate! It’s approximately eleventy million degrees in Maine right now, and my brains feel like soup in my brain pan. Thank goodness I don’t need them, lol. The scorching weather hasn’t stopped the critters from visiting. This past weekend I saw my first red-bellied woodpecker, which was so beautiful! And also poorly named, IMO. Its head was the most astounding shade of red I’ve ever seen in nature, while its belly only had a weak bit of faint orange. It should be called the Play-Doh redheaded woodpecker. Alas, I was not consulted. This is in keeping with my opinion that, historically, people were bad at naming things. (Says the redhead, whose hair should be called orange or copper, or even rust, but certainly not red.)

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10 most popular fantasy book series ever

Epic Fantasy is a genre that encompasses all the other literary traditions inside itself, so when talking about the most popular books shaping its long history,...

10 most popular fantasy book series ever

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