Books

I'm far from the only person to count Ann M. Martin's The Baby-Sitters Club series as a formative reading experience. The books — which were originally released between 1986 and 2000 and have sold 180 million copies worldwide — have not only been…

More than 200 years after her death, Jane Austen remains a much-beloved author for English-speaking readers. If you're a Janeite in the market for a new novel to curl up with, I know just what new book you should read next, based on your favorite…

All games must come to an end, but you can be front and center for all the action of Stephanie Garber's thrilling Finale, the last book in her Caraval series. Bustle's got all the info you need for Garber's upcoming book tour, plus an exclusive…

On Monday, March 18, the Theranos documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley premieres on HBO. It promises to explore the rise and fall of Theranos, a biotech startup that promised to revolutionize the healthcare industry with a new…

Because of their elusivity, female killers tend to captivate and horrify news-watchers across the globe. I've picked out 15 biographies of women who killed, both in cold blood and in the heat of the moment, and perhaps reading them will give you…

Author J.K. Rowling is receiving massive backlash for her latest comments about Dumbledore and Grindelwald, whom the author has previously said were involved in a romantic relationship with each other, though she has never included any sign of such…

Spring is just around the corner, and we could all use a little more magic in our lives. I've got 13 charming, new fantasy books you should read this spring, so make a little room on your nightstand or picnic basket, OK? At a time when chaos and…

Young adult fans, take note! Bruja author Tehlor Kay Mejia's debut novel, We Set the Dark on Fire, has finally arrived, and it's a dazzling Latinx fantasy story. You can read an excerpt from Mejia's debut novel below. We Set the Dark on Fire…

In the summer of 1936, a short, snappy, and stealthily radical self-help book for single women became a surprise bestseller. In the depths of the Great Depression, Live Alone and Like It: A Guide for the Extra Woman celebrated women’s pleasure and…

Aidy Bryant's new Hulu series Shrill is about a woman named Annie pursuing what she wants out of life, bad relationships and all. If the story feels familiar, that's probably because Shrill is based on the non-fiction book, Shrill: Notes from a…

It's official: On Thursday, Netflix announced the cancellation of One Day At A Time after three seasons, and fans are mourning the loss of the lighthearted-yet-revolutionary series about a Cuban-American family. Latinx people don't often see…

Amazon removed at least two book titles from their site just days after a March 11 story published by Wired revealed that the e-commerce site approved books for sale that recommend dangerous "autism cures." According to the CDC, one in 59 children…

It used to be that Varsity Blues was known as nothing more than a James Van Der Beek-led football film from 1999. But when news broke earlier this week about Operation Varsity — a.k.a. the biggest college admissions scandal to be prosecuted in the…

In the first installment of Bustle's Ask An Author column, Mrs. Everything author Jennifer Weiner answers a letter from a reader who has been with her boyfriend for seven years, but is unsure if she wants to stay together for one big reason: He…

There are few stories in American culture as infamous as that of the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden. There is even a chilling nursery rhyme that goes along with the legend, you know the one: "Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty…

Oprah Winfrey's publishing imprint has just added the first memoir to its roster: Alicia Keys's autobiography, More Myself: A Journey, will be published by An Oprah Book — Winfrey's Flatiron Books publishing imprint. Alicia Keys' book is due out…

In 1997 when I was 16, sexual purity and abstinence-only culture was all I had ever known. I was the girl in the oversized jumper dress that hid my figure and my legs. I wore a silver purity ring on my right hand and a hunter green "What Would Jesus…

A mid-2000s tearjerker is finally getting a follow-up. Cecelia Ahern just revealed that there's a P.S., I Love You sequel coming this fall from Grand Central Publishing. Postscript lands in stores in Ireland and the UK on Sep. 19, and that version…

There's good news on the horizon for anyone who grew up loving The Princess Diaries and DC Comics. Meg Cabot is writing a Black Canary book with Over the Garden Wall artist Cara McGee, out on Nov. 5. Bustle has all the details, straight from Meg…

On the planet of Gethen, every individual has the ability to both sire and bear children. Given that everyone is faced with the same biological burdens, and the same choices, the world is free of sexual shame. There is no sexism, no privileged…