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Gwyneth Paltrow complains her biography was written by a "hack" By Mary Kate Carr October 15, 2025 | 4:57pm
Keira Knightley says she was unaware of J.K. Rowling boycott before joining Harry Potter audiobook By Matt Schimkowitz October 12, 2025 | 7:40pm
Exclusive: McSweeney's Quarterly gets tubular for Issue 80 By Drew Gillis October 8, 2025 | 3:00pm
J.K. Rowling shares video mocking Emma Watson after latter's interview about her By William Hughes September 27, 2025 | 4:45pm
Here are all the contenders for the 2025 National Book Awards By Emma Keates September 12, 2025 | 2:37pm
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
AI company Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion in landmark settlement By William Hughes September 5, 2025 | 7:39pm
WTF Is A Podcast is a graphic novel, coming soon By Mary Kate Carr August 21, 2025 | 4:38pm
Jeff VanderMeer will venture back into Area X with new Southern Reach book By Emma Keates August 14, 2025 | 5:03pm
Hugh Laurie's doing Dumbledore in Audible Harry Potter full-cast audiobooks By Mary Kate Carr August 5, 2025 | 10:50am
Kamala Harris will deliver her version of What Happened with 107 Days By Mary Kate Carr July 31, 2025 | 12:50pm
Exclusive It's (Almost) Always Sunny In Philadelphia book excerpt reveals how creators sold the show with a VHS By Jen Lennon June 25, 2025 | 4:45pm
Jia Tolentino, Kai Bird, and more authors launch yet another AI copyright lawsuit By Emma Keates June 25, 2025 | 4:33pm
Anthropic AI gets legal win with big "but" after it By Drew Gillis June 25, 2025 | 12:57pm
Exclusive Screaming And Conjuring book excerpt explores the impact of 28 Days Later's running zombies By Jen Lennon June 18, 2025 | 3:30pm
Jeremy Renner reviews dying, makes it sound pretty cool By William Hughes May 29, 2025 | 1:01am
George R. R. Martin is so very sick of people complaining about Winds Of Winter By William Hughes May 28, 2025 | 9:37pm
R.I.P. Peter David, legendary comics writer who revived The Incredible Hulk By Matt Schimkowitz May 25, 2025 | 6:02pm
MrBeast's next challenge: Writing a novel with James Patterson, natch By Matt Schimkowitz May 5, 2025 | 9:03pm
Stan Lee's daughter settles elder abuse lawsuit with former convention manager By William Hughes May 2, 2025 | 7:22pm
Neil Gaiman sues accuser for $500,000 By Emma Keates April 21, 2025 | 12:09pm
Exclusive 1999 book excerpt examines how reality TV kickstarted a low-culture boom By Jen Lennon April 10, 2025 | 5:00pm
Patti Smith to release Bread Of Angels, "most intimate" memoir yet By Emma Keates April 10, 2025 | 11:59am
Thomas Pynchon's new novel is coming By Emma Keates April 9, 2025 | 11:40am
NaNoWriMo to shut down a year after sharing controversial stance on AI By Emma Keates April 1, 2025 | 4:16pm
Garth Marenghi returns with the final book in TerrorTome trilogy, This Bursted Earth By Matt Schimkowitz March 31, 2025 | 8:59pm
James Patterson and MrBeast have written a novel/license to print money together By William Hughes March 27, 2025 | 9:36pm
Karyn Kusama talks about that visceral Jennifer’s Body vomit scene in exclusive Cinema Her Way book excerpt By Jen Lennon March 17, 2025 | 4:00pm
Read this: Michael Wolff says the new U.S. media climate won’t discuss Trump critical book By Drew Gillis March 13, 2025 | 12:53pm
Exclusive I Am McLovin book excerpt reveals Bill Hader's costly Superbad ad-lib By Jen Lennon March 6, 2025 | 4:00pm
"Immersive" Hunger Games production to bring child death match to stage By Emma Keates February 27, 2025 | 11:09am
Dolly Parton's child literacy program faces funding danger in Indiana By Emma Keates February 19, 2025 | 12:40pm
Department of Defense bans Julianne Moore’s children’s book Freckleface Strawberry By Matt Schimkowitz February 16, 2025 | 5:23pm
Margaret Atwood wrote memoir because "my publishers made me do it" By Emma Keates February 11, 2025 | 12:29pm
R.I.P. Tom Robbins, cult novelist behind Even Cowgirls Get The Blues By Matt Schimkowitz February 9, 2025 | 7:57pm
Joan Didion's private diaries slouch towards bookstores this spring By Emma Keates February 6, 2025 | 10:55am
Court is now in session for Saul Goodman V. Jimmy McGill in exclusive book excerpt By Jen Lennon February 4, 2025 | 9:00am
Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer sued over sexual abuse allegations By Matt Schimkowitz February 3, 2025 | 6:35pm
Matt Fraction and Mike Allred noir it up in this Minor Threats comics exclusive By William Hughes February 3, 2025 | 9:00am
R.I.P. Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist By Matt Schimkowitz January 21, 2025 | 11:26pm
Neil Gaiman responds to sexual assault allegations By Matt Schimkowitz January 14, 2025 | 6:03pm
Read this: A long-unexpected obituary for Middle-earth’s mapmaker By Matt Schimkowitz January 13, 2025 | 8:52pm
Court filing says Zuck knowingly okayed training Facebook's AI on pirated books By William Hughes January 9, 2025 | 9:17pm
Read This: The "Romantasy" genre is facing a juicy copyright battle By Mary Kate Carr January 6, 2025 | 4:56pm
Mubi next to try out that whole book publishing thing By Emma Keates December 2, 2024 | 11:51am
Tech start-up and AI publisher Spines wants to release 8000 books in a year By Mary Kate Carr November 25, 2024 | 10:18am
TikTok now pivoting to books By William Hughes November 22, 2024 | 7:21pm
HarperCollins is asking authors to sell their books to the A.I. woodchipper By William Hughes November 15, 2024 | 5:04pm
Hachette's new conservative imprint sparks protests from employees By Mary Kate Carr November 11, 2024 | 4:50pm
The Handmaid's Tale sold a ton of copies yesterday for some reason By Mary Kate Carr November 7, 2024 | 4:35pm
Read an exclusive excerpt from Grady Hendrix's new horror novel By Matthew Jackson October 31, 2024 | 9:00am
Get ready to swoon for the cover of Emily Henry's new novel, Great Big Beautiful Life By Mary Kate Carr October 16, 2024 | 3:39pm
Here's your first look at the next Hunger Games book By Mary Kate Carr October 16, 2024 | 11:03am
Sally Rooney isn't going to adapt Beautiful World, Where Are You for the screen any time soon By Mary Kate Carr September 23, 2024 | 9:53am
A buried manuscript from the Night Of The Living Dead director was brought back to life By Emma Keates September 16, 2024 | 3:17pm
Hey book lovers, here's the title of Emily Henry's next novel By Mary Kate Carr September 9, 2024 | 1:56pm
Internet Archive loses copyright case against publishers By Mary Kate Carr September 4, 2024 | 4:56pm
George R.R. Martin back with specifics about his House Of The Dragon problems By Emma Keates September 4, 2024 | 3:59pm
Hold on tight spider-monkeys: there's an animated Twilight series coming By Emma Keates September 4, 2024 | 2:14pm
James Tynion IV & Elsa Charretier unite for sexy, grindhouse romance comic By Oliver Sava August 20, 2024 | 11:00am
Imane Khelif names enemies of success J.K Rowling and Elon Musk in cyberbullying lawsuit By Matt Schimkowitz August 13, 2024 | 9:33pm
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
A24 is getting into the novelization game By Emma Keates August 6, 2024 | 12:42pm
R.I.P. Francine Pascal, author of Sweet Valley High By Emma Keates July 30, 2024 | 12:43pm
Keanu's new 350-page sci-fi novel sounds pretty damn metal By William Hughes July 18, 2024 | 10:14pm
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
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
Forthcoming book to explore preeminent American classic It’s A Wonderful Life—exclusive By Mary Kate Carr April 12, 2024 | 3:25pm
The writers are fighting By Emma Keates April 10, 2024 | 6:21pm
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
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 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 August, including Michael Mann's Heat 2 and T.J. English's Dangerous Rhythms By Cat Auer July 28, 2022 | 8:00am
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
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
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 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
The 15 most-anticipated books of 2022 By Laura Adamczyk, Adam Morgan, Ines Bellina, Bradley Babendir January 4, 2022 | 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
Mel Brooks’ memoir, an in-depth history of HBO, and more books to read in November By Laura Adamczyk October 27, 2021 | 1:00pm
A new Franzen novel, a Sebald biography, and more books to read in October By Laura Adamczyk September 29, 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
Dolly Parton has co-authored a novel with James Patterson By Gabrielle Sanchez August 11, 2021 | 9:23pm
Twitter falls for a fake Cormac McCarthy account, again By Gabrielle Sanchez August 2, 2021 | 8:03pm
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
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
Andy Serkis, Gollum himself, records new Lord Of The Rings audiobook By Gabrielle Sanchez July 21, 2021 | 10:09pm
Danny Trejo details meeting "greasy, dirty, scrawny white boy" Charles Manson in jail By Tatiana Tenreyro July 9, 2021 | 3:16pm
5 new books to read in July By Laura Adamczyk, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez June 29, 2021 | 11:00am
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
Tarantino teases more Hollywood hijinks in Once Upon A Time novelization trailer By Matt Schimkowitz June 21, 2021 | 11:07pm
5 new books to read in June By Laura Adamczyk June 2, 2021 | 5:00am
R.I.P. Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar By William Hughes May 26, 2021 | 11:54pm

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