Weekend reads: Week of August 23, 2024

Here's a collection of literary posts that we didn't share on our reader blog last week but thought were worth sharing.

• The best books about the '80s and '90s (Book Riot)

• In the 1990s, these books cracked the world open (The Washington Post) 

• The coolest bookstore bars in America (Literary Hub) 

• He raps about kids’ books and grammar, and he has fans (The New York Times)