April 2018 Books Articles
- Artist Katie Knudson Draws Harry Potter Scenes That Didn't Make The Movies, Including One Of The Saddest Moments Of The Story
- Becky Albertalli's 'Simon' Sequel, 'Leah On The Offbeat,' Takes An Important Look At The Realities Of Social Anxiety
- 'Queer Eye' Star Antoni Has Landed A Cookbook Deal & We're Expecting Lots Of Avocado
- 13 Creative People To Follow On Twitter If You're Looking For a Daily Boost Of Inspiration
- 5 Essays I've Re-Read Countless Times Throughout My 20s For Career And Creative Advice
- Barnes & Noble's Mothers Day Gift Recommendations Include These 11 Books
- Royal Baby Louis' Name Has A Harry Potter Connection That's Totally Unexpected
- The Wing's Newest Location Has An Unbelievable Library — & These Are 10 Of The Best Books You Can Find Within It
- Taking A Mental Health Day? Read These 11 Uplifting Books While You Recharge & Reset
- A Choose Your Own Adventure Movie Is Coming & It's Based On The Books You Loved As A Kid
- 'Revolutionary Road' Provoked The Most Negative Reaction I've Ever Had To A Novel — Because It Hit Too Close To Home
- 5 Short True Crime Books You Can Finish In A Single Weekend
- 13 Books To Read, Based On Your Favorite Type Of Podcast
- 'Bluebird, Bluebird' By Attica Locke Just Won An Award For Best Mystery Novel Of 2017
- The 2018 Nobel Prize In Literature Could Be Cancelled Or Postponed Amid A Sexual Harassment Scandal
- I'll Be Gone In The Dark' By Michelle McNamara Is Being Updated With Information About The Suspected Golden State Killer
- Cutter & Squidge's Potion Room In London Is The Closest You Can Get To Snape's Classroom at Hogwarts
- Beverly Cleary's Ramona Quimby Books Inspire Me More In Adulthood Than They Did When I Read Them As A Child
- How To Beat A Reading Slump, According To Reddit Users
- 5 Classic Books We Should Skip In High School — And 5 To Read Instead
- 'Harry Potter: A History Of Magic' Exhibit Tickets Just Went On Sale & You Don't Want To Miss This
- 13 Facts About Agatha Christie That Are Just As Surprising As Her Mystery Novels
- 9 Books About Dessert To Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth & Feed Your Spirit
- 11 Sci-Fi Short Stories You Can Read For Free Right Now
- Michelle McNamara's 'I'll Be Gone In The Dark' Focuses On The Victims — And That's What Makes It So Powerful & So Frightening
- J.K. Rowling Explains Why There Won't Be Any More Stories About Harry Potter
- Harry Potter Cocktails Are Available At This Library-Themed Bar In New York City For A Limited Time
- 5 Writers & Reporters Who Helped Solve The Cases They Investigated
- A New 'Game Of Thrones' Book Is Coming Out In 2018, But It's Not 'Winds Of Winter'
- 'I'll Be Gone In The Dark' By Michelle McNamara Detailed Some Of The Most Disturbing Aspects Of The Golden State Killer's Crimes
- 'I'll Be Gone In The Dark' Author Michelle McNamara Wrote The Golden State Killer A Letter In Her Book & It's Absolutely Chilling
- 5 Books That I Was Too Young To Read — And Why I'm Glad I Read Them Anyway
- These 2 New True Crime Books Are The Latest Examples Of Just How Powerful The Genre Can Be
- Soviet Poet Anna Akhmatova Can Teach Us All Something About Writing As Resistance
- Celeste Ng Recommends 27 Books To Pick Up On Independent Bookstore Day
- 'Wake' Is A New Graphic Novel That Tells The Forgotten History Of The Women Who Led Slave Revolts
- 15 Books You Probably Hated In High School — And Why You Should Give Them A Second Chance
- Ash Princess' By Laura Sebastian Is The YA Fantasy You Need To Make It Through To Summer — Read An Excerpt!
- 'Leah On The Offbeat' By Becky Albertalli & 9 Other New Books Coming Out This Week
- Independent Bookstore Day Ambassador Celeste Ng Has Some Wise Words For Why You Should Support Local Businesses
- If You Love Advice Columns, You Need To Read These 11 Books
- 'What Would Dolly Do?' By Lauren Marino Details The Country Legend's Creative Process & Every Writer Needs To Read It
- Caroline Bingley Misquoted Again, This Time At Barbara Bush's Funeral
- J.K. Rowling Surprised The Cast Of Broadway's 'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child' & The Video Is Magical AF
- Patchface The Fool From The 'Game Of Thrones' Books Is The Creepiest Character Who Isn't In The Show
- The 2018 Women's Prize For Fiction Shortlist Is A Major Win For Diversity
- 10 Most Famous One-Hit Wonders In Literature, From J.D. Salinger To Margaret Mitchell
- Why Literature Needs More Angry Women
- 9 Books To Read If You Have Depression & Just Need A Little Help Making It Through The Day
- 5 Gripping Memoirs Under 300 Pages To Read In One Weekend
- 'Sharp' By Michelle Dean Celebrates The Women Who Created A Professional Model Of Dissent
- The 15 Best 'Dear Sugar' Columns To Read When You Need A Dose Of Compassion & Inspiration
- 'Gone Girl' Author Gillian Flynn Is Writing The 'Utopia' U.S. Adaptation For Amazon
- I Used To Hate Jane Austen — But My Feminist Professors Changed My Mind
- The 9 Best Books You Can Read In A Single Sitting, According To People On Reddit
- 10 Websites About True Crime For People Who Are Out Of New Books, Podcasts, And Documentaries
- 13 Misused Book Quotes & What They Actually Mean When Read In Context
- 10 Rom-Com Audiobooks You'll Fall In Love With This Spring
- The 'TIME' 100 List For 2018 Includes 2 Authors You Really Need To Be Reading, If You Aren't Already
- How Many Books Did The Average American Read In The Last Year? This New Study May Surprise You
- Varys In 'Game Of Thrones' Is Technically Working For The Targaryens — But He Might Have Another Motive
- Why Albus Dumbledore's Similarities To Merlyn From 'The Once And Future King' Are So Heartbreaking
- 9 Books About Reinvention To Read Before You Make A Career Change
- 10 Board Games About Words For Book-Lovers Who Want To Show Off How Much They Read
- 10 Books Every Foodie Needs In Their Kitchen — And None Of Them Are Cookbooks
- Kanye West Says His Tweets Are The Book That He's Writing In "Real Time"
- 5 True Crime TV Shows Based On Books That You Probably Didn't Realize Were Adaptations
- 15 Mysteries In The 'Game Of Thrones' Books That Might Never Get Solved, Even When George R.R. Martin Finishes The Series
- 11 Novels About Angry Women Who Don't Deserve To Be Called "Unlikeable"
- How Sloane Crosley's Essay 'Up The Down Volcano' Is Helping Me Work Through My Travel Anxiety
- The Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel 'Less' By Andrew Sean Greer Is Exactly The Book We Need Right Now
- 'Younger' Star Nico Tortorella Wrote A Book Of Poetry & Everyone Is Freaking Out
- 9 Free E-Books Are Available On Kindle Until World Book Day — And They're All Works In Translation
- Jana Casale’s ‘The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky’ Celebrates The Lives Of "Ordinary Women" In Literature
- The New Meghan Markle Biography Describes How The Actress Always Wanted To Be "Princess Diana 2.0"
- The Meghan Markle Biography Is Here & These Are The 13 Most Interesting Stories From The Book
- 'Less' By Andrew Sean Greer Actually Has A Scene About A Pulitzer Prize Win & It's SO Meta
- 'Half-light' By Frank Bidart Just Won The Pulitzer Prize, So You Should Probably Read It This National Poetry Month
- 'Prairie Fires' Just Won The Pulitzer Prize For Biography & It's Perfect For Anyone Obsessed With Laura Ingalls Wilder's Books
- 'Locking Up Our Own' By James Forman Jr. Just Won The Pulitzer Prize For General Nonfiction
- 'Less' By Andrew Sean Greer Just Won The Pulitzer Prize For Fiction, And It's A Surprise Choice
- The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners Are Here & You Need To Add Them All To Your Spring Reading List
- 'Untrue' By Wednesday Martin Will Challenge What You Think About Women & Sex — And The Cover Is Just As Revealing As The Book
- 15 Famous Authors Who Dissed Classic Works Of Literature In The Shadiest Ways
- James Comey's Memoir 'A Higher Loyalty' & 6 Other New Books Out This Week
- 11 Times 'Game Of Thrones' Was Inspired By True Stories From History
- Sally Kohn's Book 'The Opposite Of Hate' Contains A Quote Attributed To Aminatou Sow — But She Says She Never Said It
- 5 Short Rom-Com Novels You Can Finish In A Single Weekend
- 'Don't Call Us Dead' Poet Danez Smith Just Won The Inaugural Four Quartets Prize From The Poetry Society Of America
- 17 Books About Female Scientists That Will Take You On Adventures Through Nature, Time, And Space
- The Committee Behind The Nobel Prize Is Facing A Huge Sexual Assault Scandal & The King Of Sweden Is Getting Involved
- James Comey Is A Secret Fan Of An Unexpected YA Author & The Writer's Response Is Hilarious
- Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Remains Were Just Discovered In An Unexpected Place — 184 Years After His Death
- One Passage From 'Shrill' By Lindy West Memoir Transformed My Approach To Body Acceptance
- A Reddit User Asked People To Choose The Book That Best Represents Their Country & The Answers Are Incredible
- 10 Facts About Sylvia Plath That Will Deepen Your Understanding Of The Iconic Author
- The Kid From 'The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven' Is Now An Adult — And He's Suing The Publisher Of The Controversial Book
- Why Do I Feel Like I Never Have Anything To Read? I Dove Into My Home Library To Find Out
- A Male Writer Thinks #MisandryInPublishing Is A Thing — & The Twitter Clapbacks Are Iconic
- 'Royals' by Rachel Hawkins Is The New YA Book You Need To Read Before The Royal Wedding
- A New Artemis Fowl Spin-Off Series Is Coming Out, And This One Will Focus On His Younger Brothers
- Out Of Print's Harry Potter T-Shirts Are Supporting A Good Cause For National Library Week
- This 'Bookstore Erotica' Is Being Sold To Raise Funds For A Struggling Independent Bookstore
- 9 Memoirs About Real Women With Unusual Careers, Written By Morticians, Midwives, And More
- 17 Essay & Short Story Collections By Novelists You Adore, From Zadie Smith To Toni Morrison
- 'The Ship Who Sang' By Anne McCaffrey Is A Sci-Fi Novel About A Sentient Spaceship That Taught Me An Extraordinary Lesson On Love
- The Inscription On The Mirror Of Erised In Harry Potter Is Actually Just Text In Reverse, And You Probably Never Noticed
- 17 Literary Quotes About Spring That Will Make Perfect Captions For The First Outdoor #Bookstagram Of The Season
- Where Did The Faceless Men From 'Game Of Thrones' Come From? Their History Is Actually Pretty Complicated
- Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Is Reading 'Happiness' By Heather Harpham In April
- 12 Literary Scandals That Are So Much Stranger Than Fiction
- Strand Book Store Is Hosting An Exhibit On Notable Book Covers Of The Last Decade With Penguin Random House
- 'Sharp' By Michelle Dean & 12 Other New Books To Read This Week
- A J.R.R. Tolkien Book Called 'The Fall of Gondolin' Is Being Released This Year — But You Might Have Read The Story Already
- 3 Books That Will Help You Understand More About The Wage Gap To Read On Equal Pay Day
- 'Circe' By Madeline Miller Is A Love Letter To The First Witch In Literature
- Harry Potter's 20th Anniversary Covers By Brian Selznick Will Make You Want To Drop All Your Galleons On New Books
- Abena Hutchful Believes Reading Is A Fundamental Human Right, And She Works Every Day To Fight Censorship & Book Banning
- Patrice Caldwell Believes Book Publishing Needs More People Of Color, So She Founded An Organization To Make It Happen
- Winona Guo & Priya Vulchi Believe That Kids Need Better Education On Race, So They Wrote A Racial Literacy Textbook
- Marley Dias Believes The World Needs More Books About Black Girls, So She Launched #1000BlackGirlBooks To Make It Happen
- Kaya Thomas Believes People Of Color Should See Themselves In Books, And She's Making It Happen Through Coding
- Bustle's Lit List Celebrates Women Who Are Changing The World Through Books — And In Ways You Wouldn't Expect
- Chessy Prout Believes That Sexual Assault Survivors Deserve To Be Heard, So She Wrote A Book For Them
- Aija Mayrock Believes Bullying Should Be A Thing Of The Past, So She Wrote A Survival Guide For Other Kids Like Her
- This Is The Rehearsal Dinner Toast Meghan Markle Deserves
- Which Graphic Novel To Read Next Based On Your Favorite Classic
- 10 Easy Ways You Can Support Libraries During National Library Week
- Michelle McNamara's 'True Crime Bestseller Gone In The Dark' Is Set To Become A Docuseries At HBO
- This Essay From Jessi Klein's 'You'll Grow Out Of It' Totally Nails Why You're So Obsessed With Anthopologie, Even If You Can't Always Afford It
- The 10 Most Challenged Books Of 2017, According To The American Library Association
- 'Word Runner' On Kindle Is The Tool You Need To Use If You're Having Trouble Finishing A Difficult Book
- Why 'Wonderbook' By Jeff VanderMeer Is The One Book About Worldbuilding Every Writer Needs To Read
- How 'We Have Always Lived In The Castle' By Shirley Jackson Novel Made Me Love Horror — Even Though I Hate Being Scared
- 5 Short Coming-Of-Age Novels You Can Finish In A Single Weekend
- 9 Irreverent Picture Books For Adults That Are Painfully Relatable
- The Harry Potter Alliance Is Hosting A Fundraiser To Send Books To Puerto Rico — Here's How You Can Help
- 10 Takeaways From Cecile Richard's Memoir 'Make Trouble' To Inspire & Motivate Your Activism
- Book Rich Environments Initiative Is Trying To End "Book Deserts" By Putting Over 400,000 Books In The Hands Of Kids
- 'A Year In The Wilderness' Author Amy And Dave Freeman Are Going On A 2000-Mile Book Tour By Bike For A Good Cause
- 11 YA Books That Could Definitely Be "The Great American Novel"
- 'The Recovering' By Leslie Jamison Contains One Quote About Love That I Can't Stop Thinking About
- 9 Nonfiction Books About Life Under Dictatorships, Autocracies, And Authoritarian Regimes
- This Librarian Posted About A Library "Mystery" On Twitter & The Story Has The Best Ending
- 'Chemistry' By Weike Wang Is Out In Paperback, And You Really Need To Read It If You Missed It Last Year
- 9 Books About Feminism & Gender Equality To Read Instead Of Asking A Someone To Explain It
- The Knight Of The Laughing Tree From The 'Game Of Thrones' Books Is A Mysterious Character With More Impact On The Plot Than You Realize
- This Kurt Vonnegut Quote Completely Changed The Way I Approach The Idea Of "Happiness"
- 21 Poems About Heartbreak To Read After A Breakup, If You Want A Good Cry
- How Joan Didion Inspired Me To Start Keeping A Notebook Again As An Adult
- 'Goosebumps' Author R.L. Stine Is Teaching An Online Class On Writing For Kids & It's Under $100
- 15 Protest Poets You Should Be Reading During National Poetry Month
- 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' Will No Longer Be Updated, After Four Decades In Print
- The Sirens In 'The Odyssey' Weren't Sexy For The Reason You Think, According To The Epic's First Female Translator
- Gilmore Girls Fan Fest Tickets Come With A Free Copy Of Lauren Graham's Book For A Limited Time
- The History Of The Targaryens Involves Dragons, Prophetic Nightmares, And A Mysterious Event Known As The "Doom Of Valyria"
- Cecile Richard's Memoir 'Make Trouble' Is A Behind-The-Scenes Look At What It Takes To Run Planned Parenthood — Listen To An Excerpt!
- Barnes & Noble's 'Browsery' App Is Supposed To Make It Easier Than Ever To Find Your Next Favorite Book
- The 20 True Crime Books On Goodreads With The Highest Ratings From Users
- Lauren Graham's Book 'In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It' Is The Tiny Dose Of Inspiration You Need Today — Listen To An Excerpt!
- 'Can't Help Myself' By Meredith Goldstein Is A Must-Read For Everyone Who's Obsessed With Advice Columns
- 10 Horror Books So Terrifying You Might Not Be Able To Finish Them
- 15 'The Female Persuasion' Quotes That Speak The Truth About Modern Day Feminism, Female Friendship, & Finding Yourself
- Women On Twitter Are Describing Themselves The Way A Male Author Would & The Tweets Are Spot-On
- 15 Books That Would Probably Never Work As Movie Adaptations
- 15 Memoirs About Writing That Every Young Writer Needs To Read
- 19 Items From Forever 21 That Every Book-Lover Will Want To Add To Their Shopping Cart
- 'The Female Persuasion' By Meg Wolitzer & 12 Other New Books To Read This Week
- The Sequel To 'Love, Simon' & 12 Other New YA Books Coming Out In April 2018