Book recs based on Chappell Roan songs
Is everyone else as excited as we are for Chappell Roan's UK tour!? After her second show date in Edinburgh was released, you best believe the Rare Birds girls were...
Our Women's Prize shortlist predictions
It's the Rare Birds team's favourite time of year again—the Women's Prize award season—basically the Oscars of women's writing. 2025 marks the fiction prize's 30th year, so it's set to...
What to read after I Who Have Never Known Men
Absolutely everyone seems to be talking about Jacqueline Harpman's I Who Have Never Known Men and for VERY good reason. Originally published in French in 1995, the tiny but mighty...
march 2025 - new releases
We're so excited for March! Another big month of exciting new titles to add to your TBR📚 We've listed some of our most anticipated ones below! Fable for the...
What makes a book 5-stars?
I was taking a look at my logged books on StoryGraph from last year, and noticed I only gave 1/40 books a 5-star rating. Am I okay? It was even...
february 2025 - new releases
February is a big month for new releases and we're super excited! We've put together a a list of titles below that we're looking forward to introducing you to. Deep...
What to read after watching The Outrun
Saoirse Ronan has gone and done it again. I saw The Outrun in cinema over 3 months ago and I'm still not completely recovered. Sorry to anyone who was at...
january 2025: new releases
New Year, New Books! There are some very exciting titles being published in January. We've put together a list below of some of the titles we are looking forward to!...
