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  1. yikes
    The 21 Wildest Celebrity Stories From Moby’s Controversial Tell-all MemoirThe Natalie Portman and Lana Del Rey controversies are just the tip of the iceberg from the book sinking Moby’s career once again.
    By Larry Fitzmaurice
  2. book review
    Elizabeth Gilbert’s New Novel Is All Sex, No DriveCity of Girls fails in its mission to make a liberated 1940s glamour girl compelling.
    By Hillary Kelly
  3. weinstein books
    Ronan Farrow’s Weinstein Book Will Be Personal, He Says in Surprise AppearancePopping into a BookExpo lunch, he talked about “some of the low points I’m now reliving.â€
    By BORIS KACHKA
  4. tv orders
    Hulu Is Making the Inevitable Sally Rooney TV Show With Normal PeopleStarring newcomers Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal.
    By Jackson McHenry
  5. packing light
    What Is a Beach Read, and Why?The anatomy of a marketing concept, plus lots of new summer favorites.
    By Allison Duncan
  7. books
    The Book Stand That Sells Only Signed Philip Roth NovelsThe late author signed hundreds and hundreds of them for his friend Enrico Adelman to sell.
    By Hilary Reid
  8. cancellations
    Moby Reads the Room and Cancels His Book Tour“I’m going to go away for awhile.â€
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  9. jonas brothers
    Apparently It Takes Three Jonas Brothers to Write One MemoirWill all three narrate the audiobook?
    By Milan Polk
  10. book excerpt
    The John Candy Joke That Still Makes Steve Martin CryAn excerpt from the new book Wild and Crazy Guys.
    By Nick de Semlyen
  11. kids
    Does This Children’s Book Spark Joy?Marie Kondo’s new book will teach kids how to “tidy†and “embrace joy.â€
    By Hannah Gold
  12. summer preview
    12 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This SummerColson Whitehead, Jia Tolentino, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, and more.
    By Hillary Kelly and Maris Kreizman
  13. trilogies
    Hilary Mantel Will Release Her Final Thomas Cromwell Novel in 2020Start queuing up for The Mirror and the Light.
    By Devon Ivie
  14. adaptations
    Catch-22’s Biggest Changes From Page to ScreenThe creators behind Hulu’s new miniseries make some bold choices in condensing Joseph Heller’s 450-page satirical novel into six installments.
    By Nick Allen
  15. game of thrones
    George R.R. Martin: ASOIAF’s Ending Will Be Similar and Different From GOT’s“The same ending as the show? Different? Well … yes. And no. And yes. And no.â€
    By Jackson McHenry
  16. dragon shows
    Stephen King’s The Eyes of the Dragon Is Coming to HuluHulu has heard your GOT lamentations, and it wants to help.
    By Bethy Squires
  17. one grand books
    Elif Shafak’s 10 Favorite BooksVirginia Woolf, James Baldwin, and more.
    By Elif Shafak
  18. hollywood
    Public Nudity, Near Deaths, and Other Wild Tales from Chateau MarmontHighlights from a new tell-all.
    By Natalie Hope McDonald
  19. literary lions
    Herman Wouk, 1915 to 2019The author of The Caine Mutiny and Marjorie Morningstar died today at 103.
    By BORIS KACHKA
  20. game of disses
    George R.R. Martin Thinks You’re Idiots for Believing He’s Hiding His Books“It seems absurd to me that I need to state this.â€
    By Devon Ivie
  21. one grand books
    Siri Hustvedt’s 10 Favorite BooksWoolf, Brontë, and more.
    By Siri Hustvedt
  22. must reads
    8 New Books You Should Read This MayAli Smith, Karen Russell, and more.
    By BORIS KACHKA
  23. in translation
    Samanta Schweblin’s Deliberately Slow, Perfectly Timed Rise to American FameThe Argentinian author’s writing is astonishing more readers every day, but she’d rather not talk about it.
    By Luisa Rollenhagen
  24. in translation
    Will Translated Fiction Ever Really Break Through?And does it even matter? A publisher of foreign lit weighs in on “the 3 percent problem.â€
    By Chad Post
  25. in translation
    15 Must-Read Translated Books From the Past 5 YearsA roundup of the essential fiction from abroad — from an award-winning Polish novel to war stories from Syria, Argentina, and Europe.
    By Tobias Carroll, Luisa Rollenhagen, and Christopher Byrd
  26. encounter
    Ani DiFranco on Her Memoir, Hadestown, and Reckoning With the 1990sIn her new book No Walls and the Recurring Dream, the folksinger grapples with her own history and the decade in which she was most famous.
    By Rachel Syme
  27. spinoff showcase
    George R.R. Martin Says Three Game of Thrones Shows Are in Development at HBOSpinoffs are coming.
    By Bethy Squires
  28. well well well
    Woody Allen Is Pitching a Memoir, and Some Publishers Won’t Even Read ItAt least four publishing execs say they declined to offer him a book deal.
    By Hunter Harris
  29. paranoid fiction
    Paranoid and Madcap, The Manchurian Candidate is Our Timeliest NovelHappy 60th birthday to Richard Condon’s absurdist, overwritten testament to the abuse of power.
    By Michael Weinreb
  30. sexy metafiction
    This Year’s Call Me by Your Name Is French: More Meta But Just As HotPhilippe Besson’s Lie With Me is reminiscent of André Aciman’s novel of young gay love, but its style is utterly unique (also no sexy peaches).
    By Hillary Kelly
  31. tribeca film festival
    Sarah Silverman Says Her Bedwetter Musical Will Open Sometime Next YearPlus other things we learned from her chat with Mike Birbiglia at Tribeca.
    By Dan Reilly
  32. game of thrones
    Will Arya’s Big Move on Game of Thrones Happen in the Books, Too?Arya Stark’s decisive blow in the Battle of Winterfell has fans wondering how she’ll factor into one of the books’ biggest prophecies.
    By Nate Jones
  33. books
    Not Your Average ‘Ruin Porn’In his new book, Ruin and Redemption, Dan Barasch is an optimist about obsolete structures.
    By Mathew Silver
  34. one grand books
    Mike Leigh’s 10 Favorite BooksUpton Sinclair, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, and more.
    By Mike Leigh
  35. plagiarism
    Nora Roberts Is Suing a Brazilian Author for ‘Rare and Scandalous’ PlagiarismRoberts claims Cristiane Serruya’s books copy “dozens†of other authors.
    By Jackson McHenry
  36. must reads
    6 New Paperbacks You Should Read Right NowRachel Cusk, Esi Edugyan, and more.
    By Maris Kreizman
  37. interviews
    What It Was Like to Write Books and Build a Legacy With Anthony Bourdain“He always understood that he was blessed to have become Anthony Bourdain.â€
    By Chris Crowley
  38. books
    Prince’s Memoir The Beautiful Ones Coming This OctoberFeaturing his unfinished manuscript, rare photos, and lyrics.
    By Hunter Harris
  39. one grand books
    Michael Shannon’s 10 Favorite BooksCharles Bukowski, Dr. Seuss, and more.
    By Michael Shannon
  40. the mueller report
    How to Read Your Mueller Report (and How Long You’ll Have to Wait)From a no-frills mass-market edition to an audiobook to Alan Dershowitz, five ways to get the goods.
    By BORIS KACHKA
  41. books
    5 New Books on Poetry Pulitzer Winner Forrest Gander’s Reading ListMost of the poets he knows are drooling for Brian Evenson’s Song for the Unraveling of the World.
    By Forrest Gander
  42. kids these days
    For the Country’s Best Teen Poets, Poetry Is ActivismHonorees of the National Student Poets Program, threatened under Trump, fight for the personal and political power of verse.
    By John Maher
  43. theater talk
    Claudia Rankine on Death, Reparations, and Becoming a PlaywrightThe celebrated author of Citizen talks about her new play, The White Card —also Mo’Nique, bad reviews, and marketable death.
    By Morgan Jerkins
  44. books
    Bret Easton Ellis Thinks He Was ‘Punked’ by The New Yorker“I got punked, I have to admit it.â€
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  45. book excerpt
    The Dream TeamCruise, Kidman, Kubrick, and the making of Eyes Wide Shut.
    By Brian Raftery
  46. legacies
    What Is Game of Thrones’ Legacy in Epic Fantasy?George R.R. Martin’s books, and the series they inspired, are a reflection of our anxious times.
    By Tad Williams
  47. books
    A Romance Novel Based on Meghan Markle’s Mom Is Really HappeningThe idea started with a tweet and ended with an actual novel.
    By Milan Polk
  48. kids these days
    Sally Rooney’s Politics of Millennial ResignationWhy do critics so love the Normal People author? Maybe because her characters accept the status quo.
    By Cody Delistraty
  49. book excerpt
    ‘The Unthinkable Has Happened’You learn to believe in your child’s existence. What happens when she’s killed by a piece of your daily environment?
    By Jayson Greene
  50. literati
    The Best Reporting Advice Robert Caro Bestows in His New Book, Working“Silence is the weapon.â€
    By Devon Ivie
  51. presidential libraries
    Pete Buttigieg’s Favorite Book Is Ulysses, and That’s GreatMaybe you’d prefer Joseph Campbell, or Fox & Friends?
    By Charles Finch
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