April 2014 Books Articles
- #WeNeedDiverseBooks: The Twittersphere Rallies for Diversity in Literature
- Cynthia Bond's 'Ruby' Is Clear-Eyed in the Face of the Best and Worst Parts of Human Nature
- If You're Obsessed With 'Mean Girls,' You'll Think These 9 YA Books Are So Fetch
- Printz Award-Winning Marcus Sedgwick Talks Coincidences, Easter Eggs, and Writing About Writing
- 14 YA Restagings of Classic Works of Literature
- America's Favorite Book Is the Bible, But The Rest of Our Top 10 Most-Loved Books Are Surprising
- Lisa Robinson's 'There Goes Gravity' Soars with Rock and Roll Grit and Glamour
- 10 Books You Should Read on Holocaust Remembrance Day
- 7 Dark Ways in Which Reading Bolano Will Change You
- Report Reveals That Smartphones Are a Big Boost To Reading In The Developing World
- J.K. Rowling Speaks Publicly About Her Late Mother, Wishes She Could Have Witnessed Her Daughter's Succes
- 5 of Harper Lee's Most Insightful Quotes About Writing, Love, and Life
- Classic Book Titles Get a Hipster Makeover and Yeah, We're Falling For It
- What Does Your Country's Favorite Book Say About You?
- 18 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Books by Women You Should Read Right Now
- Mona Simpson's 'Casebook,' Will Shoot You Back to Childhood With Nuance, Grace, and Humor
- 13 Nonfiction Books About Famous Literary Groups
- Going to the Library Can Make You as Happy as a Pay Raise, Study Claims
- 9 Ways to Celebrate 'Poem in Your Pocket' Day
- Q&A: Alena Graedon on 'The Word Exchange': The Influence and Influenza of Words
- 9 of the Flirtiest Scenes in Shakespeare, in Honor of Will's 450th Birthday
- Photos That Remind Us of the Beauty of Reading
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez Left Behind an Unpublished Manuscript, But It May Not See the Light of Day
- 15 Contemporary Novellas by Women You Can Read in a Day
- 9 Climate-Fiction Books for Earth Day That'll Scare You into Going Green
- Evie Wyld's 'All the Birds, Singing' is Dark, Ominous, and Beautiful
- Linn Ullmann's 'The Cold Song' Is Chilling for Its Realism as Much as Its Murder Mystery Angle
- Disney's Publishing Four New 'Star Wars' Books to Indoctrinate the Next Generation into the Force
- Movie Based on 'After' by Anna Todd is Coming, Making Us All Fear For Our Souls
- April Editor's Pick: Alena Graedon's 'The Word Exchange'
- 6 Series Worthy of a Weekend Bender
- 11 Ways Reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez Will Change Your Life
- Hillary Clinton's New Memoir Gets a Title: 'Hard Choices'
- Spring Is Here! 10 Writers on the Sweet Season
- Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez Dies at 87
- iO Tillett Wright Signs Major Book Deal for Her New York City Memoir
- 10 Websites to Help You Find Your New Favorite Book
- Barbara Ehrenreich's Deep and Dense 'Living With a Wild God' Applies Science to the Mystical
- 8 Reasons To Hang Out At a Library
- 12 Childhood Book Characters that Empower Young Women (and Grown Ones)
- Q&A: 'No Book but the World' Author Leah Hager Cohen on Empathy, Education, and Knowing
- Dave Eggers Announces New Book to Be Released in June. Surprise!
- Samantha Hayes' 'Until You're Mine' Is All About the Big Thrill
- 7 Books I Want Banned Immediately
- Because the Bible is Sort of Boring, Biblical-Ish Stuff That’s Way More Fun Instead
- Donna Tartt's 'The Goldfinch' Wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- By Splitting 'Allegiant,' Hollywood Continues to Ignore Literature's Rule of Threes
- Captain Underpants Tops List of Challenged Books For Second Year in a Row
- Lydia Davis's 'Can't and Won't' Explains Who We Are... and Aren't
- 10 Writers Who Doubled as Visual Artists
- Ebooks May Hurt Reading Comprehension, Interfere With "Deep Reading"
- Newsflash: According to YA VIDA Count, Women Don't Dominate Children's or Young Adult Literature
- Q&A With Tova Mirvis, Author of 'Visible City': Glass, Strangers, and Cupcakes
- Ayelet Waldman’s 'Love and Treasure' Is an Epic Hunt Through Time and History
- 17 Exceptional Writers Honored with 2014 Guggenheim Fellowships
- Hillary Clinton's Second Memoir is Coming Out June 10
- 9 Classic Novellas By Women You Can Read in a Day
- Michelle Huneven's 'Off Course' Tackles the Quarter-Life Crisis With Grace and Honesty
- Ann Brashares Talks the Stigma of YA Lit, Time Travel, and Her Latest Novel 'The Here and Now'
- 'Dr. Zhivago' Used as Anti-Soviet Cold War Propaganda, According to Declassified CIA Documents
- 14 Books from Wes Anderson Movies We Wish Were Real
- 'The Opposite of Loneliness' by Marina Keegan Shows a Promising Young Author Who Never Got To Fully Shine
- Take a Break From Binge Watching Netflix: 9 Collections You’ll Want to Binge Read Instead
- Marina Keegan Raises Uncomfortable Questions About Publishing and Reading After Death
- Baileys Prize for Fiction Long List Will Be Whittled Down Tonight
- In Melissa De La Cruz's Fantasy Novel 'The Ring and the Crown,' a Gorgeous Setting and Compelling Characters
- Jane Austen's Characters, Recast With Today's Celebrities
- What You Couldn’t Get Out Of These 5 Books In High School That You Can Now
- How 'The Wind Up Bird Chronicle' Saved Me From a Bad Breakup, And Then Some
- Interview: Maggie Shipstead Talks 'Astonish Me', Ballet, and 'Girls'
- 10 Books Banned in American Prisons
- Adelle Waldman's 'New Year's' Novella Will Take on Nathaniel P. From Aurit's Perspective
- Russell Brand's New Book Will "Change the Way Children See the World," Which Sounds Terrifying
- In Danielle Paige's 'Dorothy Must Die', There's No Place Like Oz
- 8 Famous Novelists You Didn't Know Were Poets, Too
- 10 Weird Little Cities to Help You Finish Up Your Novel
- Karen Joy Fowler Wins 2014 PEN/Faulkner Fiction Award
- Emma Donoghue's 'Frog Music' Is Cinematic, But Doesn't Quite Live Up to Its Predecessor
- Ted Thompson's 'Land of Steady Habits' Looks at a Second Coming of Age
- We Need More Female Friendships Like These 8 YA BFFs
- Spooky "Weird Fiction" Genre Comes Alive (Again) In New Anthology
- Leslie Jamison's 'The Empathy Exams' Dives Deep Into What Empathy Means
- April 2014's Must-Reads: 6 Books You Don't Want to Miss