May 2014 Books Articles
- BEA 2014: How to Get Your First Novel Published, According to Debut Authors
- BEA 2014: Veronica Roth Talks 'Four: A Divergent Collection' and Why She Writes for Teens
- BEA 2014: Book Covers Are Gendered — and the Publishing Industry Is Kinda Fine With That
- Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Are Back With 'Dangerous Creatures,' Discuss "Bad Girls" in YA
- James Patterson Takes On Amazon at Book Expo America: "Books are Caught in the Cross Fire of an Economic War"
- '#GIRLBOSS' VS. 'LEAN IN' — IT DOESN'T MATTER: BOOKS WON'T SOLVE WOMEN-IN-WORKPLACE WOES
- 22 Priceless E-Reader Photos That Will Make You Want to Go Read NOW
- If 'Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret' Happened in 2014, Here's What It Would Look Like
- 'Gone Girl' Author Gillian Flynn Will Reimagine 'Hamlet' In Hogarth's International Shakespeare Project
- What Maya Angelou Taught Me As a Black Woman and a Young Writer
- 8 Reasons Reading Maya Angelou Will Change Your Life
- Maya Angelou's Best Commencement Speeches and Advice To College Graduates
- Maya Angelou Dead at 86: The Poet's Most Inspiring Quotes on Writing
- 21 Tattoos That Show Off Some Impressive Literary Devotion
- When You Read ‘Julie of the Wolves’ in 5th Grade, Here’s What You Didn’t Notice About It
- 'An Untamed State' by Roxane Gay Is Lovely, Haunting and Guaranteed to Wow
- Emma Straub on 'The Vacationers,' Family Trips, and the 'Goddess' Lorrie Moore
- 9 Books to Read to Fill the 'Mad Men'-Sized Hole in Your Heart
- Don't Panic! 18 Indispensable Life Lessons from 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy’ Series
- Zadie Smith's New School Commencement Speech Was Awesome: 15 Unforgettable Moments
- 11 Books to Read After College Graduation (When You Have No Idea What's Going On)
- In 'Young Gods,' Katherine Faw Morris Lights Up With This Dark Debut
- 13 Ways 'Ramona Quimby' Prepared Us for Adult Life
- 12 YA Lit Couples Who Should Definitely Hook Up
- 'Bridge to Terabithia' Lives On, So Try Not to Cry (But You Will, Anyway)
- 88 Hilarious Slang Terms From the 20th Century To Sprinkle Through Your Writing Like You're Putting on the Ritz
- How to Tell If You Were a Jessica or an Elizabeth at Sweet Valley High
- Kathryn Ma's 'The Year She Left Us' is an Engaging Portrait of Identity, Family, and Home
- #IReadYA: 6 Reasons You'll Always Read — and Love! — YA
- Judy Blume’s ‘Summer Sisters’ Is Full of Things You Never Noticed
- 'American Innovations' Author Rivka Galchen On Mirrors, Psychiatry, and Female Narrators
- Paula Bomer's Short Story Collection 'Inside Madeleine' Is Simply a Must-Read
- 17 Personal Libraries We’d Like to Borrow a Book From Right Now
- The Most Well-Read U.S. City Is Alexandria, Va., According to Amazon
- 11 Debut Books By Famous Women Writers You Probably Haven't Read
- An Interview With Johanna Lane, Author of 'Black Lake:' On Writing Ireland and Identity
- Yes, Trigger Warnings Have a Place in the Classroom
- In 'The Last Illusion,' Porochista Khakpour Imagines an Enchanting Coming-of-Age Story
- 'We Were Liars' and 8 Other Books You’ll Love If You Were Shocked by the Twist in ‘Gone Girl’
- Chipotle's Literary Cups Could Use Some Better, Foodie-er Quotes
- 19 Lovely 'The Fault In Our Stars’ Book Photos for ‘TFiOS’ Superfans
- 11 of the Best Books for Fashionistas
- 'Baby-sitters on Board!' Was a Super Special Adventure That Stood Out Above the Rest
- Chipotle Paper Products Now Feature Short Stories by Jonathan Safran Foer, Toni Morrison, George Saunders, and More
- George R. R. Martin Writes 'A Song of Ice and Fire' on a Computer from the '80s, and You Can, Too (With the Right App)
- 10 Great Quotes About Alcohol From Prolific Writers
- 'The One' Author Kiera Cass Talks Standing Out in YA Dystopia and the Myth of Mean Girls
- 8 of the Most Realistic Portrayals of Mental Illness in Contemporary YA
- A Book You Can Drink, and 5 Other Unusual Publications That Transcend Book Form
- Anthony Doerr’s ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ is a Luminous Crowd-Pleaser of a Novel
- 6 Essential Virginia Woolf Shorts Every Woman Should Read
- Julia Fierro Talks 'Cutting Teeth,' Legos for Girls, and OCD
- Shaq's Written a Children's Book, and So Have These 6 Celebrity Authors
- 11 of the Most Realistic Portrayals of Mental Illness in Novels
- May Editor's Pick: Julia Fierro's 'Cutting Teeth'
- Stacey D'Erasmo Talks 'Wonderland:' European Music Tours, Go-To Karaoke Songs, and Making "Comebacks"
- Misha Defonseca Fabricated Her Holocaust Memoir, Wins Most Awful Person Of The Week
- Randi Davenport's 'The End of Always' Uses Historical Drama to Illuminate Modern Trauma
- 10 Books 'Mad Men' Characters Have Read on the Show
- 'The Snow Queen' by Michael Cunningham Deals With Love, Death, and Bushwick
- 7 YA Novels About Mother-Daughter Relationships of All Kinds
- 12 Fascinating Google Street View Snapshots to Inspire Your Scene-Setting
- 10 Books on Mother-Daughter Relationships to Read for Mother's Day
- 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School:' A Grown-up Look at Louis Sachar's Classic Silly Stories
- 11 of the Best Literary Descriptions of Music
- 15 Reasons an Urban Dictionary English Class Would Be Way Better Than What You Remember From High School
- 11 Reasons Why 'Red Rising' Will Be Bigger Than 'The Hunger Games'
- OutDoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society Celebrates Boobs and Books
- 9 Fascinating Facts about Nellie Bly, Girl Stunt Reporter
- 15 Famous Authors Who Could Be Your Next College Professor
- 13 Things Graphic Novel 'This One Summer' Gets Right about Being a Preteen
- 9 Sidekicks Who Got to Share Their Side of the Story
- 13 of the Best Quotes About Motherhood From Books
- Kodi Scheer Talks 'Incendiary Girls:' Fiction, Medicine, and an Ear in a Laundry Hamper
- 11 Teachers In YA and Children's Books We'll Always Appreciate
- From 'Boy Meets Boy' to 'Walk Two Moons,' 11 Realistic YA Books That Should Become Movies
- New 'E-Series' Format Might Change the Publishing Game for Commercial Fiction
- Hemingway App Streamlines Your Writing, For Better or For Worse
- Lauren Francis-Sharma's 'Til the Well Runs Dry' Overflows with Secrets
- 9 Authors Who Found Success Posthumously
- The Guide to Choosing Your First Comic Book
- 13 Mother's Day Book Gifts for Your Bookish Mom
- HarperCollins Buys Harlequin: 7 Remixed Books We're Desperate to See
- 17 Essential Short Stories Written by Women
- The 'Princess Diaries' Series Gets Two More Books, and One Is Aimed at Adults (Really)
- Diversity in YA: Breaking the Cross-Cultural Writing Taboo and Conquering the Void
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Most Life-Changing Works
- After Reading Jen Doll's 'Save the Date,' You'll Never Look at a Wedding The Same Way Again
- 'Deenie' by Judy Blume Is a Book To Remember Forever, and Here's Why
- May 2014's Best Books: 7 Must-Reads You'll Wanna Get Your Hands On
- An Interview With Tom Robbins' Interviewer: Psychedelia, Cult Followings, and Talking Like a Cool Human