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  1. in development
    Fear Street Would Be a Better TV ShowR.L. Stine is developing Fear Street as a movie, but he shouldn’t repeat Goosebumps.
    By Ira Madison III
  2. Why Are Today’s Critics So Defensive?We’re in an age of ambient anxiety about what it means to enjoy things and whether or not others enjoy them, too.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  3. gallery
    Relive Elton John’s 1975 Dodger Stadium ConcertImages from a new book that documents the rock superstar’s career-peak shows.
    By Terry O'Neill
  4. gallery
    Relive Elton John’s 1975 Dodger Stadium ConcertImages from a new book that documents the rock superstar’s career-peak shows.
    By Terry O'Neill
  5. ‘I Won the Nobel Prize!’An interview with the translator of the new Nobel laureate.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  7. new york comic-con 2015
    Stephenie Meyer Explains Her Gender-Flipped Twilight“I literally can’t do Breaking Dawn with Beau.â€
    By Nate Jones
  8. nobel prize
    Belarus’s Svetlana Alexievich Wins Nobel Prize for LiteratureThe Belarusian historian is the 14th woman to win the prize.
    By Nate Jones
  9. harry potter
    The Harry Potter Books Have Finally Hit AppleThe series is now available on iBooks.
    By Dee Lockett
  10. smack talk
    Sloane Crosley on 9 People You Meet by Age 30“You know the person who always seems to be directing their own biopic?â€
    By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
  11. book deals
    Quvenzhané Wallis Is Writing 4 (!) BooksA three-part series and a picture book.
    By Dee Lockett
  12. books
    Lorin Stein on Translating France’s Most Dangerous AuthorThe Paris Review editor discusses tackling Michel Houellebecq’s Submission.
    By Ian Epstein
  13. twilight
    Meyer Rewrote Twilight With Different GendersMeet Beau and Edythe.
    By Dee Lockett
  14. My Book-Prize Betting Addiction: A User’s Guide to Making Money Off Alice MunroUnlike most gambling addicts, I’m still in the black.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  15. vulture lists
    8 Books You Need to Read This OctoberEach month, Boris Kachka offers nonfiction and fiction book recommendations. You should read as many of them as possible.
    By Boris Kachka
  16. profile
    The Unprecedented Garth Risk HallbergCity on Fire, a debut novel, generated a headline-making $2 million bidding war. Which means quite a lot is riding on its 36-year-old author. Believe it or not, he’s chasing even bigger things.
    By Boris Kachka
  17. new yorker festival
    Patti Smith on Next Books, Acid, and RimbaudFalling in love with Rimbaud is never a good idea.
    By Stephanie Eckardt
  18. book review
    City on Fire Is Trying to Have It Too Many WaysThe year’s biggest debut says a lot about what sort of story New York publishers and Hollywood think they can sell.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  19. new yorker festival
    Junot Díaz Can’t Stand Trump’s Immigration Talk“America is as addicted to immigrants as it is addicted to cocaine; you withdraw immigrants from this country, America would just be a shivery, shitting-itself wreck.â€
    By Katie Levingston
  20. new yorker festival
    Don DeLillo on Gun Violence, New York Life, and WritingThe acclaimed writer discussed violence in real life as well as his work.
    By Katie Levingston
  21. new yorker festival
    Toni Morrison Has Some Words for the New York TimesThe iconic novelist takes issue with what she calls the media’s “manipulation†of words and language.
    By Eric King
  22. Amy Schumer Played Her Book Deal Pretty BrilliantlyEarlier this week it was revealed that Amy Schumer landed a book deal with Simon & Schuster that’s reportedly in the $8-10 million range, and […]
    By Megh Wright
  23. books
    Amy Schumer Got a Major Raise for That Book DealOne-million-dollar deal, schmon-schmillion-schmollar schmeal.
    By Dee Lockett
  24. house elf problems
    Harry Potter Fans Are Freeing Dobby in LondonCuteness level: high.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  25. book club
    An Artist’s Nomadic Life in We Are Gypsies Now How 18 months turned into five years on the road.
    By Linda Laban
  26. books
    After 19 Books and a Presidential Bid, Eileen Myles Gets Her DueA punk poet, suddenly inside the canon.
    By Rachel Monroe
  27. book deals
    Amy Schumer Lands Book Deal, Continues to Get That Money, Baby!The deal is reportedly in the $8–10 million range.
    By Nate Jones
  28. books
    Here’s How Harry Potter’s Family Got So RichThey’ve been wealthy for a long time, apparently.
    By Dee Lockett
  29. Amy Schumer Just Landed a Big Book DealEmmy winner Amy Schumer is about to add “bestselling author†to her long list of accomplishments. According to Entertainment Weekly, multiple […]
    By Megh Wright
  30. obits
    Jackie Collins, Prodigious Writer of Romantic Fiction, Dies at 77The British novelist sold more than 500 million books.
    By Greg Cwik
  31. national book awards
    Here Is the Long List for the 2015 National Book Award for FictionIncluding A Little Life and Welcome to Braggsville.
    By Nate Jones
  32. the industry
    Stephen King’s Mist Wants to Come Back to the ScreenFor TV this time.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  33. Kelly Carlin’s Book ‘A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George’ Is […]George Carlin’s daughter Kelly has a new book out today. Titled A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George, the book is a rare glimpse at […]
    By Megh Wright
  34. man booker prize
    Here’s the 2015 Man Booker Prize Short ListIncluding A Little Life and A Brief History of Seven Killings.
    By Nate Jones
  35. the sound of money
    The Golden Age: 16 Very Expensive Highlights From Music-Business Memoirs“It was considered great sport to take one of the framed gold records … lay it on the grand piano, spread a gram or so on the glass, and spin it until the coke arrayed itself in a giant spiral.â€
    By Kenny Herzog
  36. conspiracy theories
    Pynchon Probably Did Not Write a Secret NovelIt’s a fun theory, though.
    By Nate Jones
  37. the winds of winter
    The Winds of Winter Is Maybe Coming Next YearSo says George R.R. Martin’s Spanish publisher.
    By Nate Jones
  38. advice
    How Does a Book Get Optioned and Become a Movie?As a former comedy agent at UTA and WME, Priyanka represented numerous big-name writers and performers before leaving to start a TV production […]
    By Priyanka Mattoo
  39. national medal of arts
    Stephen King to Receive National Medal of ArtsOther winners include Sally Field and Tobias Wolff.
    By Greg Cwik
  40. vulture lists
    7 Books You Need to Read This SeptemberEach month, Boris Kachka offers nonfiction and fiction book recommendations. You should read as many of them as possible.
    By Boris Kachka
  41. what’s gucci
    Please Adjust Your Book-Club Schedules: Gucci Mane’s Autobiography Is on the WayThe Mane. The Myth. The Legend.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  42. book excerpt
    Read Jeff VanderMeer’s 9/11-Inspired Short StoryAn excerpt from the new collection In the Shadow of the Towers: Speculative Fiction in a Post-9/11 World.
    By Jeff VanderMeer
  43. On Delay: Dr. Dre, Harper Lee, and the Problem of Long-Awaited Masterpieces2015 has been a big year for artistic returns from the wilderness. 
    By Vinson Cunningham
  44. How the Tiny Graywolf Press Became a Big Player in Book PublishingNo other independent publisher has come so far so fast.
    By Boris Kachka
  45. Carrie Brownstein Announces Book Tour Featuring Amy Poehler, Questlove, […]Musician and Portlandia star Carrie Brownstein has a new memoir titled Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl hitting bookstores this fall, and to […]
    By Megh Wright
  46. newsletters
    Lena Dunham Is Now a Short-Story Author, TooDunham’s story “Six Sausages†will appear in her new newsletter.
    By Nate Jones
  47. fall preview 2015
    The Making of Brian Selznick’s Book-As-Artifact, The MarvelsA feat of both narrative and bookmaking design, gorgeously rendered in gilded pages and a stunning gold-foil cover. 
    By Bryan Hood
  48. fall preview 2015
    Mary Gaitskill on Her First Novel in a Decade and Ambivalence Towards MotherhoodThe Mare seems awfully sweet. Don’t be fooled.
    By Molly Fischer
  49. fall preview 2015
    What Our Critics Are Really Looking Forward to This FallTheir top five picks for the season.
    By Justin Davidson, David Edelstein, and Jesse Green
  50. fall preview 2015
    How Jonathan Franzen Became America’s Leading Public MoralistOur foremost novelist as pundit.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  51. How Jonathan Franzen Became America’s Leading Public MoralistOur foremost novelist as pundit.
    By Christian Lorentzen
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