Laura Adamczyk

3/2/22

<i>The Employees</i> is an elusive, creeping, quietly defiant workplace satire

The Employees is an elusive, creeping, quietly defiant workplace satire

With The Employees, Danish writer Olga Ravn subverts the expectations of science fiction and the workplace novel

2/21/22

Memoirs from Bob Odenkirk and Sarah Polley top our list of books to read this March

Plus: Age Of Cage traces Nicolas Cage’s eclectic filmography, and The Emissary author Yoko Tawada kicks off a…

2/14/22

What are you reading in February?

There’s no bad time to dig into N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy

2/7/22

A lonely child grows up among some <i>Very Cold People</i> in Sarah Manguso’s first novel

A lonely child grows up among some Very Cold People in Sarah Manguso’s first novel

After seven books of poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction, the 300 Arguments author makes her novel debut with the…

1/25/22

The latest in Marlon James’ Dark Star trilogy, Olga Tokarczuk’s magnum opus, and more books to read in February

Plus: Sheila Heti’s Pure Colour, Mónica Ojeda’s deliciously macabre English-language debut, and a pinpoint…

1/4/22

The 15 most-anticipated books of 2022

From Nobel winner Olga Tokarczuk’s magnum opus to Janelle Monáe’s debut story collection, here are the books we're…

12/28/21

A new novel from Hanya Yanagihara, an Elephant 6 oral history, and more books to read in January

The author of A Little Life returns with a new novel, Neutral Milk Hotel gets the oral history treatment, and more…

12/15/21

The A.V. Club’s 15 favorite books of 2021

We hope you like novels, because we've got a bunch of them

12/2/21

<i>Six Feet Under</i>, <i>The Sopranos</i>, and the American family in the golden age of television

Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, and the American family in the golden age of television

Despite presenting a far more dynamic vision of what an American family could be, Six Feet Under has never been…

11/29/21

Hitting below the belt: <em>Succession</em>’s heated volley of sexualized insults

Hitting below the belt: Succession’s heated volley of sexualized insults

This latest season of the popular HBO drama has significantly ramped up the Oedipal allusions

11/2/21

How bookstores are adjusting to supply-chain problems this holiday season

The A.V. Club asked a trio of booksellers how they’re preparing for this year's book-buying season, and which titles…

10/27/21

Mel Brooks’ memoir, an in-depth history of HBO, and more books to read in November

November also brings with it new speculative and science fiction from Natashia Deón, Charlie Jane Anders, and Adam…

10/27/21

The 25 best Halloween TV episodes of the 21st century

Since 2000, there have been some impressive additions to the Halloween canon from BoJack Horseman, Modern Family, Wan…

10/21/21

With Parquet Courts’ new album comes a reminder of their most undervalued talent

Parquet Courts are best known for the wild and woolly energy of their early work, but one of the band’s greatest…

10/18/21

What are you reading in October?

Lily Hoang’s bleak, unrelenting tale of infanticide, Melissa Lozada-Oliva’s novel-in-verse, and books one and two of …

10/15/21

5 burning questions we have ahead of <i>Succession</i>’s<i> </i>third season

5 burning questions we have ahead of Succession’s third season

Here are the biggest questions we’d like to see answered in the HBO drama’s season 3, debuting on Sunday, October 17

9/29/21

A new Franzen novel, a Sebald biography, and more books to read in October

The fall book season marches on with another Jonathan Franzen doorstopper, Eugene Lim’s inventive new novel, and Nina…

9/20/21

What are you reading in September?

Gabrielle Union's memoir on motherhood, a coming-of-age novella set in mid-century Mexico City, and short stories…

9/15/21

Joy Williams’ <i>Harrow </i>is a strange, comic novel for the end of the world

Joy Williams’ Harrow is a strange, comic novel for the end of the world

In her first novel in over 20 years, Williams has written a philosophical story of climate change filled with…

9/13/21

The best of Pitchfork Music Festival 2021

Angel Olsen provoked tears, St. Vincent shredded—these are the most noteworthy sets The A.V. Club saw at this year's…

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