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  1. vulture recommends
    10 Fall Novelists Share Their Most Anticipated Fall BooksFrom Gary Shteyngart to Tana French.
    By Vulture Editors
  2. gift guide
    7 Great Pop-Culture Gifts for SeptemberNeed a sweatshirt of Ariana Grande fingering the world?
    By Vulture Editors
  3. vulture lists
    20 Great Shows the Emmys Never Nominated for Outstanding SeriesThe Wire, The Simpsons, and other egregious snubs.
    By Jen Chaney and Kathryn VanArendonk
  4. books
    A Premature Attempt at the 21st Century Literary CanonWherein a panel of learned critics tells us what belongs on a list of the 100 most important books of the 2000s … so far.
    By Vulture Editors
  5. snl
    The Best Maya Rudolph–Fred Armisen SNL SketchesFrom “Prince Show†to “Club Traxx.â€
    By Matthew Love
  7. must reads
    6 New Paperbacks You Should Read This SeptemberShort stories, Booker Prize nominees, and a few of the internet’s wisest scribes.
    By Maris Kreizman
  8. vulture lists
    13 Essential Mac Miller SongsA guide to the late rapper’s work.
    By Eric Renner Brown
  9. must reads
    8 New Books You Should Read This SeptemberGary Shteyngart, Jill Lepore, and more.
    By BORIS KACHKA
  10. vulture lists
    10 Mitski Songs to Listen to If You Liked Her New Album, Be the CowboyFYI: One of them is a One Direction cover.
    By Paula Mejia
  11. vulture lists
    Every Animal Collective Album, RankedFrom that time they made an album that played in reverse, to those other times when they made beautiful psychedelic music.
    By Larry Fitzmaurice
  12. vulture picks
    Neil Simon’s 29 Plays and Four Musicals: A Guide to the Highs and LowsA guide to the playwright’s body of work, which spanned nearly 50 years.
    By Christopher Bonanos, Boris Kachka, and Michael Alan Connelly
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    The 11 Most Essential Episodes of Living Single25 years later, this ’90s sitcom about love, friendship, and black identity continues to delight.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  14. vulture lists
    Every VMAs Video of the Year Award, Ranked From Worst to BestFrom that one super dated Dire Straits video to multiple Beyoncé videos, to that Neil Young video that got him banned from MTV for a while.
    By Larry Fitzmaurice
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    Aretha Franklin’s Greatest B-SidesFrom the forgotten classics to the unexpected hits.
    By Al Shipley
  16. vulture lists
    How to Listen to Aretha FranklinA guide to the late great’s music and career.
    By David Ritz
  17. gift guide
    9 Great Pop-Culture Gifts for AugustNeed the sunken-place teacup from Get Out?
    By Vulture Editors
  18. vulture recommends
    7 Books to Read If You Love Sharp ObjectsIt’s easy to find a novel that a publisher claims is “like a cross between Gillian Flynn and …†but few live up to the hype. Here are seven that do.
    By Hillary Kelly
  19. vulture lists
    6 New Paperbacks You Should Read This AugustFamily drama, smart thrillers, funny essay collections, and more.
    By Maris Kreizman
  20. horror
    The 15 Best Urban-Legend Horror MoviesIn honor of Slender Man, we revisit everything from The Curve to Candyman to I Know What You Did Last Summer.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  21. vulture lists
    8 New Books You Should Read This AugustLing Ma’s Severance, Sam Anderson’s Boom Town, and more.
    By BORIS KACHKA
  22. vulture lists
    Every Tom Cruise Movie Performance, RankedFrom Top Gun to Rock of Ages.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  23. the true crime wave
    33 Great True-Crime Books, According to Crime WritersFrom Truman Capote to Michelle McNamara.
  24. the true crime wave
    52 Great True-Crime PodcastsThe post-Serial boom.
    By Hillary Nelson
  25. vulture lists
    The 20 Best Comedy Central Roast Sets EverInsulting work from Jeff Ross, Greg Giraldo, Amy Schumer, and more.
    By Jesse David Fox
  26. vulture lists
    8 Sexy Courtroom Shows to Stream, Now That Your Interest in Suits Has WanedAllow James Spader to fill the void.
    By Devon Ivie
  27. vulture lists
    Every Rob Reiner Movie, RankedA few good films.
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
  28. vulture lists
    Every Gus Van Sant Movie, RankedFrom Good Will Hunting to great Van Sant.
    By Vikram Murthi
  29. vulture lists
    Sacha Baron Cohen’s 11 Best Jokes As Borat, Ali G, and MoreFrom Ali G’s interview with Donald Trump to Borat’s trip to Cambridge University.
    By Kenneth Arthur
  30. vulture lists
    Every Episode of The Wire, RankedWhere’s Wallace?
    By Jennifer Wood
  31. one grand books
    Ottessa Moshfegh’s 10 Favorite BooksBill Clegg, Jean Stein, Mark Baumer, and more.
    By Ottessa Moshfegh
  32. pride month
    The 38 Best Queer YA NovelsRomance, sci-fi, mysteries, and more.
    By Danika Leigh Ellis
  33. Every Brad Bird Movie, Ranked From Worst to BestAhead of Incredibles 2, we rank everything from Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol to The Iron Giant.
    By Keith Phipps
  34. Our 15 Favorite Episodes of Anthony Bourdain’s TV ShowsFrom Iran and Singapore to Detroit and the Bronx.
    By Vulture Editors
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    10 Great Father-Daughter MoviesAs Hearts Beat Loud hits theaters, we revisit the dad-daughter movies that show parenting, child-ing, and growing up with sincerity.
    By Hunter Harris
  36. All 41 Broadway Theaters, RankedPut on your Sunday clothes and let’s debate.
    By Natalie Walker
  37. Every Episode of The Americans, RankedThere isn’t a bad episode of The Americans, but which one is the very best?
    By Eric Eidelstein
  38. 20 Philip Roth Books, RankedThe indispensable, the significant, the disposable, and everything in between.
    By Boris Kachka, Sam Anderson, and Christopher Bonanos
  39. The 100 TV Comedies Everyone Should WatchFrom the classics to the total weirdos.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk and Matthew Love
  40. The 90 Best Books for Comedy FansThe ultimate comedy library.
    By Brian Boone and Jenny Nelson
  41. recommended viewing
    A Beginner’s Guide to New Queer CinemaFrom Todd Haynes’s Poison to Marlon Riggs’s Tongues Untied.
    By E. Alex Jung
  42. vulture lists
    Every Paul Schrader Movie, RankedAhead of First Reformed, we evaluate Schrader’s filmography, from Dog Eat Dog to The Canyons.
    By Vikram Murthi
  43. vulture lists
    Every Romance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, RankedWe evaluate every MCU romance, from Wanda and Vision to Bruce and Betty.
    By Emma Dibdin
  44. 40 Essential Lesbian Romance FilmsIn honor of Duck Butter and Disobedience’s premieres, here are 40 of the most heart-wrenching lesbian love stories of all time.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  45. Every Season of Scandal, RankedRemembering why the show became so beloved in the first place, and eventually became so frustrating.
    By Joshua Alston
  46. vulture lists
    The 23 Greatest Scandal MonologuesNobody can deliver a speech like Olivia Pope.
    By Sarah Caldwell
  47. vulture lists
    The 100 Most Influential Pages in Comic Book HistoryFrom Superman to Smile, Mickey to Maus: Tracing the evolution of comic books by looking at the pictures, panels, and text that brought them to life.
    By Abraham Riesman, Heidi MacDonald, and Sarah Boxer
  48. vulture lists
    John Mulaney’s 10 Best SNL SketchesIt’s not just Stefon!
    By Matthew Love
  49. vulture lists
    25 of the Best Coming-of-Age Horror MoviesRelive your own adolescent horrors with Jennifer’s Body, Super Dark Times, Alucarda, and more.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  50. Your Guide to TV’s British Period Dramas, Sorted Chronologically by EraEverything from the Viking Age to post–World War II.
    By Devon Ivie
  51. vulture lists
    The 7 Best Food Shows to Match Your MoodFrom Top Chef to Ugly Delicious, there’s a food show for you.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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