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  1. the strategist
    I Listen to Children’s Audiobooks During My CommutePodcasts and carefully curated playlists can help smooth a commute, but there’s a better medicine out there: audiobooks for kids.
    By Or Gotham
  2. vulture book club
    Matthew Weiner’s Debut Novel Is Coming SoonComing fall 2017.
    By Devon Ivie
  3. How Colson Whitehead Got From Zombies to SlaveryThe novel is a major departure for him.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  4. How Nathanael West’s Classic Satire ‘A Cool Million’ Warned of a Donald […] As the Civil War was ending, a Massachusetts author by the name of Horatio Alger was making a name for himself with a series of books about […]
    By Christopher Gilson
  5. man booker prize
    Here’s the 2016 Man Booker Prize Short ListIncluding The Sellout and Hot Milk.
    By Dee Lockett
  7. Alan Moore on Jerusalem and Superhero Stupidity The man who changed comics tries to do the same for the novel.
    By David Marchese
  8. vulture book club
    You Can Now See the Jane Eyre Manuscript The moment you’ve been waiting your whole life for.
    By Dayna Evans
  9. books
    Hillary Clinton Loves ‘Hypnotic’ Elena FerranteThe Neapolitan Candidate.
    By Halle Kiefer
  10. the industry
    Meryl Streep, J.J. Abrams to Bring The Nix to TVStreep will star in and produce the series.
    By Jackson McHenry
  11. first look
    A Look Into the New Electric Kool-Aid Acid TestA look inside Taschen’s new collector’s reissue.
    By David Marchese
  12. celebrity memoirs
    Simone Biles Is Writing a Christian MemoirIt’s called Courage to Fall.
    By Nate Jones
  13. books
    Ann M. Martin on Rebooting Another Kids’s SeriesIn her upcoming Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure, the kids eat kale chips and their parents have cell phones.
    By Alexis Swerdloff
  14. must reads
    8 Books You Need to Read This SeptemberBy Emma Donoghue, Paul Freedman, Ann Patchett, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  15. Liz Taylor & Michael Jackson’s Odd Friendship“To Michael, Elizabeth was a saint, a goddess.â€
    By Jenna Reyes
  16. casting couch
    Hathaway to Star in Live Fast Die Hot AdaptationBad girls do it well?
    By Devon Ivie
  17. great adaptations
    The Miniaturist Getting Television AdaptationThanks, BBC!
    By Devon Ivie
  18. Lena Dunham Is Writing a Short Story Collection Called ‘Best and Always’Now that she’s already published a memoir, Lena Dunham is giving fiction a try for her next book. According to Vulture, Dunham is currently […]
    By Megh Wright
  19. new books
    Lena Dunham Announces Short-Story Collection You can read Dunham’s “The Mechanic†in the latest Lenny Letter.
    By Halle Kiefer
  20. the industry
    Harmony Korine Adapting Alissa Nutting’s TampaPossibly for HBO.
    By Nate Jones
  21. fall preview 2016
    Talking to the Author of The Nix, Fall’s Splashiest Debut NovelNathan Hill’s The Nix is this fall’s most ambitious first-time literary effort.
    By Boris Kachka
  22. fall preview 2016
    Emma Donoghue on Writing About Children“One of the amazing things about children is how unquestioningly they get on with whatever their peculiar circumstances are.â€
    By Ian Epstein
  23. fall preview 2016
    45 New Books to Read This FallFrom Mark Greif, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Zadie Smith, and more.
    By Vulture Editors
  24. vulture book club
    Bob Odenkirk to Write Comedic, Non-Legalese MemoirCourtesy of Random House.
    By Devon Ivie
  25. Bob Odenkirk Is Writing a Book of Personal EssaysBob Odenkirk is working on a memoir about his life and career. According to The New York Times, Random House will publish Odenkirk’s book, […]
    By Megh Wright
  26. fall preview 2016
    What Vulture’s Critics Are Most Excited for This FallTheir top five picks for the season.
    By David Edelstein, Matt Zoller Seitz, and Craig Jenkins
  27. fall preview 2016
    The Best Fall TV, Films, Books, Albums, and More306 great things to see and hear, for fans of all stripes.
    By Vulture Editors
  28. Here I Am: Jonathan Safran Foer Tries to Grow UpThe result is something like a Philip Roth novel in the style of a Hallmark card.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  29. 3 New Harry Potter E-Books Are ComingEach is a mixture of previous Pottermore material and new stories from J.K. Rowling.
    By Nate Jones
  30. amy schumer
    11 Funniest Moments From Amy Schumer’s Book“First, I’d like to thank all the people who pointed out that I was a woman … You made sure I didn’t lose sight of my ovaries.â€
    By Jenna Reyes
  31. inside amy schumer’s book
    7 Things We Learned About Amy Schumer From Her New BookThe Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo.
    By Anna Silman
  32. vulture book club
    Lady Gaga Is Releasing an Italian Cookbook With Her DadNo recipes for meat dresses. Sorry.
    By Devon Ivie
  33. exclusive
    See the Cover of Kim Stanley Robinson’s New BookNew York 2140 is the sci-fi legend’s look at life in the city after cataclysmic flooding.
    By Nate Jones
  34. vulture cover story
    In Conversation With Colson WhiteheadThe author of The Underground Railroad on Oprah’s endorsement, avoiding clichés of the “Southern Novel of Black Misery,†and whether maturity means never having to be funny again.
    By Boris Kachka
  35. books
    In Conversation With Colson WhiteheadThe author of The Underground Railroad on Oprah’s endorsement and avoiding clichés of the “Southern Novel of Black Misery.â€
    By BORIS KACHKA
  36. exclusive
    See the Cover for Joel McHale’s New BookThe Community star has written a memoir about life in Hollywood and his battle with dyslexia.
    By Nate Jones
  37. how to plot a novel
    What Do Computers Know About Plot?Mapping stories with technology.
    By Boris Kachka
  38. how to plot a novel
    An Encyclopedia of Every Literary Plot, EverA far-from-comprehensive list of every archetype we know.
    By Boris Kachka
  39. how to plot a novel
    Is It Story That Makes Us Read?Plots: the who, what, and where — but maybe not why — of literature. Plus, the history of plot and literature’s very worst endings.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  40. encounter
    Scoping Out Comic-Con With Lord of the Rings Superfan Margaret AtwoodIt turns out that Atwood — one of the most esteemed writers of literary fiction of her generation — is a geek, even if she hates that word.
    By Abraham Riesman
  41. vulture book club
    Lauren Graham’s New Memoir Cover Has Perhaps the Best Tagline of 2016Sneak a peek!
    By Devon Ivie
  42. vulture lists
    22 Book-to-Film Adaptations Still to Come in 2016From Ben-Hur to Patriots Day.
    By Alissa Wilkinson
  43. must reads
    8 Books You Need to Read This AugustBy Colson Whitehead, Jacqueline Woodson, Nicola Barker, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  44. harry potter and the cursed child
    New Harry Potter Sold 2 Million Copies in 2 DaysBut not even close to The Deathly Hallows’ record-breaking first day.
    By Dee Lockett
  45. oprah book club 2.0
    Oprah Picks Whitehead’s Underground RailroadAnd will also be excerpted in the New York Times.
    By Nate Jones
  46. let us discuss
    Let’s Talk About Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildWe don’t have to #KeepTheSecrets anymore.
    By Nate Jones
  47. endings
    J.K. Rowling Confirms the Harry Potter Series Is ‘Done Now’There’s no spell to undo this.
    By Devon Ivie
  48. Anna Faris Is Writing a Memoir Called ‘Unqualified’ Memoirs by famously funny ladies are all the rage these days, what with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, and Amy Schumer all pulling in […]
    By Adam Frucci
  49. Is the Present Worse Than Any Fictional, Futuristic Dystopia?The job of the futurist is no longer speculating about what might come. It’s trying to comprehend what’s already here.
    By Adam Sternbergh
  50. longlists
    Here’s Your 2016 Booker Prize Long ListIncluding Paul Beatty’s The Sellout and Elizabeth Strout’s My Name Is Lucy Barton.
    By Nate Jones
  51. book review
    Jay McInerney’s Yuppie Trilogy Comes to a CloseThe third volume recapitulates the strongest and weakest aspects of Brightness Falls and The Good Life.
    By Christian Lorentzen
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