Book Club

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cool girls read
By Joss Richard

What Would Andie Anderson Read in 2026?

The How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days heroine has cool-girl energy that would totally transfer to her book taste!

Entertainment

Smut Books To Read When You Want To Get Hot But You're Too Lazy To Have Sex

For when you just need to get there, damn it.

A Truly "Bejeweled" TBR Pile

What You Should Read Next Based On Your Favorite Taylor Swift Era

Drop everything now. Meet me in the... library.

Summer Reading List

22 New(ish) Books For Your Middle Schooler To Read Right Now

Screentime? Never heard of her.

yes, there's spice

If Enemies-To-Lovers Is Your Favorite Trope, Read These 19 Highly-Rated Titles

Sorry, the tension is just incomparable.

let's go to the book store!

The Most Anticipated Books By Black Authors Coming In 2026

Don't even think about reading a book that's already on your shelf, because these all look amazing.

A Truly Stacked TBR
By Julie Sprankles

17 Books Our Editors Devoured In October

From new Kingsolver to a Booker-shortlisted Strout!

Exclusive
By Julie Sprankles

Bethany Joy Lenz: “The Easiest Thing To Do Is Believe The Person Asking The Least Of You”

The One Tree Hill alum sat down with Scary Mommy to talk about her first novel, The Betrayal of Cora Wexford, and why the Victorian era isn’t as far off as we’d like to think.

Your Early Fall TBR Refresh
By Julie Sprankles

16 Books Scary Mommy Editors Read & Raved About This Month

File these under “worth your very limited free time.”

TBR Inspo
By Julie Sprankles

12 Books Our Editors Devoured This August

From a long-awaited Big Little Lies sequel to a retro Disney cookbook, these were worth every spare second.

The Final Stretch
By Kait Hanson

15 Late-Summer Book Releases You Won't Want To Put Down

That TBR pile just got a little glow-up.

Top of the TBR
By Julie Sprankles

20 Books Scary Mommy Editors Couldn’t Shut Up About This Month

From second-chance romances to atmospheric horror, here’s what we loved reading in July.

Exclusive
By Kate Auletta

Karlie Kloss Wrote An Adorable Children’s Book About Coding

The supermodel and entrepreneur wanted to show kids how to dream — and fix problems — in a different language.

TBR Inspo
By Julie Sprankles

15 Books That Scary Mommy Editors Couldn’t Put Down In June 2026

Ignore your to-do list... you’ve got reading to do.

read them all!
By Sarah Aswell

For Pride, Here Are The Gayest Novels We Are Loving In 2026

Let’s make that TBR a little more LGBTQ+...

What We're Reading
By Julie Sprankles

From Spicy To Soul-Crushing, Here Are The Books Scary Mommy Editors Loved In April

Seriously can’t stop thinking about these.