Books

No, summer doesn't "officially" begin in the Northern Hemisphere until the equinox on June 21, but everyone knows that the true start of summer is Memorial Day Weekend, when most of the country kicks off a season of warm-weather lounging, swimming,…

The thing I most look forward to every year is building a pile of new books to read during the summer. Yes, I was one of those kids who actually got excited about mandatory summer reading lists that teachers handed out during the last week of…

Have you noticed lately that everyone you know seems to be listening to audiobooks? No, it isn’t just your friends; it’s actually a national trend among readers. According to the Association of American Publishers, audiobooks are growing faster…

Author Chanel Cleeton was discussing her first book Next Year In Havana on a panel at the Miami Book Fair when she looked out at the audience and caught sight of her grandfather in tears. It was a particularly poignant experience, as 60 years ago,…

Bustle's I'm So Jealous series is dedicated to the books, TV shows, movies, podcasts, and more that super fans are so jealous someone else gets to experience for the first time. In this installment, Kerri Jarema writes about Benjamin Alire Saenz's…

Gale Galligan had to do a double take the first time she encountered Claudia Kishi in the pages of The Baby-Sitters Club series. Claudia — a Japanese American teen, who’s known for being the artsiest and wildest dresser among the group of fictional…

If you didn't know who Marie Kondo was before 2019, you certainly do now. Though Kondo was already something of a celebrity in her native Japan thanks to her bestselling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, her influence skyrocketed in the…

To graduate from eighth grade, I stood in front of a packed church next to the Christian school I attended and recited the entire book of James from the Bible — that’s all 108 verses, and five chapters. My school's curriculum emphasized teachings…

They say you should never meet your heroes because they're sure to disappoint you, but trust me when I say that's not always the case. I first met June Sarpong when I was eight years old in a fairly unusual setting. When my family and I went to…

Fans of the A Song of Ice and Fire series have been anxiously awaiting the release of the next Game of Thrones book, The Winds of Winter, and the final book, A Dream of Spring, since the fifth installment, A Dance with Dragons, was released in 2011.…

If you've been looking for the ultimate list of new books to read over Memorial Day weekend, look no further: I've got 55 must-read books from the first five months of 2019, all of which are guaranteed to keep you entertained on whatever planes,…

You've Got Mail gets a cheesy (in a good way) successor in the rom-com everyone will be talking about next spring, Tweet Cute by Emma Lord, a story filled with all the tropes your heart can handle, including my personal favorite, an…

In a Monday blog post, A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin spoke out about the end of Game of Thrones on HBO and offered fans a critical update regarding his progress on the next two A Song of Ice and Fire books. The new Game of Thrones…

Each month, the Bustle Book Club asks an author to recommend a book they think everyone should read. In May, Little Fires Everywhere author Celeste Ng recommended Red Clocks by Leni Zumas. Follow along with the book club on Bustle and join the…

After eight long years of waiting, HBO finally revealed the winner of the Iron Throne in Sunday night's Game of Thrones series finale — but readers still don't know what will happen in the books. I've got nine theories about how the new Game of…

There are many career options in publishing — just some of which include book editor, literary agent, book scout, audiobook producer, and book cover designer, but book marketer might be one of the most highly coveted positions. Book marketers are…

Want to know the best way to stuff your vacation full of as many wonderful stories as possible? Spend your summer reading a few of the new short story collections I've picked out for you on this list. Each of these collections packs plenty of great…

Next year is bringing with it plenty of fantastic debuts, and Bustle is happy to give you an exclusive look at one of them today. Crissy Van Meter's Creatures is a lyrical, literary debut that you'll want on your TBR when it comes to stores next…

When Kali Fajardo-Anstine learned that Julia Alvarez had endorsed her debut short story collection, Sabrina & Corina, her knees buckled. A few days later, when she discovered that Sandra Cisneros had also praised the book, she wept. "I always was a…