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Sarah McNally’s Book Club

 The owner of the McNally Jackson literary empire is reshaping the city’s reading life. By Matthew Schneier
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Frustrating Return

 Her new novel Dream Count suffers from the retrograde gender politics and bad writing that has defined her career of late. By Sanjena Sathian
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Neko Case Survived It All

 The songwriter’s unusual tell-all skips the gossip, revealing a life in music as the solution, not the plot. By Emma Alpern
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    By Marshall Heyman
  2. neighborhood news
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    By Paula Aceves
  3. jang-jang-jang-jang
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    By Louis Peitzman
  4. julianne ‘the resistance’ moore
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    By Rebecca Alter
  5. done
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    By Alejandra Gularte
  7. coming soon ;)
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    By Fran Hoepfner
  8. spellcasting
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    By Rebecca Alter
  9. testimonies
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    By Jennifer Zhan
  10. controversies
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    By Justin Curto
  11. vulture lists
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    By Emily Maskell
  12. the grub street diet
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    By Paula Aceves
  13. shhhhh!
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    By Emily Heller
  14. sister sister sister
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    By Fran Hoepfner
  15. book review
    Han Kang’s Latest Novel Mines Korea’s Bloody PastWe Do Not Part is the very best kind of story-telling, poetic and ambiguous without ever shying away from horrible historic truths.
    By Robert Rubsam
  16. cheat sheet
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    By Jennifer Zhan
  17. in conversation
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    By David Marchese
  18. physical media
    The Art Lost in L.A. FiresCount Warhol artworks, Gary Indiana’s library, and Schoenberg scores among the losses.
    By Justin Curto
  19. reading is fun
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    By Alejandra Gularte
  20. no comment
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    By Justin Curto
  21. book review
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    By Nicholas Quah
  22. okay bomer
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    By Jason P. Frank
  23. book review
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    By Jasmine Vojdani
  24. books
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    By Lila Shapiro
  25. 2025 preview
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    By Vulture Editors
  26. year in culture
    The Bests of 2024All the books, podcasts, and anime (plus TV, movies, music, and more) that captivated our critics (and John Waters) this year.
    By Vulture Editors
  27. mystery and intrigue
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    By Jason P. Frank
  28. year in culture
    Vulture’s 20 Most-Read Stories of 2024From brat summer to a scandalous fall, here’s what our readers loved most this year.
    By Vulture Editors
  29. reading is fundamental
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    By Vulture Staff
  30. vulture lists
    9 Great Queer Holiday Romance Novels to Cozy Up With This DecemberFeaturing house swaps, fake dates, and conveniently placed mistletoe.
    By Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner
  31. rip
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    By Alejandra Gularte
  32. best of 2024
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    By Brian Boone
  33. this is me trying
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    By Justin Curto
  34. best of 2024
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    By Maris Kreizman
  35. vulture lists
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    By Emily Maskell
  36. book review
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    By Sarah Jones
  37. why’d you make this film?
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    By Ira Silverberg
  38. chat room
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    By Anne Victoria Clark
  39. the work of art
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    By Adam Moss
  40. scene report
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    By Emma Alpern
  41. books
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    By James Yeh
  42. the pluck of the irish
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    Edited by Tomi Obaro
  43. if i could turn back time
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  44. chapters
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  45. book review
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  46. books
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  47. books
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  48. obits
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    By Bethy Squires
  49. read me read me read me
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