Books

If you don’t live under a rock, or in a forest hut that stands on chicken legs, you’re seeing a lot of witches in books, TV movies, and movies these days. Sabrina, Maleficent, a Charmed reboot, a remake of The Craft, indie horror flicks like…

Werewolves are back — at least, according to Argentine-American YA author Romina Garber. See if you agree by reading chapter one of her new book Lobizona, ahead of its May 5, 2020 release date. Be prepared, though, because this excerpt will…

Figuring out what to read next is a task that can cause a tremendous amount of anxiety: Should I finally read the book my mom bought me for my birthday? Or the novel my friend lent me? Or maybe that one I saw on Reese Witherspoon's Instagram? That's…

I'm no mind-reader, but I can pretty much guarantee that one of your friends owns a deck of tarot cards, some pretty crystals, special candles, and maybe even a beginner's grimoire. (Or you're the friend.) Witchcraft is everywhere these days, and…

The Booker Prize is one of the most renowned international literature accolades that a writer can win. When the long and shortlist is released every year there’s a buzz to predict who will win but no one could have predicted this years outcome.…

Do you love reading about murder and mayhem? I've picked out the best new true crime books that you can read right now, because you should never pass up a criminally good read. Real-life tales of intrigue and injury are everywhere you look — from…

"Deception takes commitment, vigilance, and a very good memory," Adrienne Brodeur writes in the prologue to her memoir, Wild Game. "To keep the truth buried, you must tend to it." This is not a philosophical observation, but one she writes from…

Witnessing black history being made during Black History Month is nothing short of monumental. Last night, Bernardine Evaristo won the prestigious Booker Prize, making her the first black woman to do so. The British author shares the prize with…

On Monday, The Booker Prize Foundation announced the winners of the 2019 Booker Prize and added two more titles to the list of "books you really will read after you watch just one more episode of The Great British Baking Show": The Testaments by…

If you need a spooky read to round out your TBR, you're in luck! I know exactly which horror novel you should read next, based on your zodiac sign. These book selections dig deep into what scares each sign, and each one has a deliciously disturbing…

Now that October and spooky season are are here, you're likely hunting down as many eerie, thrilling, creepy books as you can. Even I, a self-confessed scaredy cat who would not go anywhere near a horror novel, like to add a couple of mild mysteries…

If you're a fan of true-crime podcasts, this new YA murder mystery should be on your radar. The book comes out on June 2, 2020, but you can start reading I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick right now, exclusively on Bustle. Zoe Spanos' disappearance…

I first picked up Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street in the summer of 1998. I was nine years old, just two months away from starting the 6th grade, and I was attending an advanced summer class with middle school students from across the…

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has an important piece of advice for young women: "Don’t apologize." In the interview below, she explains why that advice is so necessary. The interview with Adichie is an excerpt from Women: The National Geographic…

Who is Cleo Wade? The easiest descriptor is "Instagram poet." She was once dubbed "the millennial Oprah." More recently, she was called "everybody's BFF." But who is Cleo Wade — according to Cleo Wade? "If it's not too cheesy," she tells me,…

The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded twice this year, following a sexual assault scandal within the Swedish Academy that resulted in the postponement of last year's award. The good news is that one of the winners was Olga Tokarczuk, the Polish…

On Thursday morning, the Swedish Academy announced the two winners of the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature: Polish author Olga Tokarczuk for 2018 and Austrian author Peter Handke for 2019. The 115th Nobel Laureate in Literature is a woman,…

Women's rage has never blazed so brightly. In Burn It Down: Women Writing About Anger, an anthology of 22 essays edited by Lilly Dancyger, that anger is given space to erupt. In one essay, Leslie Jamison explores her lifelong aversion to anger. In…

Based off the beloved book series by ghost writer Carolyn Keene, the CW's Nancy Drew adaptation seeks to pay homage to its source material while also treading new territory. As a result, the CW's Nancy Drew is connected to the books, but in a more…