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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