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  1. Wendi McLendon-Covey’s 10 Favorite BooksFrom Patti Smith to David Sedaris.
    By Wendi McLendon-Covey
  2. Fall Comedy Reads: ‘The Daily Show (The Book)’Welcome to our Fall Comedy Reads series, where we take a closer look at some of the newly released comedy-related books worth checking out this […]
    By Harry Waksberg
  3. vulture book club
    Call Me by Your Name Book Club, Part One: Longing Stares, Unreliable NarratorsAlso, we’re giving out copies of Call Me by Your Name autographed by author André Aciman.
    By Hunter Harris and E. Alex Jung
  4. Matthew Modine’s 10 Favorite BooksFrom Kurt Vonnegut to Don DeLillo.
    By Matthew Modine
  5. 7 Books You Need to Read This NovemberIncluding titles by Anthony Quinn, Nadia Murad, A.J. Jacobs, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  7. Fall Comedy Reads: Budd Friedman’s ‘The Improv’Welcome to our Fall Comedy Reads series, where we take a closer look at some of the newly released comedy-related books worth checking out this […]
    By Harry Waksberg
  8. We Published a Book!For New York Magazine’s 50th anniversary, an eight-pound extravaganza.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  9. A Pairing Menu for Works of Postmodern Literature and Appropriate […] The paranoia-inducing The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon is best paired with a room temperature watermelon wine cooler, which should […]
    By Brian Boone
  10. Fall Comedy Reads: ‘Thank You for Being a Friend: Life According to The […]Welcome to our Fall Comedy Reads series, where we take a closer look at some of the newly released comedy-related books worth checking out this […]
    By Harry Waksberg
  11. vulture lists
    Twin Peaks: Everything That Happened in the 25 Years Before The ReturnA gruesome death, a drug cartel, and a brief fling with Donald Trump.
    By Devon Ivie
  12. Lauren Hutton’s 10 Favorite BooksFrom Ezra Pound to Jane Austen.
    By Lauren Hutton
  13. vulture book club
    Should I Read Call Me by Your Name Before I See the Movie?The Vulture Book Club will help you decide.
    By E. Alex Jung and Hunter Harris
  14. Fall Comedy Reads: Carol Burnett’s ‘In Such Good Company’Welcome to our Fall Comedy Reads series, where we take a closer look at some of the newly released comedy-related books worth checking out this […]
    By Harry Waksberg
  15. An Excerpt from ‘Paul Ryan Magazine’: Proust Questionnaire, by Anna Heyward Paul Ryan is the unofficial magazine of the Speaker of the House, brought to you by the team behind The Neu Jorker. Edited by James H. Folta […]
    By Brian Boone
  16. Lin-Manuel Miranda on How The Kingkiller Chronicles Inspired MoanaPlus, the “really singsongy†Lady Lackless tune he wrote.
    By Lila Shapiro
  17. Fall Comedy Reads: ‘Jack Benny and the Golden Age of American Radio Comedy’ Welcome to our Fall Comedy Reads series, where we take a closer look at some of the newly released comedy-related books worth checking out […]
    By Harry Waksberg
  18. Patrick Rothfuss Is About to Be Fantasy’s Next SuperstarAs the author adapts his beloved trilogy for film and TV with Lin-Manuel Miranda, one question haunts him: Where’s the third book?
    By Lila Shapiro
  19. exciting new authors
    Soon You Will Be Able to Swoon Over Jane Villanueva’s Romance Novel in Real LifeSnow Falling is coming out November 14, just in time for holiday shopping.
    By Jackson McHenry
  20. The Philosophy of JB Smoove“Jolly†and “optimistic†aren’t descriptors you’d readily associate with your average hardened veteran comics, but then again, JB Smoove has […]
    By Erik Abriss
  21. literary life
    How I Became Good at Literary Parties“The best way to befriend famous people is to have no idea who they are. â€
    By Christian Lorentzen
  22. Chelsea Handler’s 10 Favorite BooksDavid Sedaris, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton, and more
    By Chelsea Handler
  23. celebrity memoirs
    Anna Faris’s Memoir Is Haunted by the Ghost of Her Breakup With Chris PrattThe whole reading experience is a rather depressing and confusing one.
    By Anna Silman
  24. literary mysteries
    So, Who’s the Super A-list Book Editor Secretly Consulting on Younger?We know he lives in New York.
    By Devon Ivie
  25. breakups
    5 Nice Things Chris Pratt Says About Anna Faris in Her Book’s Foreword“She is the amazing, effervescent, former short girl, theater nerd, camp counselor, crossing guard, headgear-wearing …â€
    By Hunter Harris
  26. Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson Are on a MissionWhen standup comic Corinne Fisher’s boyfriend waited for her to buy his lunch at Panera Bread and then promptly dumped her, her heartbreak […]
    By Erica Lies
  27. book excerpt
    The Long, Bizarre Relationship Between Jann Wenner and Mick JaggerMaybe he should have thought twice before naming his magazine Rolling Stone.
    By Joe Hagan
  28. media
    Joe Hagan on His Controversial New Jann Wenner BiographyAuthor Joe Hagan discusses his new book about Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner.
    By David Marchese
  29. biographies
    Rolling Stone Founder Jann Wenner Is Reportedly Unhappy With His New BiographyThe book is said to detail much of his sexual history while running Rolling Stone.
    By Dee Lockett
  30. Kirkus Editor-in-Chief Explains Why They Altered That American Heart ReviewEarlier this week, the magazine pulled a review amid online criticism of the book.
    By Kat Rosenfield
  31. The Price of Smiling for the PhotosWhat I wish I’d told my younger self.
    By Emma Cline
  32. books
    New Sam Shepard Novel to Be Published This DecemberShepard died in July.
    By Jackson McHenry
  33. John Hodgman Announces ‘Vacationland’ Book Tour DatesJohn Hodgman is hitting the road this fall. Today Hodgman announced a batch of tour dates to promote his new book Vacationland, which hits […]
    By Megh Wright
  34. awards
    George Saunders Wins the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Lincoln in the BardoThe judging panel said the book “creates a vivid and lively evocation of the characters that populate this other world.â€
    By Hunter Harris
  35. Excerpts from Frankie Muniz’s Autobiography That Make Me Think It Was […] I remember the day my mom got the call that I landed the part of Malcom in Malcom in the Middle. She was grinning from ear to ear when she […]
    By Brian Boone
  36. Jo Nesbø’s 10 Favorite BooksFrom Shakespeare to Knausgaard.
    By Jo Nesbø
  37. Jeffery Self and the Self-Starter Approach to ComedyJeffery Self is honest. Painfully, painfully honest. He livetweeted his breakup-inspired nervous breakdown in 2013. Then when his ex became the […]
    By Bethy Squires
  38. new york comic con 2017
    What Life on the Moon Looks Like in Artemis, Andy Weir’s Martian Follow-up“Artemis exists because there is an economic reason for it to.â€
    By Rozanne Els
  39. nobel prize
    Kazuo Ishiguro Wins the Nobel Prize in LiteratureHis most famous novels are The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go.
    By Hunter Harris
  40. Jeanette Winterson’s 10 Favorite BooksFrom Virginia Woolf to John Irving.
    By Jeanette Winterson
  41. 8 Books You Need to Read This OctoberFrom Jennifer Egan and Ta-Nehisi Coates to a biography of Leonardo da Vinci.
    By Boris Kachka
  42. chat room
    Jeffrey Eugenides: There’s a Crisis of Masculinity in Fiction Right Now“We’re at a state now where men are trying to figure out what part of them is to be disowned or changed.â€
    By Maddie Crum
  43. culture
    The Instagram Poet Outselling Homer Ten to OneMeet Rupi Kaur, author of the ubiquitous Milk and Honey.
    By Molly Fischer
  44. Cheryl Strayed on Watching Nia Vardalos Play Her OnstageThe star and writer of Tiny Beautiful Things on adapting the advice column Dear Sugar for theater, and what it’s like to see your life onstage.
    By Jackson McHenry
  45. audio books
    Just 20 Descriptions of Jon Hamm’s VoiceWhen Jon Hamm says “Tatooine,†it sounds dirty, like you must make sure no one overheard what you and Jon Hamm are gonna be up to later.
    By Hunter Harris
  46. Nia Vardalos and Cheryl Strayed Want to Give You Uncomfortable AdviceThe star and writer of Tiny Beautiful Things on adapting the advice column Dear Sugar for theater, and what it’s like to see your life onstage.
    By Jackson McHenry
  47. The 15 Best Books of 2017 (So Far)Including works by Elif Batuman, J. M. Coetzee, and Joan Didion.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  48. Art of Fielding Plagiarism Accusations Have Been a Low-Level Menace for YearsCharles Green’s allegations have been disseminated to one outlet after another that knew better than to publish a damaging story with no actual proof.
    By Boris Kachka
  49. Nia Vardalos’s 10 Favorite BooksElena Ferrante, Margaret Atwood, Alison Bechdel, and more.
    By Nia Vardalos
  50. women writers
    The National Book Foundation’s ‘5 Under 35’ Are All Women This YearThese five young female writers should definitely be on your radar.
    By Anna Silman
  51. dynamic duos
    Showtime Nabs the Rights to Bill Clinton and James Patterson’s Forthcoming NovelGet ready for The President Is Missing: The TV Series.
    By Josef Adalian
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