You might recognize Jenn Marie Thorne by her two previous YA novels: The Wrong Side of Right and The Inside of Out, rom-coms that combined dreamy love stories with poignant, powerful examinations of politics and social justice. Her new book follows…

If you're a sucker for a movie (or book) about love letters, "fake" relationships, and the power of sisterhood, you're definitely going to want to a) come and be my best friend and b) watch Netflix's new rom-com To All The Boys I've Loved Before,…

If you're a fan of Edgar Allan Poe, you probably already know that his real life was just as interesting as (though less eerie than) the stories he penned. (Spookily, however, his cause of death remains unknown.) In her forthcoming young adult…

Late August usually means lots of thunderstorms, which makes it the perfect month to take yourself indoors and spend some time thinking about your summer decisions (oh boy) and reading some of these new book releases. There's some debate over…

Let me be the first to say that fiction is wonderful. Studies have shown that reading literary fiction improves empathy and can improve your vocabulary and language skills. There is nothing I enjoy more than getting wrapped up in a tale spun by…

'Tis the season for celebrity book recommendations, and one of my favorite famous readers, Emma Roberts, has a seriously good suggestion for the last few weeks of your poolside reading: The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwan. Let me get you up to speed: Emma…

I pray you have the good luck and forward thinking to live somewhere that is not Manhattan, because this borough is currently a 13-mile-long sauna filled with rats, steaming piles of trash, and sizzling puddles of urine. If you don't live here, let…

Can you believe? Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, and Jonathan Van Ness, a.k.a The Fab Five from Netflix's Queer Eye reboot, are writing a book, and it will be available for purchase before the holidays. Yes, that means you may…

There's just about one month left of summer, which means four blessed weeks to use to the term "beach read" with a modicum of sincerity. (As always, Bustle defines "beach read" as a book you'd read on the beach, regardless of genre, author, or…

If you've been to a wedding or been on Instagram before, you probably have heard or seen one or two quotes about love that made you roll your eyes. You've probably heard the trite, overused quotes that are almost always attributed to "anonymous"…

'Tis the season for steamy weather and steamier stories, which means it's the perfect time to read a romance novel. (That way when someone asks you why you're furiously fanning yourself on the subway, you can tell them it's just the weather that's…

In Ash Princess, author Laura Sebastian introduced readers to the brutal, tumultuous, violently stratified world of Astrea and its fallen princess, Theo. The titular Ash Princess, Theo was held prisoner by the Kaiser for years after the brutal…

Who among us hasn't spilled their guts to a perfect stranger only to discover hours later that they're not a stranger at all but the CEO of their company? OK, so that has never happened to anyone in real life, but trust me when I say that it's a…

Believe it or not, you've made it to the homestretch of summer. There's just five and a half weeks left until Labor Day, which means it's time to decide which summer books you are truly serious about reading and move them to the top of your pile.…

The urgency of the immigration crisis cannot be understated. New reports indicate that just 364 of the more than 2,500+ immigrant children who were separated from their families under Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy have been reunited with…

The cover for Aja Gabel's new novel The Ensemble is an image of perfect happiness — vibrant flowers in vermillion, fuchsia, turquoise, and sea-foam green are painted upon a bright yellow background. Unsurprisingly, the novel within the covers is one…

This week is your paradise if you love books about secrets, murder, and creepy mansions. Megan Abbott, the queen of the crime genre, is back with Give Me Your Hand, the tale of two female scientists with secrets from their past that lead to…

If there's one thing you don't see enough in books and movies and TV shows, it's the female period. Blood? Yes, you see that often — gushing out of screaming women in slasher movies or pooled around the corpses of murdered teenage girls in crime…

The Fourth of July has come and gone, but there's still plenty of lazy day-off reading to be done in the weeks ahead and plenty of incredible new book releases to entertain you in the final months of summer. This week's new releases are vast and…

If you follow Oprah's Book Club, you probably already know of — or may have already read — An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, a stunning, wrenching tale about a marriage rocked by a wrongful conviction. If you loved the book, here's some good…