Bustle Book Club

Bustle Book Club

Emmeline Clein’s Debut Book Takes A Critical Look At Y2K Pop Culture

In Dead Weight, she unpacks how disordered eating was the norm in many of the mainstream hits.

By Samantha Leach
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The Author Of 'Such A Fun Age' Is Back With Another Page-Turner

For Kiley Reid’s second novel, she brings readers to a college dorm room.

By Samantha Leach
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With 'The Fury,' Alex Michaelides Learned To Let Go

The celebrated author of The Silent Patient and The Maidens found a new way of working.

By Samantha Leach
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Ottessa Moshfegh Is Writing Out Loud

As a screenwriting duo, the author and her husband have developed a “high intensity” way of working.

By Samantha Leach
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How Sarah Blakley-Cartwright “Broke Every Rule Of The Universe”

The author explores an unusual dynamic in her new novel, Alice, Sadie, Celine.

By Samantha Leach
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Julia Fox On The Obsessive Thrill Of Female Friendship

Her new memoir is about her two late comrades, who she says were once “the people I would call if I had a dead body on me.”

By Samantha Leach
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The Wildly High- & Low-Brow Inspirations Behind Lauren Groff’s New Book

In The Vaster Wilds, she takes readers to a brutal winter in 17th-century Jamestown.

By Samantha Leach
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To Write 'Mobility,' Lydia Kiesling DIYed A Writer’s Residency

The author of The Golden State made writing her second novel feel like a vacation.

By Kat Stoeffel
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How Motherhood “Unlocked” Thao Thai’s Creativity

The author just published her debut novel, Banyan Moon, after taking nearly a decade off from writing.

By Samantha Leach
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When Mattie Lubchansky’s Writing, They Become A “Little Goblin”

The author of the new graphic novel Boys Weekend discusses their creative habits.

By Samantha Leach