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  1. The First Great Millennial NovelSocial novelists who place limits on their internet access now do so at their own peril.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  2. game of thrones
    GRRM Thought of a New Twist That GOT Can’t Use“At this point, there are like 15 characters who are dead on the show but not in the books.â€
    By Nate Jones
  3. books
    The Unintentional Last Words of 13 Famous Writers Including James Baldwin, Lou Reed, Nora Ephron, and David Foster Wallace.
    By Vulture Editors
  4. ya novels
    A Pair of X-Files Origin Stories Are Coming to You in Book FormAgent of Chaos and Devil’s Advocate will follow Mulder and Scully as teens.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  5. obits
    Umberto Eco, Intellectual Novelist, Dies at 84His novels sold tens of millions of copies despite being ineffably dense.
    By Greg Cwik
  7. harper lee
    How Will Harper Lee Be Remembered?Writers whose reputation outlives them are lucky twice over: They gain a certain kind of immortality (maybe even a presentiment of it), and they get to rest eternally and leave the vagaries of fame and fortune to their work and its executors. 
    By Boris Kachka
  8. breaking news
    To Kill a Mockingbird Author Harper Lee Dead at 89Lee died in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama.
    By Nate Jones
  9. last night on late night
    No, Do Not Invite Melisandre to Your Baby ShowerTrust.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  10. harry potter and the cursed child
    J.K. Rowling Releasing New Harry Potter BookThe script book for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will go on sale July 31.
    By Nate Jones
  11. broadway
    Aaron Sorkin Adapting Mockingbird for BroadwayTo be directed by The King and I’s Bartlett Sher.
    By Nate Jones
  12. book cover
    Your First Look at the Cover of Tig Notaro’s Memoir, I’m Just a PersonComing out June 14.
    By E. Alex Jung
  13. On Criticism: My Road Trip With A.O. ScottI arrived at his house in Prospect–Lefferts Gardens around 8:15, and we set out in his blue Subaru.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  14. must reads
    8 Books You Need to Read This FebruaryAlexander Chee, Jhumpa Lahiri, Christopher Sorrentino, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  15. O.J.’s ‘Exact Opposite of Classic,’ If I Did ItRevisiting the most deliciously sleazy publishing story of the 21st century.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  16. prostitution whore
    Danielle Staub Has Andy Cohen’s ReceiptsConfessions of a “Prostitution Whore.â€
    By Ira Madison III
  17. book review
    Diane Williams: Avant-Garde Master of Miniature FictionIt’s hard to summarize any of her stories, and it may be beside the point.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  18. book deals
    That Was Fast! Trevor Noah Is Publishing a Book of Personal Essays “I couldn’t find a good book about myself so I decided to write one.â€
    By Dee Lockett
  19. Trevor Noah Is Writing a Book of Essays About Growing Up in South AfricaThe Daily Show’s Trevor Noah has a book in the works. According to Yahoo, Noah has signed on to write a collection of personal essays about […]
    By Megh Wright
  20. A Lorne Michaels Biography Is in the Works from Susan MorrisonThere are plenty of books out there for SNL fans, and now there’s a new one to look forward to: an authorized biography of Lorne Michaels. […]
    By Megh Wright
  21. hooked on forensics
    Ken Kratz, the Making a Murderer Prosecutor, Is Writing a Book Now“The one voice forgotten to this point is Teresa Halbach.â€
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  22. The Three Michael O’Donoghue Books You Should Read Before You DieHis most incisive and shocking and cruel and funny stuff comes in quickly, destroys everything and leaves before anyone knows what happened.
    By Patrick Mortensen
  23. Garth Greenwell’s Exquisite, Humorless New NovelI’ve rarely come upon a book, like this one, about which it can be said that humorlessness is not a defect but an aesthetic necessity.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  24. books
    Klosterman’s Next Book Is About How We’re WrongIt’s called What If We’re Wrong: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past.
    By Nate Jones
  25. the hamilton papers
    An Exclusive Guided Look Inside the Upcoming Hamilton Book“When I was writing the chapter titles, it was almost like Colonial-era Mad Libs.â€
    By Lauretta Charlton
  26. Elizabeth Strout’s Not-at-All-Subtle New NovelIt’s impossible not to feel some sympathy for the narrator of Elizabeth Strout’s new novel My Name Is Lucy Barton.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  27. Elliott Chaze’s Black Wings Has My Angel Is a Perfect Crime NovelComing to the book 60 years after it first appeared, you’ll find yourself wondering why it never got made into a movie.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  28. remembering bowie
    Palahniuk Recalls How Bowie Helped Fight ClubTurns out there’s a lot of untapped inspiration in sound checks.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  29. A Rare Conversation With Pulitzer Prize–Winning Writer Herman WoukAbout the 100-year-old author’s new memoir Sailor and Fiddler.
    By Boris Kachka
  30. fighting words
    George R.R. Martin Called Out by Diana GabaldonWords fired.
    By E. Alex Jung
  31. books
    Mein Kampf Published in Germany for the First Time in 70 YearsHitler’s infamous book has entered the public domain in Germany.
    By Nate Jones
  32. Can Short Stories Still Shock?Modes once heralded as avant-garde now linger among the array of strategies available to any writer.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  33. vulture lists
    28 Authors on the Books That Changed Their LivesHere’s how folks like Eileen Myles, Chuck Palahniuk, David Mitchell, and Alexander Chee answered.
    By Tobias Carroll
  34. must reads
    7 Books You Need to Read This JanuaryTessa Hadley, Robert Harris, Samantha Hunt, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  35. The 15 Best Comedy Books of 2015Congratulations on watching all of the comically progressive original shows on Netflix and Amazon, and then listening to every single podcast. […]
    By Brian Boone
  36. primer
    A Timeline of the Abuse Charges Against Bill Cosby [Updated]More than 50 women have accused Cosby of sexual assault.
    By Matt Giles and Nate Jones
  37. star wars countdown
    Everything You Can Learn From Star WarsIt’s the Galactic Common Core, basically.
    By Jackson McHenry
  38. reasons to love new york
    This One-Man Publishing House May Be the Book World’s Smallest Press ANTIBOOKCLUB, the operation of 33-year-old Gabriel Levinson, releases just one title of literary fiction or nonfiction each year.
    By Nick Tabor
  39. vulture lists
    50 Biggest ASOIAF and GOT TheoriesApril’s coming, gotta get those GOT theories on lock.
    By Sean T. Collins and Stefan Sasse
  40. job opportunities
    Congratulations, You Can Help Write a Book About Taylor SwiftI mean, if that’s not too much trouble? :)
    By Jackson McHenry
  41. fantasy novels
    Marlon James’s Next Book Will Be an ‘African Game of Thrones’And it sounds amazing.
    By Nate Jones
  42. Author Lauren Groff on Being Endorsed by Obama“I got a call from my publicist, and she was basically screaming for a good ten minutes.â€
    By Boris Kachka
  43. Norm Macdonald Is Writing a Memoir Called ‘Based on a True Story’Comedian and SNL alum Norm Macdonald is writing a memoir. Deadline reports that Macdonald has signed a deal with Random House to publish a […]
    By Megh Wright
  44. the industry
    Idris Elba Might Be Your Dark Tower GunslingerOpposite Matthew McConaughey.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  45. the industry
    Cumberbatch to Outwit Nazis in The War MagicianThe movie has been in development since 2003, so here’s hoping it sticks.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  46. star wars countdown
    What We Learned From the 18 New Star Wars BooksSome are worth reading! Others, not so much.
    By Brian Feldman
  47. year in culture 2015
    The 10 Best Books of 2015Where will Ta-Nehisi Coates take us next?
    By Christian Lorentzen
  48. must reads
    7 Books You Need to Read This DecemberRoger Crowley, Aja Raden, Christopher Buckley, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  49. sinatra’s centennial
    50 Years Later, Gay Talese Revisits ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold’Every J school has embraced Gay Talese’s 1966 Esquire write-around on Sinatra as a gold standard in New Journalism profile-writing. Fifty years later, Talese himself seems slightly puzzled by its acclaim.
    By Michaelangelo Matos
  50. Senator and ‘SNL’ Alum Al Franken Is Writing a MemoirFormer SNL writer/cast member and current Senator Al Franken has a new book in the works. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Franken has […]
    By Megh Wright
  51. jaden smith
    Jaden Smith, Heir to Galileo and Martin Luther, Is Writing a Philosophy Book“I feel like it’s an honor, actually, for people to think I’m crazy.â€
    By Emma Barrie
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