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Haruki Murakami Has Lost the Sauce

 Two new works read more like fan fiction set in the extended Murakami universe than the thrillingly strange novels he’s famous for. By Bailey Trela
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I Thought the Sun Rose and Set on His Sicilian Ass

 Sonny Bono was one of the most charming — and possessive — men I’d ever met. By Cher
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Robert Smith Is a Big Ol’ Book Nerd

 Tracking the not-so-hidden literary references on the Cure’s new album. By Chris Stanton
  1. mystery and intrigue
    Anne Hathaway Is Back in BookTokShe will star in an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Rebecca-esque Verity.
    By Jason P. Frank
  2. reading is fundamental
    Vulture’s 2024 Books Gift GuideA lack of celebrity memoirs doesn’t mean a lack of gossip.
    By Vulture Staff
  3. if i could turn back time
    14 Stunning Stories From Cher’s (First) MemoirFrom Warren Beatty asking her out when she was a teenager to her “chicken joke†with Carol Burnett.
    By Justin Curto
  4. books
    Samantha Harvey Wins Booker Prize for Space-Station Novel OrbitalIt’s the second-shortest book to be awarded the prize.
    By Emma Alpern
  5. books
    Literary AssassinRevealing the secret histories of Joan Didion, Donna Tartt, and Eve Babitz.
    By Lili Anolik
  7. paws up lil zazzters
    HBO Is Making a Decade-Long Harry Potter SeriesAnd has reportedly reached out to a potential Dumbledore.
    By Rebecca Alter
  8. obits
    Bastard Out of Carolina Author Dorothy Allison Dies at 75She was a voice for poor, rural queer people across the country.
    By Bethy Squires
  9. best of 2024
    The Best Books of 2024 (So Far)A highly anticipated sequel, a brilliant debut, and nonfiction to linger on.
    By Vulture Editors
  10. vulture lists
    2024 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your Reading ListA National Book Award winner becomes a Hulu series and Dune gets a prequel on Max.
    By Emily Maskell
  11. vulture lists
    10 Books With Grotesquerie VibesWhether you’re into creepy Catholic-coded camp or just here for Travis Kelce.
    By Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta
  12. anonymous in publishing
    Who’s Really Writing Celebrity Novels?The writers and agents working behind the scenes tell us how it actually works.
    By Sophie Vershbow
  13. what happened here?
    What It’s Like to Be a NovelistSometimes the books just don’t work.
    By Choire Sicha
  14. tributes
    Gary Indiana’s Exuberant VenomThe late critic and novelist documented the seedy vanities and sorrows of American life with bitchiness and, sometimes, sympathy.
    By Brandon Sanchez
  15. announcements
    Sign Up for Book GossipA monthly newsletter about what we’re reading and what we actually think about it.
    By Emily Gould
  16. celebrity memoir
    ‘Please Tell Me, What’s Wrong With Me?’In his new memoir, Sonny Boy, Al Pacino looks back on his “moon shot†of a life in Hollywood — and a few acute regrets.
    By Chris Stanton
  17. sexual abuse
    Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley Asks Ex-Manager to Testify ‘Under Oath’ Over AllegationsGreig Nori has denied claims he groomed and abused Whibley.
    By Justin Curto
  18. required reading
    Professor Taylor Swift Assigns More Reading to The Tortured Poets DepartmentIt’s an Eras Tour book.
    By Justin Curto
  19. presley industrial complex
    From Here to the Great Unknown Is a Presley-Family Therapy SessionLisa Marie’s new memoir, co-authored by her daughter Riley Keough, lets the family grieve on its own terms.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  20. politics
    In Praise of Bad ReadersIn a time of war, there is a danger in surveying the world as if it were a novel.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  21. vulture lists
    A Beginner’s Guide to Junji Ito14 stories to go down the horror-manga auteur’s spiral.
    By Daniel Dockery
  22. memoirs
    Everything Lisa Marie Presley Shared in Her Memoir So FarIncluding memories of grieving both Elvis and her son, plus claims that Michael Jackson was a virgin when they started dating.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  23. chapters
    Enjoy J. Smith-Cameron’s Martini-Themed Crossword Puzzle ‘With a Twist’An excerpt from A24’s new book of puzzles, 99 TV Crosswords.
    By J. Smith-Cameron
  24. book review
    Alan Hollinghurst Tries to AtoneThe writer has tended to fetishize marginal POC characters in his novels. In Our Evenings, he puts a biracial man at the center for the first time.
    By Sam Worley
  25. best of 2024
    The Best Horror Books of 2024 (So Far)Fiction that feels like a primal scream.
    By Emily C. Hughes
  26. social studies
    The Return of Ta-Nehisi CoatesA decade after “The Case for Reparations,†he is ready to take on Israel, Palestine, and the American media.
    By Ryu Spaeth
  27. explainer
    What’s Going on With That Fake Kim Porter Memoir?After the book shot to No. 1 on Amazon’s best-seller ranking the week of Diddy’s indictment, Amazon has now removed it from its site.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  28. splendid
    Nicholas Sparks’s Splenda Chicken Salad Sounds FowlGuy dinner.
    By Rebecca Alter
  29. book review
    Has Olga Tokarczuk Been Struck by the Nobel Curse?Her latest novel, The Empusium, is more focused on dictating a salient political message than pushing the bounds of art.
    By Robert Rubsam
  30. close read
    Hot CommodityIn Sally Rooney’s novels, love is always being bought, sold, or reduced to tropes. But this is also what makes it real.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  31. it wasn’t paradise
    All the Semi-Salacious Non-Scandals in The Third Gilmore GirlDid anyone think a memoir by Kelly Bishop would be anything but classy?
    By Bethy Squires
  32. vulture lists
    Forgotten YA Adaptations, Ranked by Cultural ImpactWill Netflix’s Uglies leave a bigger mark than these 15 Twilight–Harry Potter–Hunger Games rip-offs?
    By Rory Doherty
  33. booked and busy
    The National Book Foundation’s 2024 Fiction LonglistFeaturing three debut novels, two short-story collections, and one Miranda July.
    By Emma Alpern
  34. happy birthday
    The Twilight Saga’s Renesmee Cullen Is Old Enough to VoteThree questions for the Cullens as the 2024 election approaches.
    By Bethy Squires
  35. beach read book club
    ‘Too Much Hugging and Learning’Our book club discusses the ending of Long Island Compromise.
  36. profile
    In the Shack With Robert CaroThe Power Broker is turning 50. His final LBJ book is almost — well, he won’t say exactly, but he’s trying for 900 words a day.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  37. remembrance
    Noel Parmentel Jr., the Man Joan Didion Left BehindWhen she said good-bye to all that.
    By Linda Hall
  38. book review
    Is Rejection the First Great Incel Novel?Tony Tulathimutte’s second book is a hilariously brutal story collection about elder millennials grappling with their sexual failures.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  39. objection!
    The Internet Archive Loses Copyright Suit With HachetteThe website’s National Emergency Library program was found to be in violation of copyright law.
    By Bethy Squires
  40. beach read book club
    ‘Real Shiv Vibes’Our book club discusses the Jenny section of Long Island Compromise.
  41. why?
    We Read the New Twilight Book So You Don’t Have ToAn annotated reading of Midnight Sun.
    By Rebecca Alter
  42. not a feud
    Ina and Martha Definitely Do Not Hate Each OtherEverything is fine!
    By Choire Sicha
  43. fall preview 2024
    Garth Greenwell’s Grand RomanceThe author explores the tender side of long-term partnership amid a health crisis in his best novel yet.
    By Sarah Thankam Mathews
  44. fall preview 2024
    27 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This FallNew reads that capture the three seasons of autumn: back-to-school, spooky, and election.
    By Vulture Editors
  45. beach read book club
    ‘He’s Not Off by Miles, He’s Off by Crucial Inches’Our book club discusses the Nathan section in Long Island Compromise.
  46. book review
    Danzy Senna Can’t Stop Thinking in Black and WhiteColored Television, the author’s latest comic novel about a mixed-race Black woman, holds diminishing returns.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  47. beach read book club
    ‘Mandy Patinkin — Icon, Legend’Our book club discusses the Beamer section in ‘Long Island Compromise.’
  48. beach read book club
    ‘Watching How Long the Rot Can Happen’Our book club discusses the introduction to ‘Long Island Compromise.’
  49. mad woman
    What Is Men Have Called Her Crazy Really About?Anna Marie Tendler wants to tell her story — but the patriarchy keeps getting in the way.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  50. booktok
    Colleen Hoover Picks Her Riskiest, Buzziest, and Most Romantic NovelsThe It Ends With Us author reflects on which of her books warrants a sequel — and which one could use a rewrite.
    By Carly Lane
  51. liza newz
    Liza With a Z to Release Memoir With an MWe know she’s good with spelling, but how is she at settling scores?
    By Jason P. Frank
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