Books

"Let’s say my book offers 75% extra stories free."

This post was written by Farah Heron, author of How to Win a Breakup. This year on Pi Day (March 14th, or 3-14) I baked a pie. I don’t bake pies often— usually only for my son’s birthday and for pi day, because they’re tricky, finicky, and…

Ever since her father was exposed as a witch and a traitor, Winnie and her family have been shunned. But on her sixteenth birthday, she can take the deadly Luminary hunter trials and prove herself.

This post was written by Suzanne Young, author of In Nightfall. Why are we so bloodthirsty for vampire stories? Pun intended, yes—I know, stop groaning. But it’s true—few creatures have endured in pop culture as deftly as the vampire.…

We chatted with Abi Elphinstone about her Peter Pan retelling, Saving Neverland.

We had the honour of chatting with Liz Flanagan on Into the Dark Forest. 

The UK’s longest running and best-loved book awards for children and young people, The Yoto Carnegies, has two categories -- the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration.

This post was written by Ream Shukairy, author of The Next New Syrian Girl. So what is halal romance anyway? It’s the bashful courtship and painful boundaries in a Jane Austen novel. Or it’s the romantic tension between two main…

The Boss of Everyone is Danny Wallace's latest standalone that explores what happens if you give a very serious ten-year-old the power to be the boss.

This post was written by Sarah Lyu, author of I Will Find You Again Content warning: depression, suicidal ideation In the summer of 2014, I was driving from New York City to a small town in northeastern PA almost every week, and a…

This guest post on non-fiction books is written by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung, author of What Women Want

This guest post is written by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung, author of What Women Want.

We love Becky Albertalli here at United by Pop. She has a new novel - Imogen, Obviously - coming out in May and we have all the details.

Happy International Women's Day! To celebrate, we selected 10 novels that are written by admirable women.

Instead of being just a romance story, People Change explores topics such as race, friendship and navigating life through your 20s