• A Harry Potter fanfic nabs biggest book-to-movie deal of the year (and maybe ever) By Mary Kate Carr September 10, 2025 | 11:08am
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• David Duchovny on writing, revisiting Mulder, and his new movie with Judd Apatow By Gwen Ihnat May 29, 2021 | 3:00am
• 5 new books to read in June By Laura Adamczyk June 2, 2021 | 5:00am
• Oral history Changes is a grounded account of Tupac Shakur’s legendary life By Mosi Reeves June 7, 2021 | 11:00am
• Cyclopedia Exotica uses ancient myth to address modern prejudice By Oliver Sava June 11, 2021 | 1:00pm
• Not even teen Constantine can save The Mystery Of The Meanest Teacher from itself By Caitlin Rosberg June 15, 2021 | 3:00pm
• Tarantino teases more Hollywood hijinks in Once Upon A Time novelization trailer By Matt Schimkowitz June 21, 2021 | 11:07pm
• Barbara Crampton goes inside the mind of a serial killer in an Our Lady Of The Inferno exclusive By Katie Rife June 22, 2021 | 5:00pm
• 5 new books to read in July By Laura Adamczyk, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez June 29, 2021 | 11:00am
• DC Pride highlights the publisher’s commitment to LGBTQ+ stories By Oliver Sava June 29, 2021 | 3:00pm
• The best picture books of 2021 so far By Marah Eakin July 8, 2021 | 11:00am
• The Best Show’s Tom Scharpling cuts through the crankiness in his hilarious and candid memoir By William Hughes July 5, 2021 | 11:00am
• With Wayward, Dana Spiotta wanders into some clumsy commentary By Paul Thompson July 5, 2021 | 1:00pm
• The A.V. Club’s favorite books of 2021 so far By Laura Adamczyk, Danette Chavez, Rien Fertel, Ashley Naftule July 8, 2021 | 5:00am
• Alone In Space is a pensive retrospective of Tillie Walden’s early work By Tiffany Babb July 14, 2021 | 1:00pm
• Grady Hendrix’s The Final Girl Support Group is the page-turning slasher of the summer By Alex McLevy July 12, 2021 | 11:00am
• Danny Trejo details meeting "greasy, dirty, scrawny white boy" Charles Manson in jail By Tatiana Tenreyro July 9, 2021 | 3:16pm
• Humanity is doomed in Matt Bell’s unrelenting climate change novel, Appleseed By Samantha Nelson July 14, 2021 | 3:00pm
• Graphic novel Bubble is an ideal summer read By Caitlin Rosberg July 13, 2021 | 3:00pm
• The Cult Of We expertly charts the disastrous arc of Adam Neumann’s WeWork By Bradley Babendir July 19, 2021 | 1:00pm
• What are you reading in July? By Matt Schimkowitz, Gabrielle Sanchez July 19, 2021 | 5:00am
• Crystal Kingdom loses some of the shine of The Adventure Zone’s earlier graphic novels By Justin Carter July 28, 2021 | 11:00am
• Andy Serkis, Gollum himself, records new Lord Of The Rings audiobook By Gabrielle Sanchez July 21, 2021 | 10:09pm
• James McAvoy returns for Audible's The Sandman: Act II, joined by Regé-Jean Page, Emma Corrin, Bill Nighy, and more By Gabrielle Sanchez July 22, 2021 | 3:48pm
• Cecily Strong’s mournful memoir, a Megan Abbott thriller, and more new books to read in August By Laura Adamczyk, Saloni Gajjar July 26, 2021 | 5:00am
• The Delicacy’s dazzling visuals overcome an undercooked story By Oliver Sava July 27, 2021 | 1:00pm
• Stephen King evokes John Wick and pandemic anxiety in the tense, fractured Billy Summers By William Hughes August 2, 2021 | 11:00am
• Chinatown meets climate change in Alexandra Kleeman’s Something New Under The Sun By Bradley Babendir August 3, 2021 | 11:00am
• How do we solve a problem like loneliness? In Seek You, Kristen Radtke looks for an answer By Laura Adamczyk August 2, 2021 | 3:00pm
• Twitter falls for a fake Cormac McCarthy account, again By Gabrielle Sanchez August 2, 2021 | 8:03pm
• Dolly Parton has co-authored a novel with James Patterson By Gabrielle Sanchez August 11, 2021 | 9:23pm
• Four new hard-hitting crime novels to get you through the end of summer By Saloni Gajjar August 23, 2021 | 5:00am
• A new Sally Rooney, Joy Williams’ first novel in 20 years, and more books to read this September By Laura Adamczyk, William Hughes, Danette Chavez August 24, 2021 | 11:00am
• Moon Knight complicates the brutal vigilante’s spiritual conflict By Oliver Sava August 25, 2021 | 5:00pm
• Beautiful World, Where Are You is Sally Rooney’s best novel yet By Rien Fertel September 7, 2021 | 5:00am
• Maggie Nelson wades into the discourse’s murky middle in On Freedom By Laura Adamczyk September 8, 2021 | 3:49pm
• Colson Whitehead thrives in the moral grays of Harlem Shuffle By Danette Chavez September 13, 2021 | 6:27pm
• Joy Williams’ Harrow is a strange, comic novel for the end of the world By Laura Adamczyk September 15, 2021 | 3:30pm
• The system is the monster in Naomi Novik’s engaging The Last Graduate By William Hughes September 27, 2021 | 3:00pm
• America’s racist past (and present) haunts Percival Everett’s thrilling, absurdist The Trees By Isaías Rogel September 21, 2021 | 4:00pm
• A new Franzen novel, a Sebald biography, and more books to read in October By Laura Adamczyk September 29, 2021 | 5:00am
• A novelist recalls his suicide attempt in the ruminative One Friday In April By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 11, 2021 | 3:00pm
• The cascading fears of Razorblades: The Horror Magazine are scary good By M.L. Kejera October 6, 2021 | 3:00pm
• Hideo Kojima’s The Creative Gene is a heartfelt tribute to pop culture By Sam Barsanti October 12, 2021 | 11:00am
• Artie And The Wolf Moon has plenty of warmth but needs more chills By Oliver Sava October 19, 2021 | 3:00pm
• To sell out or not to sell out? A new book traces the punk boom of the ’90s and ’00s By Alex McLevy October 26, 2021 | 7:40pm
• Mel Brooks’ memoir, an in-depth history of HBO, and more books to read in November By Laura Adamczyk October 27, 2021 | 1:00pm
• How bookstores are adjusting to supply-chain problems this holiday season By Laura Adamczyk November 2, 2021 | 3:00pm
• Supernatural thriller The Perishing is a luminous love letter to Los Angeles By Adam Morgan November 9, 2021 | 12:00pm
• It’s nature vs. technology in Nnedi Okorafor’s fast-paced novel Noor By Gabrielle Sanchez November 15, 2021 | 4:00pm
• No One Else sparks an emotional fire with subtlety and grace By Oliver Sava November 16, 2021 | 4:00pm
• HBO oral history Tinderbox offers little more than amusing anecdotes By Bradley Babendir November 23, 2021 | 2:00pm
• All the best stories, trivia, and tidbits from Mel Brooks’ memoir, All About Me! By Rien Fertel November 29, 2021 | 4:00pm
• The 13 best books to buy pop-culture lovers this Christmas By Marah Eakin November 25, 2021 | 12:00pm
• The 15 best book covers of 2021 By Laura Adamczyk and Natalie Peeples December 2, 2021 | 6:00am
• The A.V. Club’s 15 favorite books of 2021 By Laura Adamczyk, Erin Somers, Bradley Babendir, Danette Chavez, Alex McLevy, Rien Fertel December 15, 2021 | 6:00am
• A new novel from Hanya Yanagihara, an Elephant 6 oral history, and more books to read in January By Laura Adamczyk December 28, 2021 | 12:00pm
• The 15 most-anticipated books of 2022 By Laura Adamczyk, Adam Morgan, Ines Bellina, Bradley Babendir January 4, 2022 | 6:00am
• Camera Man chronicles the extraordinary life and work of Buster Keaton By Rien Fertel January 24, 2022 | 2:00pm
• The best comics of 2021 By Justin Carter, M.L. Kejera, Caitlin Rosberg, Oliver Sava January 14, 2022 | 5:00pm
• Hanya Yanagihara’s latest epic, To Paradise, is a muddled slog By Erin Somers January 11, 2022 | 2:00pm
• Disaster strikes in four new futuristic sci-fi novels By Adam Morgan January 20, 2022 | 12:00pm
• A woman stumbles through grief in the wry, affecting Joan Is Okay By Isaias Rogel January 21, 2022 | 2:00pm
• John Darnielle untangles the knotty ethics of true crime in the fictional Devil House By Bradley Babendir January 25, 2022 | 12:00pm
• The latest in Marlon James’ Dark Star trilogy, Olga Tokarczuk’s magnum opus, and more books to read in February By Laura Adamczyk, Bradley Babendir, Adam Morgan January 25, 2022 | 6:00am
• Queer characters are inspired by the past in the enchanting short stories of Manywhere By Grace Byron January 26, 2022 | 12:00pm
• The Method tells the story of the 20th century’s most controversial acting practice By Rien Fertel February 1, 2022 | 2:00pm
• In The Books Of Jacob, a Nobel laureate tells the epic story of a self-proclaimed messiah By Drew Dickerson January 31, 2022 | 2:00pm
• A lonely child grows up among some Very Cold People in Sarah Manguso’s first novel By Laura Adamczyk February 7, 2022 | 2:00pm
• Marvel's The Thing miniseries is a strange and stunning piece of superhero noir By Oliver Sava February 9, 2022 | 6:00am
• What are you reading in February? By Laura Adamczyk, Alex McLevy February 14, 2022 | 2:00pm
• The suspenseful second entry in Marlon James’ Dark Star fantasy trilogy outdoes the first By Adam Morgan February 14, 2022 | 12:00pm
• Memoirs from Bob Odenkirk and Sarah Polley top our list of books to read this March By Laura Adamczyk, Ines Bellina, Adam Morgan February 21, 2022 | 12:00pm
• The Employees is an elusive, creeping, quietly defiant workplace satire By Laura Adamczyk March 2, 2022 | 4:00pm
• Evan Ross Katz shares the biggest takeaways from his Buffy book By Gabrielle Sanchez March 15, 2022 | 3:07pm
• New sci-fi by Emily St. Jon Mandel, stunning poetry by Ocean Vuong, and more great books coming this April By Alison Foreman, Gabrielle Sanchez March 25, 2022 | 7:05pm
• How to catch up on the X-Men, the most unpredictable franchise in superhero comics By Oliver Sava April 5, 2022 | 5:00am
• The 15 most essential music bios (and autobiographies) so far this century By Alex McLevy, David Brusie, Dan Bogosian, Noel Murray, Annie Zaleski, Marty Sartini Garner, Lily Moayeri April 6, 2022 | 4:00pm
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• Rave and Time Zone J illuminate the past with unique artistic visions By Oliver Sava April 13, 2022 | 1:00am
• Books you need to read in May, including Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey's The Office BFFs and Remarkably Bright Creatures By Alison Foreman, Saloni Gajjar May 1, 2022 | 7:00am
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• The Sandman, Where The Crawdads Sing, Bullet Train, and 12 more great reads heading to the screen this summer By Alison Foreman June 7, 2022 | 8:00am
• Penguin Classics’ new Marvel collections are decidedly prestigious, if understandably incomplete By Sam Barsanti June 30, 2022 | 12:00pm
• What are you reading in June? By Alison Foreman, Gabrielle Sanchez, Mary Kate Carr, Matt Schimkowitz June 19, 2022 | 8:00am
• 10 books you should read in August, including Michael Mann's Heat 2 and T.J. English's Dangerous Rhythms By Cat Auer July 28, 2022 | 8:00am
• 10 books you should read in September, including Stephen King's Fairy Tale and Alex Ross' Fantastic Four: Full Circle By Cat Auer August 24, 2022 | 9:00am
• 10 books you should read in October, including David Bowie's Moonage Daydream and William Shatner's Boldly Go By Cat Auer September 27, 2022 | 12:00pm
• 10 books you should read in November, including Steve Martin's Number One Is Walking and Bob Dylan's Philosophy Of Modern Song By Cat Auer October 26, 2022 | 1:00pm
• 2022’s best new anime shows are also a good way to get into manga By Sam Barsanti November 22, 2022 | 5:00pm
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• Forthcoming book to explore preeminent American classic It’s A Wonderful Life—exclusive By Mary Kate Carr April 12, 2024 | 3:25pm
• 10 books you should read in June, including Questlove's hip-hop memoir, a reality TV history by a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a new romance from Brynne Weaver By Cindy White June 3, 2024 | 6:25pm
• Slash’s Deathstalker comics flip the script on ’80s barbarian debauchery By Bryan Reesman July 6, 2024 | 1:00pm
• Keanu's new 350-page sci-fi novel sounds pretty damn metal By William Hughes July 18, 2024 | 10:14pm
• July comics preview: an ode to EC Comics and a follow-up to an Eisner Award-winning DC Black Label miniseries By Oliver Sava July 1, 2024 | 7:04pm
• 10 books you should read in July, including new Chuck Tingle and a Gravity Falls book for adults By Cindy White July 4, 2024 | 1:00pm
• Author Steven Hyden on his new Bruce Springsteen book and being a "Boss Nerd" even when it wasn't cool By David Brusie May 27, 2024 | 1:00pm
• Jonathan Franzen sticks with what works—and loses what doesn’t—in the excellent Crossroads By Erin Somers September 29, 2021 | 11:00am
• R.I.P. Francine Pascal, author of Sweet Valley High By Emma Keates July 30, 2024 | 12:43pm
• 10 books to read in August, including a new Will Trent mystery and a primer for aspiring movie critics By Cindy White August 1, 2024 | 11:00am
• A24 is getting into the novelization game By Emma Keates August 6, 2024 | 12:42pm
• The latest in book banning: Judy Blume, Margaret Atwood, Sarah J. Maas axed from Utah public schools By Mary Kate Carr August 7, 2024 | 1:26pm
• Imane Khelif names enemies of success J.K Rowling and Elon Musk in cyberbullying lawsuit By Matt Schimkowitz August 13, 2024 | 9:33pm
• Marvel Comics’ stands already feel emptier without Rainbow Rowell’s She-Hulk By Anna Govert August 21, 2024 | 8:00am
• Jimi Hendrix goes from guitar hero to sci-fi hero in the graphic novel Purple Haze By Cindy White August 26, 2024 | 11:00am