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  1. books
    Mark Morris, Resident Troublemaker of Dance, on His Spiky New MemoirThe celebrated choreographer can still feel like a charlatan.
    By Aaron Hicklin
  2. the range
    Ronan Farrow’s Audiobook Accents Were Informed by His … Anime Voice Roles?Farrow had small parts in two Studio Ghibli films.
    By Zoe Haylock
  3. book excerpt
    A Guide to Asian Restaurants, by Ali WongAn excerpt from the comedian’s new book, Dear Girls.
    By Ali Wong
  4. how mysterious
    Tana French Is Our Best Living Mystery WriterWith her Dublin Murder Squad series, she has built a world that’s more George R.R. Martin than Agatha Christie — minus the beheadings.
    By Hillary Kelly
  5. appreciations
    Elton John’s Rivalry With Rod Stewart Is the Most Iconic FriendshipWe can all only hope to have a friendship as … invested … as Elton John and Rod Stewart’s.
    By Justin Curto
  7. how mysterious
    One Neat Trick to Writing Great Mystery PlotsThe critic and author of the Charles Lenox series advises doing what Michelangelo did, but backward.
    By Charles Finch
  8. me: elton john
    13 of the Best Celebrity Stories From Elton John’s Name-dropping Memoir, MeFrom trash-talking with Freddie Mercury, to reuniting John and Yoko, and plenty more.
    By Justin Curto
  9. profile
    Andrea Long Chu Wants MoreThe 26-year-old critic argues for a new understanding of gender and desire in her debut book, Females.
    By Lila Shapiro
  10. me: elton john
    Elton John, Turned on by Coke, Liked to Watch Men Have Sex, New Memoir Reveals“I found it was an aphrodisiac, which is strange, because for most people it kills the erection side of things completely.â€
    By Justin Curto
  11. succession
    Shiv Definitely Hated Conversations With Friends, Right?Sally Rooney’s debut novel made a surprise cameo in Succession’s finale. But there’s no way Shiv liked it.
    By Sophie Vershbow
  12. me: elton john
    Elton John Describes a Bizarre Lunch With Michael Jackson in New Memoir“He was genuinely mentally ill, a disturbing person to be around.â€
    By Justin Curto
  13. books
    Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo Both Win This Year’s Booker PrizeThe rules for the fiction award technically prohibit a tie, but rules are meant to be broken.
    By Halle Kiefer
  14. how mysterious!
    13 Mystery-Writing Tricks Used by Acclaimed NovelistsIncluding the Bullseye Method and the Don Draper Principle.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  15. new yorker festival 2019
    Liz Phair Just Wants to Live in a Period Drama and Help Cows Build VillagesLet’s get her on The Crown.
    By Justin Curto
  16. new yorker festival 2019
    Nothing Can Get in the Way of Patti Smith Performing ‘People Have the Power’“Wait, I forgot to sing, that’s okay! Come on people, get up!â€
    By Justin Curto
  17. true crime
    When True Crime Gets PersonalWhat happens when a true-crime veteran hears from his subjects’ loved ones.
    By Billy Jensen
  18. #metoo
    NBC News Chief Andy Lack Allegedly Preyed on Female EmployeesRonan Farrow’s new book, Catch and Kill, details Lack’s alleged involvement in harassment and cover-ups.
    By Zoe Haylock
  19. awards
    Nobel Prizes in Literature Awarded to Peter Handke and Olga TokarczukTwo laureates were awarded at the same time due to a scandal last year.
    By Zoe Haylock
  20. nancy drew anew
    Nancy Drew Is Not Who You RememberThe redheaded detective is back in a CW reboot, but the mystery remains: is she more than endlessly recyclable IP?
    By Molly Young
  21. new album please
    Breaking: Rihanna Just Acknowledged Her Music CareerAn album is coming. She promises.
    By Zoe Haylock
  22. #metoo
    Ronan Farrow’s New Book Reveals Details About Matt Lauer’s Rape AllegationHis new book, Catch and Kill, includes specifics about the complaint that got Matt Lauer fired.
    By Zoe Haylock
  23. national book awards
    Here Are Your 2019 National Book Awards FinalistsFeaturing Marlon James, Susan Choi, and more.
    By Justin Curto
  24. book excerpt
    When Was Diane Keaton the Most Charming in Something’s Gotta Give?An excerpt from Shea Serrano’s new book.
    By Shea Serrano
  25. fenty books?
    Rihanna Hopes This 500-Page Book Can Hold You Over While You Wait for New MusicSomehow, none of the three deluxe editions includes new music.
    By Justin Curto
  26. books
    [Raises 3 Fingers] The Hunger Games Prequel Title and Cover Have Been RevealedHappy Hunger Games!
    By Zoe Haylock
  27. read like the wind
    In the Dream House, and 9 More Books I Can’t Get Out Of My HeadFrom a ensorcelling novella about #MeToo to a lost novel by a Viennese woman born in 1893.
    By Molly Young
  28. novels
    Jim Carrey to Publish a Novel That Will Make Us All Question What Truth IsMemoirs and Misinformation will hit bookstores next year.
    By Megh Wright
  29. geniuses!
    This Year’s MacArthur Genius Grants, ExplainedGuitarist Mary Halvorson, theater director Annie Dorsen and conceptual artist Mel Chin also won the $625,000 grants.
    By Justin Curto
  30. books
    Chanel Miller’s Story Needed to Be Told in Her Own WordsHer memoir, of Brock Turner’s sexual assault and its aftermath, is astonishing.
    By Anna Silman
  31. national book awards
    Here Are the National Book Foundation’s ‘5 Under 35’This year’s list consists of three novels and two collections of short stories.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  32. spooky stuff
    Yes, Margaret Atwood Has Seen the Sexy Handmaid CostumeAnd she’s underwhelmed.
    By Claire Lampen
  33. national books awards
    Here Is the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction LonglistIncluding Colson Whitehead and Taffy Brodesser-Akner.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  34. hidden treasures
    Someone Just Found John Milton’s Copy of Shakespeare, Which Is Absolutely NutsThis is a big f*cking deal.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  35. profile
    New York’s Most Powerful Book-fluencer Runs a Podcast on Park AvenueZibby Owens’s Moms Don’t Have Time To Read Books “moves product†like nothing else.
    By Hillary Kelly
  36. prophecies fulfilled
    Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira’s Americanah Limited Series Picked Up by HBO MaxBased on the best-selling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
    By Zoe Haylock
  37. adaptations
    Looking for Alaska Trailer: These Teens Love Angst, and Also BooksThe best-selling John Green novel comes to life.
    By Jackson McHenry
  38. one grand books
    Julio Torres’s 10 Favorite BooksJulián is a Mermaid, The Assistant, Odes, and more.
    By Julio Torres
  39. fall preview 2019
    Carmen Maria Machado’s Emotional ExorcismThe author follows up her debut story collection with a memoir of abuse that dances between genres.
    By Lila Shapiro
  40. #metoo
    Gwyneth Paltrow Was Crucial to Launching the Harvey Weinstein Investigation“Gwyneth was actually one of the first people to get on the phone.â€
    By Zoe Haylock
  41. weinstein case
    Harvey Weinstein and His Lawyer Tried to Smear Rose McGowan in the PressRevealed by a damning excerpt from the new book She Said.
    By Devon Ivie
  42. read like the wind
    10 Books I Can’t Get Out of My HeadWelcome to Read Like the Wind, a new Vulture space for discovering books and other reading.
    By Molly Young
  43. blessed be the audiobook
    Listen to Aunt Lydia, I Mean, Ann Dowd Read You Margaret Atwood’s New BookAnn Dowd will be reprising her role as Aunt Lydia. She’s joined by Bryce Dallas Howard, Mae Whitman, and the author herself.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  44. publishing drama
    Around 800 Copies of Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale Sequel Got Sent Out Early“Good news!†read a note sent to some customers. “We’re able to get part of your order to you sooner than we originally promised.â€
    By Lila Shapiro and Jackson McHenry
  45. fall preview 2019
    The Best and Biggest Books to Read This FallFrom Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith, Salman Rushdie, and more.
    By Boris Kachka and Molly Young
  46. adaptations
    Blessed Be the Sequel! Hulu Buys Rights to New Handmaid’s Tale BookThe format has yet to be decided.
    By Devon Ivie
  47. encounter
    The Celebrity Book Curator Selling Literary Taste By the FootThatcher Wine is the CEO and founder of Juniper Books, which might be the company to credit (or to blame) for your friend’s color-coded bookshelves.
    By Hilary Reid
  48. priorities
    Harry Potter Books Banned at Nashville School to Avoid ‘Conjuring Evil Spirits’Because teens have enough to worry about.
    By Devon Ivie
  49. man booker
    Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale Sequel on the 2019 Man Booker Prize Short ListThe Testaments comes out on September 10.
    By Zoe Haylock
  50. read like the wind
    Introducing Read Like the Wind, a Monthly Newsletter of Books, Glorious BooksNo book is off the table, except bad and boring ones.
    By Molly Young
  51. fall preview 2019
    For the Season’s Biggest Debut Novel, Lara Prescott Goes Back to the USSRIn The Secrets We Kept, the author drew on newly unearthed CIA files and a family obsession with Dr. Zhivago.
    By Emily McCullar
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