Books

  1. books
    Every Celebrity’s a Writer NowA guide to 2023’s overflowing library of celebrity memoirs (and memoirishes).
    By Fran Hoepfner
  2. best of 2023
    The Best Books of 2023Ten authors whose original ideas challenged our preconceived notions of the world.
    By Maris Kreizman
  3. you didn’t hear it from me
    Hot Goss: DeuxMoi Is Becoming a TV ShowDiablo Cody and Ryan O’Connell are writing this. A likely place for them to be.
    By Bethy Squires
  4. books
    Paul Lynch Wins Booker Prize for Prophet SongHis novel “captures the social and political anxieties of our current moment.”
    By Zoe Guy
  5. vulture lists
    5 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthBarbra Streisand remembers everything in her new memoir, while Megan Fox shares her poetry.
    By Marshall Heyman
  7. buffering
    Four Books About TV and Movies to Read Right NowAn oral history of The O.C., the inside story of Marvel, and more.
    By Josef Adalian
  8. rip
    A.S. Byatt, Scholar and Possession Novelist, Dead at 87“Antonia’s books are the most wonderful jewel-boxes of stories and ideas,” her publisher stated.
    By Jason P. Frank
  9. scene report
    What’s So Controversial About the National Book Awards?Despite sponsor backlash over nominees’ plan to call for a cease-fire, the evening showed that literature is inextricable from the cause of humanity.
    By Julie Kosin
  10. coming soon
    The Percy Jackson and the Olympians Trailer Is Here, Thank GodsGet ready access your inner middle-schooler.
    By Bethy Squires
  11. awards
    Justin Torres Wins National Book Award for FictionWith Ned Blackhawk honored for nonfiction.
    By Zoe Guy
  12. encounter
    In Lexi Freiman’s Books, It’s So Easy to Be WrongHer novel The Book of Ayn is about a newly canceled person in a toxic relationship with her ego.
    By Emma Alpern
  13. vulture festival 2023
    R.O. Kwon’s Parents Shouldn’t Read Her Sexy Next Novel“Trust me,” she told them at this year’s Vulture Fest.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  14. trailer mix
    Are Game of Thrones Creators Beheading Another Main Character?In Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, out March 21.
    By Zoe Guy
  15. adaptations
    All the Changes We Can See in All the Light We Cannot See’s Onscreen EndingIn its onscreen dénouement, Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer-winning novel undergoes significant changes.
    By Maggie Fremont
  16. chapters
    Truth Is What a Comedian Makes of ItComics have long strived for some version of authenticity. But what that looks like — and how genuine it is — continues to evolve.
    By Jesse David Fox
  17. tbr
    All the Books With 2023 Screen Adaptations to Add to Your Reading ListIncluding the Hunger Games prequel and a new season of Slow Horses.
    By Emily Maskell
  18. you wanna piece of me?
    Britney Spears Sold 1.1 Million Copies of Her Memoir in One WeekYou betta buy, bitch.
    By Jason P. Frank
  19. book review
    In Alex Pheby’s Novel Malarkoi, God Is Dead and Objects Are AliveThe second book in Alex Pheby’s trilogy Cities of the Weft spins fantasy tropes in strange and visceral new dimensions.
    By Emma Alpern
  20. celebrity memoirs
    John Stamos Won’t Have Mercy on His MemoirHe comes full circle on the whole Tony Danza drama.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  21. the woman in me
    Justin Timberlake Can Cry Us a RiverFrom a “six or seven girl” rebound to an AAVE moment with Ginuwine, here’s what Britney has to say about her terrible ex.
    By Zoe Guy
  22. in her words
    Ghost ChildIn The Woman in Me, Britney Spears asserts the very fact of her existence.
    By Christine Smallwood
  23. roll clip!
    Britney Spears Could Have Had Ryan Gosling Forever, EverydayHer now-leaked audition for The Notebook “blew” the casting director away.
    By Justin Curto
  24. gimme gim-memoir
    Justin Timberlake “Thought Maybe Music Would Help” Britney Spears’s Abortion“… So he got his guitar and he lay there with me, strumming it.”
    By Zoe Guy
  25. the woman in me
    Britney Spears Says Music ‘Is Not My Focus at the Moment’Instead, she’s trying “to get my spiritual life in order,” she writes in her new memoir.
    By Justin Curto
  26. moving on
    Britney Spears Has ‘Moved On’ From the PastShe feels like she’s gotten “closure” after writing her upcoming memoir.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  27. close reads
    Britney Spears Owns Her ‘Past, Present and Future’The biggest revelations from her memoir so far.
    By Zoe Guy
  28. book review
    Teju Cole, Reluctant CosmopolitanIn his first novel in 12 years, the author is at odds with himself.
    By Ryu Spaeth
  29. memoirs
    John Stamos Discloses Childhood Sexual Abuse in New MemoirWriting his memoir, If You Had Told Me, made him acknowledge it.
    By Bethy Squires
  30. goddess talk
    In Worthy, Jada Pinkett Smith Centers HerselfIt is in many ways the most Virgo book of all time.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  31. books
    Jada Pinkett Smith’s Memoir Only Just Came Out TodayEven if it feels like we’ve been hearing about Worthy for weeks.
    By Justin Curto
  32. the algorithm
    Why Is Spotify Suddenly Recommending Karl Marx?And Engels, and Emma Goldman, and Polysecure?
    By Bethy Squires
  33. the rules of feminism
    Millie Bobby Brown’s Tarot Cards Read ‘Gloria Steinem’A psychic knew she was a feminist before she did.
    By Jason P. Frank
  34. encounter
    Marie NDiaye Gets Under the SkinThe French writer’s refusal to overexplain makes her books even more unsettling.
    By Jasmine Vojdani
  35. last night on late night
    Julia Fox Auditioned for the Madonna BiopicBut not for the lead role.
    By Bethy Squires
  36. in her words
    Michelle Williams Will Speak Britney Spears’s TruthWilliams will narrate the audiobook for The Woman in Me, out October 24.
    By Zoe Guy
  37. reading is fundamental
    LeVar Burton Is Replacing Drew Barrymore As National Book Awards HostHe’s a national (book awards) treasure.
    By Zoe Guy
  38. the grub street diet
    Jonathan Lethem Dines on Psychedelic Octopus“Each food encounter is heightened into a mini-epic.”
    By Rima Parikh
  39. books
    Mary Gaitskill and Emma Cline Are Co-Presidents of the John Cheever Fan ClubHis short story “The Swimmer” inspired the ending of Cline’s The Guest.
    By Brandon Sanchez
  40. sex scenes
    Sex Between the Pages at The New Yorker Festival“I used to know that [sex scenes] were good if I turned myself on while I was writing them. … now that doesn’t happen as much.”
    By Brandon Sanchez
  41. books
    Jon Fosse Wins Nobel Prize in Literature“For his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”
    By Zoe Guy
  42. chapters
    Walking While BlackZiwe details a chilling roadside encounter in her debut essay collection, Black Friend.
    By Ziwe
  43. into it
    Let’s Give Mommy Bloggers Their DueIn her new book, Extremely Online, Taylor Lorenz highlights the ways that women and marginalized content creators shaped the social web.
    By Sam Sanders
  44. chapters
    ‘I Don’t Want to Be Erased’Frustrated by his failing health and fretting about his own legacy, Lou Reed spent his final days intent on making something “really astonishing.”
    By Will Hermes
  45. the grub street diet
    Dwight Garner Always Has a Muffuletta in the Freezer“I’ve loved nearly every muffuletta I’ve ever had, but these are special.”
    By Alan Sytsma
  46. books
    Dory Fantasmagory Is Some of the Best Children’s Literature in YearsIn the six-book series, author Abby Hanlon embraces the messier parts of childhood and raising children.
    By Genevieve Smith
  47. artificial intelligence
    George R.R. Martin Among 17 Authors Suing Over ChatGPTThe New York–based Authors Guild wants to take OpenAI to court for “systematic theft.”
    By Jennifer Zhan
  48. books
    At Least There Isn’t Crowdwork With a BookGary Gulman, Maria Bamford, and Aparna Nancherla on writing for the page versus the stage.
    By Jesse David Fox
  49. encounter
    Werner Herzog Turns the Lens on HimselfThe filmmaker famous for bending the truth tries his hand at memoir.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  50. chapters
    ‘This Was Simply How This Story Had to Go’Jesse Armstrong outlines his path to Succession’s final shot.
    By Jesse Armstrong
  51. read on
    Ariana Grande Wants Yuh to Stop Banning BooksBut he didn’t sayyyyy I couldn’t reaaaaaaad!
    By Alejandra Gularte
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