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Choose a book, and we’ll tell you which book you chose

It's pretty self-explanatory so I don't think it warrants an entire explanation, but if you must need one, then the directions are to: choose a book. Once you do, we will tell you which book you chose, and what it's about. How did I choose these books, you didn't ask? Well, I just went through…
Commit a Book Sin, and We’ll Tell You Which Character You Are from The Good Place

I’ve been thinking about all the reasons why I’d be sent to The Bad Place…and they’re all book related. TBH we’ve all committed book sins that are horrible enough to send us to The Bad Place. So I want to know what book sins you’ve committed. 😈 Tell me what book sin would send you…
8 OwnVoices Authors and Books to Read Right Now

We are undergoing a revolution right now. I’m finally seeing more covers with characters that look like me—like on Maureen Goo’s books—and reading stories with characters that love like I do—three cheers to that ace representation in Let’s Talk About Love! Minorities in the YA book community have been searching and waiting for books that…
Dream Casting: Strange the Dreamer

I love Strange the Dreamer. I’m sorry, let me rephrase. I have an incandescent adoration for Strange the Dreamer. And what do we do when we adore a book? We obsess. Part of that obsession is imaging who we would want to play if that book became a movie.
NOVL LookBook: The Astonishing Outfits of Emily X.R. Pan

Last week, the paperback to the stunning, heartbreaking novel The Astonishing Color of After was released into the world. While the beautiful cover and read captures the eyes of readers across the country, I just need everyone to take a moment to take in the elegance and coordination of the author, Emily X.R. Pan, and…
What You Should Read According to What Your Phone Battery Is At

Have you ever wondered what you should read according to your phone battery? Well, you are now. And guess what, we have the answer for you. Is this list entirely unnecessary? Yes. Are we giving it to you anyway? Absolutely. Because that’s what NOVL is for. To answer the questions you never asked and give…
6 Characters We Love to Hate Because They’re So Terrible but Brilliant but Mostly Terrible

There are some characters whose wicked ways are just too much fun to look away from. They may do some truly despicable and morally dubious deeds, but at the end of the day, you still kind of root for them anyway? They may do crime. They may end lives. They may try to end the…
Fan Art Friday: Strange the Dreamer

Happy Friday! It’s FAN ART FRIDAY—one of my favorite types of Fridays aside from the fact that it’s a Friday and it’s basically the start of the weekend. This week, we’re showing off some of our favorite Strange the Dreamer/Muse of Nightmares fanart. It’s mostly Lazlo and Sarai, but there’s a cool cross-stitch quote in…
6 Enemies-to-Lovers That We All Rooted For from the Beginning

If you watched our February NOVL Tea, you know we love a good enemies-to-lovers moment over here. Is there a love trope better suited to have the perfect amount of tension and bite? I mean, even the greatest love story of all time Pride and Prejudice (don’t @ me, it’s simply FACTS) was, at its…
Random Lines from Random Books We Randomly Pulled Off the Shelf…Randomly

In the name of quality content, we have decided that we will bring this game to you! Bill, Natali, and I all gathered in the LBYR library and carried out our mission, bringing you the best of the random book randomness that the book randoms can random. Randomly.
In Honor of the Ides of March, Here Are The Most Epic Deaths in YA

On this day, the ides of March of MMXIX, the humble offices of NOVL HQ present unto the mob of the Bookish Empire a list of the MOST EPIC YA DEATHS! Those who are about to die salute you. Needless to say: SPOILER ALERT – but specifically for The Cruel Prince, Twilight, The Hearts We…
If You Do Nine or More of These Things, You’re a True Book Lover

Are you a casual connoisseur or straight up obsessed? Are you and books keeping things simple and fun, or are you and books ride-or-die, Edward-and-Bella meant to be? Well, let’s discover where on the spectrum your book love is. (Just, btw, I got 23. So I’ll be very impressed if you beat me.)