The farther into TikTok I fall, the more difficult it gets to ignore the endless book recommendations running through my “for you” feed courtesy of “BookTok” influencers. From young adult fiction and fantasy to contemporary romance and thrillers, there’s something for everyone.

Smoky skies aren’t very inspiring for summer beach reads, but for better or worse, it does set the tone for environmental literature that speaks to our love for nature. Here is a mix of titles you can check out from adventurous and reflective nature writing.

Aidan Baker didn’t know everything about the world, but he was pretty sure senior prom wasn’t supposed to smell faintly of manure. And in all his mom’s old favorite teen movies, the music at prom had never had to compete with the screech of the train wheels on steel rails.

The disclaimer comes late in “Embassy Wife,” Katie Crouch’s antic new novel: “Amanda sipped her champagne obediently and thought about how you could love a place deeply without understanding it at all.”

Spokane photographer Darren Balch's new book "Rock & Roll on Columbia: Tall Tales From a Short Attention Span" is filled with classic photographs from the Gorge Amphitheatre primarily from 1993-1995. The many images are dramatic and surprising.

Although the Olympic Games have been a source of various controversies this year, the stories of its athletes and what they must overcome to compete alongside the best have always been inspiring. Here is some nonfiction reading you can dive into now.

After nearly three decades of living with the storylines and characters at the heart of his “Newirth Mythology,” local author Michael Koep is one major step closer to sharing the series with fans in a new medium: television.

Apple Pirn stood in front of the kitchen window in her old Vermont farmhouse among the fruit flies and cidery light wearing a thrift store blouse with the front unbuttoned to expose her sagged breast. The man on the telephone had told her to wait and so she was waiting.

If you, like me, are looking for a few books so that you can ignore the growing stack of other books next to your bed, here is a list of 10 books – including several by local authors – that I’ll be reading (and rereading) this summer.

When her daughter comes in wearing a mask, Margery thinks she’s dreaming. She thinks this isn’t the real world. The ghosts in the walls knock. The cockroaches fall out of the cupboards. “Listen, Dad. I really need you to come with us to the new house." 

It might surprise you (it certainly did me) to discover that on Thursday, a full 10 years will have passed since the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2," the final Harry Potter film.

You can invite the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology into your home this week. The Spokane County Library District is hosting the Traveling Lantern Theatre Co.'s virtual performance of "Legends and Myths From Mount Olympus." 

There are all kinds of things to think about, along with a few challenges, when it comes to growing organic food. My friend Lynne Carpenter-Boggs is a soil scientist at WSU who works with farmers and knows a lot about what it takes to produce organic food.

John watched a blackbird light on the window sill. Feeling numb, he looked away and further berated himself. “He’s so self-enclosed,” he overheard Samantha tell their oldest. “He doesn’t hear me.” The children knew and didn’t know. They moved in his presence like worlds in orbit.

In Laurie Frankel’s new book, “One Two Three,” the Mitchell sisters, a set of 16-year-old triplets, provide perspective on a town ravaged geographically and psychically by toxic chemical runoff in the local river.

Naturally, it was surprising to wake up the way we did, with the clocks and calendars wrong, and the direction of the sunsets and sunrises switched, but soon enough the unthinkable became routine, as it always does.

Nothing helps you sink into that summer state of mind like a perfect summer read. Here is a list of books set in summer that may be the perfect complement to the heat wave set to hit the Inland Northwest this week.

Will Smith is ready to open up about his life story. Penguin Press announced Sunday that Smith will release his memoir titled “Will” on Nov. 9. The actor-rapper shared a photo of the book’s cover art to more than 54 million of his Instagram followers.