You already know that it's ridiculously easy to fool social media followers into believing that something completely non-existent is actually 100% real. (See: both Fyre Festival documentaries.) Most likely, you have never used that knowledge to do…

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is perhaps one of the most recognizable faces of the Democratic party — and one of the most beloved and respected feminist icons of the modern era. At 85 years old, she sits on the highest court in the land,…

Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad made history in 2016 when she became the first hijab-wearing U.S. athlete to qualify for the Olympics and the first Muslim-American woman to medal at the games. But the road to Olympic greatness wasn't easy; as she writes in…

Each month, the Bustle Book Club asks an author to recommend a book they think everyone should read. In February, The Girl on the Train author Paula Hawkins recommended A Double Life by Flynn Berry. Follow along with the book club on Bustle and join…

Leigh Bardugo knows the ending of King of Scars is going to majorly thrill — and distress — longtime fans of her novels. "I’ve known where this book would end since I first conceived of writing Nikolai’s story," she tells Bustle in an email Q&A.…

If you swore to read more short stories in 2019 and you love poetic, prodding explorations of twisted characters who are just a little too much like you for comfort, I have a recommendation: Black Light by Kimberly King Parsons, a debut story…

When "Cat Person" — the New Yorker-published story about a bad date between college student Margot and thirty-something Robert — went viral in December 2017, no one was more surprised than its author, Kristen Roupenian, who had previously published…

Everyone wants to join a book club, for good reason: You get to read books you may not have discovered otherwise, you get to drink wine and eat cheese with your friends, and you get to talk about life and love through the lens of literature. But…

If there was a ever a "save it for the group chat" moment, this is it: On Friday, Pottermore decided to bestow upon its Twitter followers a fun fact about the historical bathroom practices of wizards. It got weird, fast. "Hogwarts didn't always…

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the release of Nina LaCour's stunning debut novel, Hold Still. In the decade since the book was released, LaCour has become one of the most celebrated names in young adult literature: She has written four more…

If you loved S.K. Ali's debut novel, Saints & Misfits, you won't want to miss her next book, Love From A To Z, a spring break romance that tackles big issues, like Islamophobia, political anger, family, and life with a degenerative disease. On sale…

Next summer is shaping up to be an scorching season for new books, and there's one book that you definitely want to add to your pre-order list: The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean, a thriller-meets-coming-of-age story that centers on the…

There are few activities as satisfying and comforting as watching reality television. 90 Day Fiancé, The Bachelor, Vanderpump Rules, and Southern Charm, to name a few, are riveting precisely because of their premise: They're about real people doing…

It's the end of the year, which means it's a time for reflecting, for goal-setting, and for frantically racing through your TBR pile over the holiday break to attempt to hit that "reasonable" goal (150 books? Seriously?) you set back in January.…

If you celebrate Christmas with family, then you might be feeling two conflicting emotions this morning: boundless joy, and the desperate desire to get away for a few minutes of quiet solitude with Netflix or a good book. If you can steal away a few…

The most recent YA-novel-turned movie Dumplin', streaming now on Netflix, is a movie with many different takeaways: that beauty standards are completely arbitrary and need to be completely dismantled; that mother-daughter relationships are some of…

If you have already watched Netflix's new movie Dumplin', you already know that this story about one self-proclaimed fat girl's quest to revolutionize her Texas town's pageant is a moving tale about restrictive beauty standards, the complicated…