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Emil Ferris Still Believes in Monsters

 The graphic novelist’s debut, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, was a hit. Seven years later—after a contentious lawsuit—the sequel is finally coming. By Mark Yarm
summer preview 2024

22 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Summer

 Books that will transport you from the beach to a road trip with messy friends or a Round Table with Arthur’s knights.
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No One Wrote About Sex Like Alice Munro

 In Munro’s stories, women blow it all on desire. By Madeline Leung Coleman
  1. the grub street diet
    Aimee Nezhukumatathil Picks Up Taiyaki for the Train“I loved the idea of two fish waiting for me in the darkness of my backpack for later.”
    By Rima Parikh
  2. vulture lists
    The 18 Uncanniest Comics to Read After Watching X-Men ’97To me, my pull list.
    By Kambole Campbell
  3. encounter
    Lord Maurice Saatchi’s Big Book of OrgasmsThe legendary British adman wants to blow your mind.
    By Carl Swanson
  4. vulture lists
    25 Essential Stephen King Short StoriesThe best King stories are full of heart, horror, and humanity, each riffing on the eternal question: what if?
    By Neil McRobert
  5. vulture lists
    15 Romance Novels to Read After Binging BridgertonRakish dukes abound.
    By Carly Lane
  7. rip
    Nobel Laureate Alice Munro Dies at 92The renowned Canadian author wrote over 160 short stories.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  8. books
    PEN America Writers Threw Their Own Party“Some of the people who have withdrawn are, for example, debut novelists. It’s quite a big sacrifice to turn it down — and yet they have.”
    By Emma Alpern
  9. book review
    Claire Messud Writes Novels for a Different CenturyThis Strange Eventful History is the kind of generation-spanning family story that doesn’t really get published anymore. Does it still work?
    By Emma Alpern
  10. book review
    Miranda July’s New Novel Will Ignite Your Group ChatsAll Fours is a hot, weird, and utterly captivating book about a middle-aged woman’s sexual reawakening.
    By Christine Smallwood
  11. endings
    The Idea of You Author on the Movie’s New EndingRobinne Lee says “The book is a book, and the movie is a movie.”
    By Bethy Squires
  12. encounter
    Honor Levy Finally Published Her First BookSix hours in Dimes Square with the 26-year-old author and niche icon.
    By Brock Colyar
  13. the grub street diet
    Rita Bullwinkel Wants to Invite You for Dinner“I crisp the pasta by accident, but the crunchy bits are still delicious.”
    By Alan Sytsma
  14. coming soon
    The Colleen Hoover Cinematic Universe Is ExpandingVerity will be the second entry in the CHCU.
    By Bethy Squires
  15. vulture lists
    2024 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your Reading ListBridgerton returns with its next romance, another chapter for Garfield, and a little film called Dune: Part Two.
    By Emily Maskell
  16. best of 2024
    The Best Books of 2024 (So Far)A vibrant history of The Village Voice, the introspective follow-up to There There, and a brilliant debut novel.
  17. rip
    Prolific Author Paul Auster Dead at 77He was known for works including The New York Trilogy and 4321.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  18. celebrity memoirs
    It’s Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s Time to Stand on BusinessShe’s releasing a new memoir, My Time to Stand, in January 2025.
    By Zoe Guy
  19. celebrity memoirs
    Sacha Baron Cohen Allegations Redacted in U.K. Edition of Rebel Wilson Memoir“For legal reasons,” publisher HarperCollins says.
    By Zoe Guy
  20. vulture lists
    10 Books (and One Video Game) You Are Fated to Consume After ShōgunThis should tide you over until a season-two announcement.
    By Bethy Squires
  21. babs appétit
    Everything Barbra Streisand Eats in Her 970-Page MemoirFrom peas with sugar to burgers with Brando to guggle-muggle.
    By Rachel Handler and Matthew Schneier
  22. pen awards 2024
    The PEN America Literary Awards Are Canceled. The Writers Know Why.“I know that no amount of prestige or prize money is worth the lifelong shame of knowing you were on the wrong side of a genocide.”
    By Zoe Guy
  23. taylor (tavi’s version)
    Tavi Gevinson Has More to Say About Taylor SwiftThe writer and actress answers every question we have about her fan-fic Taylor Swift zine: “To quote the daughter from Proof, ‘I wrote it.’”
    By Jasmine Vojdani
  24. pen awards 2024
    PEN Awards Facing Disaster After Many Withdraw in Solidarity With PalestineNine of ten Jean Stein Book Award nominees have rejected the $75,000 prize.
    By Zoe Guy
  25. close reads
    Is Tom Ripley Gay?The question has challenged every adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s book, including the latest — and best — from Steven Zaillian.
    By Mark Harris
  26. book review
    Salman Rushdie Did Not Want to Write This BookIn Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, the many incarnations of Rushdie are at war with one another.
    By Sanjena Sathian
  27. encounter
    Salman Rushdie Parties AgainA defiant celebration of Knife caps a physical (and reputational) comeback.
    By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
  28. hurt/comfort
    The Hottest New Release on BookTok Is (Checks Notes) 1984?Andrew Scott tortures Andrew Garfield, for all the recovering tumblr girlies.
    By Bethy Squires
  29. the work of art
    How’d You Make That?Three masterpieces from glimmer through struggle to breakthrough.
    By Adam Moss
  30. celebrity memoirs
    Rebel Wilson Memoir Has More Than Just Sacha Baron Cohen DramaLike her one-sided beef with Adele.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  31. vulture lists
    Romantasy Series to Tide You Over Until the Next “ACOTAR”We likely have a while to wait for the next Sarah J. Maas, but there are plenty of other sexy fantasy romances to dig into before then.
    By Alyssa Davis
  32. pre-spoilers
    What’s Next for 3 Body Problem?Liu Cixin’s book trilogy and season one’s hints comprise a map of where a potential second season may be headed.
    By Zing Tsjeng
  33. vulture lists
    11 Books That Scratch the 3 Body ItchAfter watching Netflix’s adaptation, check out some more hard sci-fi and Chinese speculative fiction.
    By Neil McRobert
  34. adaptations
    3 Body Problem’s Biggest DeparturesHow a notoriously unfilmable book trilogy got whittled down to a season of television while leaving the door open for more.
    By Zing Tsjeng
  35. encounter
    The Mr. Rogers of Columbus, OhioThe poet Hanif Abdurraqib is as idiosyncratic as his unclassifiable new book.
    By Giri Nathan
  36. books
    Percival Everett Can’t Be Pinned DownHis masterful new novel, James, cements his status as one of our most idiosyncratic writers.
    By James Yeh
  37. books
    It’s the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35The books follow protagonists who want to become artists in a crumbling economy, inherit second sight in grief, and deal with our grave present.
    By Zoe Guy
  38. adaptation by charlie kaufman
    Let Quinta Brunson Adapt The Guest, You BuffoonsAnd whatever else she wants.
    By Jason P. Frank
  39. reading is what?
    RuPaul’s New Bookstore Dragged for Selling Controversial BooksAllstora has decided to remove the books (after previously saying it wouldn’t).
    By Jennifer Zhan
  40. the truth is out there
    All Your Burning Questions About 3 Body Problem, AnsweredWho are these aliens and what do they want?
    By Jackson McHenry
  41. the grub street diet
    Vinson Cunningham Is a Ritualistic Eater“I have an abundance mind-set.”
    By Rima Parikh
  42. the index
    RuPaul’s Guide to Pop Ru-ltureDrag Show is full of pop-culture Ru-isms. Ru’s memoir, The House of Hidden Meanings, acts as an index of references for fans and future contestants.
    By Jason P. Frank
  43. chapters
    She Had Razors Hidden in Her HairOn the glory of blaxploitation icon Pam Grier’s two greatest onscreen catfights.
    By Odie Henderson
  44. revelations
    Bethany Joy Lenz’s Memoir Will Track Her Decade in a CultDinner for Vampires shows how she lost her autonomy (and millions) to the Big House Family.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  45. meta-text
    Do I Really Need to Op-Ed to Sell Books?Writing essays to help promote your work is a growing expectation that merits more scrutiny.
    By Tajja Isen
  46. book review
    In Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange Writes a New Secret HistoryThe author’s second novel, after the dazzling There There, follows family members who are inheriting more than they know.
    By Emma Alpern
  47. weep beneath my wings
    Which Part of Beaches Makes the Author of Beaches Cry Hardest?“I’m a sob sister.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  48. bad day for books
    The Hugo Awards Scandal Is a MessLeaked emails show an orchestrated effort to deem nominees “ineligible” over their political leanings.
    By Zoe Guy
  49. vulture lists
    12 Books to Read If You Can’t Move On From Night CountryThese icy, lonesome tales will scratch the same frostbitten itch as True Detective’s fourth season.
    By Neil McRobert
  50. still coming soon
    Hulu Isn’t Giving Up on A Court of Thorns and Roses AdaptationIt was just a maassive miscommunication.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  51. books
    Lucy Sante: Here She Comes NowThe author of ‘Low Life’ and ‘Kill All Your Darlings’ tried to keep a safe distance from herself — and her own desires. Until, at 66, she broke free.
    By Carl Swanson
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