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  1. one grand books
    Pete Buttigieg’s 10 Favorite BooksJames Joyce, Homer, and more.
    By Pete Buttigieg
  2. must reads
    7 New Books You Should Read This AprilSally Rooney, Robert Caro, and more.
    By BORIS KACHKA
  3. interviews
    Ruth Reichl on Her New Memoir, and What Gourmet Meant to Readers“It was kind of magical.â€
    By Alan Sytsma
  4. interviews
    Ruth Reichl on Her New Memoir, and What Gourmet Meant to Readers“It was kind of magical.â€
    By Alan Sytsma
  5. awp conference
    Brilliant Queer Authors Talk About SexWas “The Sexuality of Textuality†a great AWP panel, or the greatest ever?
    By Evan Allgood
  7. awp conference
    Six Great Things That Happened at the AWP ConferenceHighlights from the continent’s biggest annual writers’ conference, held last week in Portland.
    By Evan Allgood and Boris Kachka
  8. profile
    Susan Choi on Her Mind-Bending #MeToo NovelHow rage and the Access Hollywood tape inspired this spring’s most inventive and polarizing novel.
    By Hillary Kelly
  9. awp conference
    Colson Whitehead’s Fierce and Funny Primer on Life and Chicken“If it tastes like shit, it’s cultural appropriation,†and other lessons from the Pulitzer winner’s keynote speech at the AWP conference.
    By Evan Allgood
  10. the grub street diet
    Author Nathan Englander Gets His Syrup in New Hampshire“For the best maple syrup in the world, I’d head straight for the sugar shack at Booty Farm.â€
    By Chris Crowley
  11. books
    You Can Read Ali Wong’s New Book Dear Girls in OctoberWong wrote a bunch of letters to her daughters, and we all get to read them!
    By Megh Wright
  12. sex and cities
    Is There Still Sex in the City? Asks Paramount TV’s Sex and the City Follow-UpNo Carrie, no Miranda, no Samantha, no Charlotte.
    By Hunter Harris
  13. power couples
    Carol Burnett and Tina Fey Are Working on a Movie TogetherThe movie is based on Burnett’s book about her relationship with her late daughter.
    By Megh Wright
  14. audiobooks
    Hear Logic Commit Murder in Audiobook Clip From His Debut Novel, SupermarketThe rapper’s debut novel, the dark comedy Supermarket, is out today.
    By Dee Lockett
  15. literature
    You Get Oprah’s New Book Club, and You Get Oprah’s New Book ClubThanks, Apple TV+.
    By Devon Ivie
  16. must reads
    6 New Paperbacks You Should Read Right NowLorrie Moore, Caddyshack, Prince, and more.
    By Maris Kreizman
  17. scams
    Dan Mallory, Who Once Faked Being British, Nominated for British Book AwardThe cancer-faking author landed on the very real short-list.
    By Katie Rothstein
  18. the grub street diet
    Author Marlon James Has No Time for Fussy Cocktails“You’d be amazed how many people screw up a Dark ’n’ Stormy.â€
    By Chris Crowley
  19. spring preview
    Spring Books Preview: Fiction We Can’t Wait to Read by Sally Rooney and OthersSubtle dystopias, #MeToo meditations, a mysterious vanishing, and just Normal People.
    By Maris Kreizman and Hillary Kelly
  20. one grand books
    Thomas Keller’s 10 Favorite BooksGeorge Orwell, Julia Child, and more.
    By Thomas Keller
  21. cor cordium
    André Aciman Is Officially Writing a Call Me by Your Name SequelComing to a peach near you this October.
    By Hunter Harris
  22. book excerpt
    ‘Imagine a Woman Like Barbara Walters … and I’m the New Bitch There’Jenny McCarthy on her year from hell on The View.
    By Ramin Setoodeh
  23. biographies
    Mel Brooks Was Paid $500K for a Never-Released ProjectDiving into some of the most interesting stories from a new biography about the filmmaker.
    By Brian Boone
  24. smell-o-fiction
    Let’s Celebrate the Stinky Heroines of Repulsive Realist FictionThe New Me and other novels fight vlogger perfectionism with a refreshing dose of the gross.
    By Hillary Kelly
  25. sequels
    Bird Box Will Challenge You With a Sequel BookYou get a blindfold! And you get a blindfold!
    By Devon Ivie
  26. harry potter
    J.K. Rowling Details Dumbledore, Grindelwald Love Affair, Which You’ll Never SeeThe true crime of Grindelwald was stealing a man’s heart. Also, all those other crimes he did.
    By Halle Kiefer
  27. book excerpt
    Almost Nothing in Arthur ‘Weegee’ Fellig’s Greatest Photo Happened by Accident“With this picture,†he said, “I matured as a photographer and human being.â€
    By Christopher Bonanos
  28. memoirs
    Andrew Rannells Describes Growing Up, and Leaving, the Catholic ChurchAn excerpt from his new memoir.
    By Andrew Rannells
  29. one grand books
    Isaac Mizrahi’s 10 Favorite BooksMark Twain, Thomas Mann, and more.
    By Isaac Mizrahi
  30. national book critics circle
    National Book Critics Circle Winners Include New York’s Christopher BonanosAlso receiving awards were Zadie Smith, Anna Burns, and Maureen Corrigan.
    By Bethy Squires
  31. the industry
    Apple Orders Pachinko from The Terror’s Soo HughThe epic series will trace four generations of a Korean family and will be told in three languages: Korean, Japanese, and English.
    By Bethy Squires
  32. great adaptations
    An Anonymous Girl to Become Known As a TV SeriesUSA is adapting it.
    By Devon Ivie
  33. criticism never sleeps
    Jerry Saltz Is Turning ‘How to Be an Artist’ Into a BookMore signature insight from New York’s own art critic.
    By Katie Rothstein
  34. deep dives
    What Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Maps Reveal About Its Prequel SeriesIt won’t be about Young Aragorn. But Amazon dropped a trove of clues about its upcoming Lord of the Rings show.
    By Austin Gilkeson
  35. author profile
    John Lanchester’s Fiction Tells the TruthThe British essayist and novelist knows all about self-deception. His new novel, The Wall, is the climate warning we desperately need.
    By Cody Delistraty
  36. one grand books
    Kenny Scharf’s 10 Favorite BooksHaruki Murakami, Carl Jung, and more.
    By Kenny Scharf
  37. endings
    George R.R. Martin Really Wishes He Finished Those Books First“I never anticipated that.â€
    By Jackson McHenry
  38. bronx bred bohemians
    Frederic Tuten’s Memoir Is a Love Song to a Lost New YorkInquisitive, respectful, adventurous, and often horny, he was Diane Keaton’s boyfriend for a while.
    By Ira Silverberg
  39. must reads
    7 New Books You Should Read This MarchHelen Oyeyemi, John Lanchester, and more.
    By BORIS KACHKA
  40. books
    Helen Oyeyemi on Gingerbread, Her Twist on Hansel and GretelThe author’s latest, modern fairy-tale reinvention references everything from Tinder to Ariana Grande.
    By Maris Kreizman
  41. books
    Let’s All Vote on This Year’s Book of the Summer with One Book, One New YorkAll five nominated books celebrate women authors and will make you cry on the train.
    By Rebecca Alter
  42. vulture recommends
    10 Women Writers Share Their Must-Read Books for Women’s History MonthSelections from Amber Tamblyn, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and more.
    By Trupti Rami
  43. legal woes
    Listen Up, Theaters: If You Want Atticus Finch, It’s Sorkin’s Version or NothingTheaters must use Sorkin’s script.
    By Bethy Squires
  44. books
    The London Bookstore That Became the Face of a MovementA.N. Devers opened the Second Shelf to change how we talk about (and pay for) rare books by women.
    By Hillary Kelly
  45. drama
    Another YA Author Withdraws Book From Publication After BacklashKosoko Jackson pulled the publication of his debut novel, A Place for Wolves.
    By Katie Rothstein
  46. say hello to your friends
    The Baby-Sitters Club Is Back, Thanks to NetflixA new generation heads to Stoneybrook.
    By Katie Rothstein
  47. one grand books
    Samin Nosrat’s 10 Favorite BooksEdna Lewis, Harold McGee, and more.
    By Samin Nosrat
  48. q&a
    Michael Mann and Elaine Shannon Talk Hunting LeRouxOh, and two DEA agents were in the room, too.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  49. must reads
    6 New Paperbacks You Should Read Right NowTiffany Haddish, Tayari Jones, Melissa Broder, and more.
    By Maris Kreizman
  50. books
    New York Review of Books Names New EditorsEmily Greenhouse and Gabriel Winslow-Yost take the helm.
    By Katie Rothstein
  51. great adaptations
    19 Book-to-Film Adaptations Coming in 2019We hope you like Stephen King.
    By Devon Ivie
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