When it was published in 1999, Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, a finalist for the National Book Award, was one of the first young adult novels to tackle sexual assault and its aftermath head-on. Like so many other teens who have read the book in the…

On Monday, March 18, the Theranos documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley premieres on HBO. It promises to explore the rise and fall of Theranos, a biotech startup that promised to revolutionize the healthcare industry with a new…

There are few stories in American culture as infamous as that of the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden. There is even a chilling nursery rhyme that goes along with the legend, you know the one: "Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty…

On the planet of Gethen, every individual has the ability to both sire and bear children. Given that everyone is faced with the same biological burdens, and the same choices, the world is free of sexual shame. There is no sexism, no privileged…

During her lifetime, English poet and novelist Letitia Elizabeth Landon was known by many names: Her nom de plume, L.E.L.; the "female Byron"; the "Sappho of a polished age"; even London's new "Corinne." Yet today, few recognize any of her…

On Tuesday night, PEN America announced the recipients of the 2019 PEN American Literary Awards at a ceremony in New York City. Winners included debut author Nafissa Thompson-Spires, celebrated essayist Michelle Tea, and beloved novelist, poet, and…

The internet can be an awful place, but every once in a while, it gives you a gift so great you can almost forget all the terrible Twitter takes and toxic trolls. Next month, that gift will be "BookTube," a new YouTube original special moderated by…

You have to ask yourself a few questions before picking up a long book: Will this book be able to hold my attention for the 800 plus pages? Will I be able to keep track of its many characters? Will I even be able to hold this book up?! And, perhaps…

During a routine home renovation of a house on Frampton Road, a quiet residential street in a suburban neighborhood just an hour outside of London, builders have made a shocking discovery: On the other side of a wall shared with a neighboring home,…

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…

It's been more than twenty years since the publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and yet it seems like after all this time, new and exciting ways to experience J.K. Rowling's magical wizarding world are constantly being released.…

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…

Hinge. OKCupid. Tinder. Bumble. Before you could meet your soulmate with a swipe, you had to be way more creative. Enter: the personal ad, a short private message placed in newspapers, often by someone in search of romance. "Matchmakers in some form…

Are you the kind of person whose weekend plans usually include at least one protest, march, or rally? Does your favorite playlist consist of riot grrrl music and the sweet sounds Bikini Kill? Do you know in your heart that the '90s was and will…

In 2014, as the humanitarian crisis at the southern border grew worse, novelist Valeria Luiselli volunteered to translate for Latin American migrants attempting to enter the United States. Her experience inspired her 2017 nonfiction book Tell Me How…

Sharp Objects. A Simple Favor. Killing Eve. The Girl in the Spider's Web. You. If you're a sucker for thrillers, 2018 was a great year in entertainment for you, and it looks like the years ahead will be even better. Even more thrillers and mysteries…

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 List by Flynn Berry. Follow along with the book club on Bustle,…

Bustle's I'm So Jealous series is dedicated to the books, TV shows, movies, podcasts, and more that super fans are so jealous someone else gets to experience for the first time. In this installment, Sadie Trombetta writes about Erin Morgenstern's…

It's no secret that crime fiction has something of a dependence on young, beautiful, dead women. They exist, abused and victimized, at the very center of hundreds mysteries and thrillers, but they aren't the only kind of stories out there. In fact…