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  1. books
    Anthony Veasna So Wins Posthumous National Book Critics Circle AwardOther recipients include Honoreé Fanonne Jeffers, Diane Seuss, and Rebecca Donners.
    By Ashley Shannon Wu
  2. vulture lists
    8 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthDolly Parton, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Polley, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
  3. sexcerpt
    The Best Sex Melissa Febos Has Ever Read“Eileen Myles invented this thing to compare sex to. It is absolutely working, but it is breaking a lot of the rules.â€
    By Melissa Febos
    As told to Maddie Crum
  4. books
    The 2022 International Booker Prize Longlist Is Literary HeavenMieko Kawakami’s tale of teen angst accompanies Olga Tokarczuk’s The Books of Jacob, Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny, and more.
    By Ashley Shannon Wu
  5. vulture lists
    Batman for Real (and Aspiring) NerdsThe new Batman film takes us back to his early years. Here are the comics that are actually worth reading — in chronological order.
    By Seth Mnookin
  7. enough reboots to fill the nile
    Hey, Kenneth Branagh, Leave Miss Marple Alone!Why not go for Tommy and Tuppence instead?
    By Bethy Squires
  8. vulture lists
    8 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthToni Morrison, Chuck Klosterman, Chrishell Stause, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
  9. book bans
    Publishing CEO Donates $500,000 to Fight Book BansMany of the banned books are part of the Penguin Random House imprint.
    By Ashley Shannon Wu
  10. encounter
    Art Spiegelman Loses His GlassesAs the latest fight over Maus erupts, its artist-creator searches for his spectacles.
    By Abraham Riesman
  11. a long talk
    Chuck Klosterman Lived Through ThisIn his book The Nineties, he tried to write about the decade as it felt at the time — at least to some people.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  12. mysteries
    The Talented Mr. BernardiniIs this man the notorious Spine Collector?
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  13. book excerpt
    ‘She Was So Committed to the Dark Side That I Was a Little Bit Worried’How My Best Friend’s Wedding messed with Julia Roberts’s image and changed rom-coms for good.
    By Scott Meslow
  14. book excerpt
    Bad ReputationAccusations of copying dogged James Dean’s brief career, in part because they were true.
    By Isaac Butler
  15. obit
    Comedian and Baskets Star Louie Anderson Dead at 68He was hospitalized for blood cancer treatment.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  16. vulture lists
    10 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthBrian Cox, Daphne Palasi Andreades, Noah Hawley, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
  17. the law
    Britney Spears Wants Jamie Lynn to Stop Talking About HerThe pop star’s lawyer requested Jamie Lynn “cease and desist from referencing Britney derogatorily.â€
    By Justin Curto
  18. family feuds
    Oops … Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears Are Fighting AgainBritney brought their argument over Jamie Lynn’s memoir into day two.
    By Justin Curto
  19. close reads
    Hanya’s BoysThe novelist tends to torture her gay male characters — but only so she can swoop in to save them.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  20. anniversaries
    9 Ways The Fault in Our Stars Changed the Last Decade of Pop CultureHappy anniversary to all those quote tattoos.
    By Rachel Simon
  21. 2022 preview
    The Future’s Not All BadBelieve it or not, there are some things to look forward to this year.
    By Vulture Editors
  22. books
    The Spine Collector Saga Isn’t Over YetBernardini’s arrest is certainly the latest plot twist.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  23. got ‘em
    The FBI Has Made an Arrest in the Spine Collector CaseFilippo Bernardini was charged with fraud and aggravated identity theft.
    By Bethy Squires
  24. profile
    Sean Thor Conroe, ProtégéBefore the writer could publish his first novel, Fuccboi, he lost his fiercest advocate. Now he’s facing the hype alone.
    By Molly Osberg
  25. dementors
    Is J.K. Rowling in the New Harry Potter Special? Yes and No.They bring out Joanne B-roll.
    By Rebecca Alter
  26. unsolved mysteries
    Now We’ll Never Know If Dan Brown Was Living a Secret Life With a Horse TrainerThat’s one for the mystery books.
    By Rebecca Alter
  27. obits
    Joan Didion and the Courage to Say What You MeanThe lesson to take from her is one of wild conviction.
    By Kerry Howley
  28. close reads
    Station Eleven Finds the Sublime in the ApocalypseThis pandemic story’s winter 2021 debut seems almost perfectly wrongly timed, but that’s precisely what makes it so perversely satisfying.
    By Hillary Kelly
  29. rip
    Writer Joan Didion Has Died at the Age of 87The nonfiction giant redefined the essay.
    By Rebecca Alter
  30. vulture lists
    9 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthWill Smith, Mel Brooks, Ann Patchett, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
  31. best of 2021
    The Best Comedy Books of 2021Featuring Mel Brooks, Amber Ruffin, a history of the Twin Cities comedy scene, and a celebration of Native comedians.
    By Brian Boone
  32. books
    Backstage at the Birth of Sesame StreetThe Muppeteers look even shaggier than Oscar does.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  33. reading list
    To Read bell hooks Was to Love HerNine texts to introduce and re-introduce yourself to the groundbreaking scholar’s work.
    By Tao Leigh Goffe
  34. obits
    The Courage of bell hooksShe viewed her radical work as one of the purest expressions of love for Black people there is.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  35. rip
    bell hooks, Influential Black Feminist and Writer, Dead at 69She wrote over 40 books across nearly five decades.
    By Justin Curto
  36. book review
    Edith Schloss, 20th-Century WomanIn her book The Loft Generation, a fixture of the midcentury New York art scene gets a long-overdue introduction.
    By Jamie Hood
  37. best of 2021
    The Best Books of 2021From radical nuns to gut-wrenching memoir, this year’s books hit us where it hurt.
    By Hillary Kelly
  38. obits
    A Black EducationRemembering Greg Tate, critical giant, author, Flyboy, and my teacher.
    By Tirhakah Love
  39. deaths
    Greg Tate, Author and Master of Criticism, Dead At 64The critic died by cardiac arrest, his family confirmed in a statement.
    By Natalie Lin
  40. rip
    Anne Rice, Queen of Gothic Lit, Dies at 80Author of The Vampire Chronicles.
    By Charu Sinha
  41. in other words
    What’s So Hard About Crediting Book Translators?Translations into English are expected to be seamless — but the people who do the work rarely get the attention or pay they deserve.
    By Kira Josefsson
  42. help!
    What to Read, Watch, or Listen to After Binging Get BackRecommendations for every kind of Beatles fan.
    By Sophie Brookover
  43. the law
    Man Wrongfully Accused of Author Alice Sebold’s Rape Exonerated After 40 Years“My goal in 1982 was justice — not to perpetuate injustice,†Alice Sebold has written in a statement.
    By Rebecca Alter
  44. gift guide
    11 Pop-Culture-Inspired Gifts for Kids (That Won’t Drive Parents Crazy)Before you ask: Yes, there is Paw Patrol stuff.
    By Vulture Editors
  45. reading is fundamental
    50 New (or Newly Relevant) Books Worth Gifting This YearSomething for every reader (including those who would rather just look at pictures).
    By Vulture Editors
  46. podcasts
    The Hosts of Cookies Think NBA Players Might Enjoy Dimes SquareBen Detrick and Andrew Kuo on basketball, New York nightlife, Eric Adams, and their new book.
    By Kevin Lozano
  47. casting
    Lizzy Caplan Won’t Party Down Owing to Overlap with Fleishman Is in TroubleShe’s missing the revival to star in the FX on Hulu limited series with Jesse Eisenberg.
    By Natalie Lin
  48. hell of a book
    2021 National Book Awards Winners and FinalistsJason Mott’s Hell of a Book won for fiction, and Tiya Miles’s All That She Carried received the award for nonfiction.
    By Natalie Lin
  49. first person
    How Mel Brooks Fell for Anne Bancroft“We started talking one day, and we never stopped.â€
    By Mel Brooks
  50. book review
    Love Behind Bars Is Possible. It’s Just Absurdly Hard.In Love Lockdown, journalist Elizabeth Greenwood follows couples who are trying to make it work when at least one partner is in prison.
    By John J. Lennon
  51. book review
    The Sentence Shows the Downside of UrgencyLouise Erdrich’s novel takes on the 2020 protests — and draws conclusions that feel dated already.
    By Jennifer Wilson
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