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  1. vulture insiders book club
    Breakout Author Jamel Brinkley on Men, Gentrification, and ‘Safari Literature’His debut collection, Lucky Man, was a fiction finalist for last week’s National Book Awards.
  2. deaths
    Oscar-Winning Screenwriter William Goldman Dead at 87Goldman died in his Manhattan home last night.
  3. must reads
    7 New Books You Should Read This NovemberJonathan Lethem, Lucia Berlin, and more.
  4. must reads
    8 New Books You Should Read This OctoberGothic novels, big-deal biographies, and more.
  5. books
    The Big-Money, Big-Deal Books of the FallAll the season’s probable (or wannabe) best sellers, from Michelle Obama, Michael Lewis, Sally Field, David Blight, and (sorry) Tucker Carlson.
  6. audiobooks
    Audiobooks Are the New E-books, Except They Might Keep GrowingThe rise of audiobooks is a tech story, and the battle for its future involves the same players as the e-book wars.
  7. brooklyn book festival 2018
    The 6 Most Memorable Moments From the Brooklyn Book FestivalFrom James Baldwin’s gender politics to the mass extinction of book reviews.
  8. class is in session
    Welcome to Vulture’s First Spoiler Book Club: Severance by Ling Ma“This whole book was my favorite ‘Why I Left New York’ essay of all time.”
  9. must reads
    8 New Books You Should Read This SeptemberGary Shteyngart, Jill Lepore, and more.
  10. vulture picks
    Neil Simon’s 29 Plays and Four Musicals: A Guide to the Highs and LowsA guide to the playwright’s body of work, which spanned nearly 50 years.
  11. vulture lists
    8 New Books You Should Read This AugustLing Ma’s Severance, Sam Anderson’s Boom Town, and more.
  12. vulture lists
    7 New Books You Should Read This JulyMegan Abbott, Keith Gessen, and more.
  13. tributes
    Anthony Bourdain’s Editor Says He Was Working on a ‘More Personal’ New Book“I’ve never heard one person say anything negative about Tony Bourdain.”
  14. 8 New Books You Should Read This JuneRachel Cusk, Tommy Orange, and more.
  15. books
    Fire and Fury Publisher on Trump Memo: ‘How Do You Say ‘F You’ to the President’“I knew people would see it.”
  16. summer preview 2018
    18 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This SummerGet a bigger beach bag.
  17. 20 Philip Roth Books, RankedThe indispensable, the significant, the disposable, and everything in between.
  18. #metoo
    Junot Díaz’s Accuser Confronted Him Live During a Q&AIt was unclear to the hundreds of attendees whether Díaz recognized her, or pretended not to.
  19. Eight New Books You Should Read This MayRachel Kushner, Jamel Brinkley, Michael Ondaatje, William Trevor, and more.
  20. theater review
    Theater Review: Listening to Children of a Lesser God, 30 Years LaterA production that makes a virtue of the play’s datedness.
  21. must reads
    8 Books You Should Read This AprilElaine Castillo, Meg Wolitzer, Sloane Crosley, and more.
  22. theater review
    Theater Review: Lobby Hero Comes Knocking AgainKenneth Lonergan’s 2001 play finally makes it to a Broadway house.
  23. investigations
    The Paris Review Is Looking for the Right WomanThe distinguished literary journal, thrown sideways by #MeToo, wants a new leader for a new era.
  24. The Man Who Brought You Veep Is Turning His Satirical Gaze to MoscowTrust Armando Iannucci, who makes profanity into poetry, to find the hidden hilarity in murderous political upheaval.
  25. Last Call for George Plimpton’s Apartment, and the Era It EmbodiedNotes from a final gathering at the late Paris Review editor’s storied home.
  26. 6 Books You Should Read This MarchBy Uzodinma Iweala, Mallory Ortberg, Alan Hollinghurst, and more.
  27. 7 New Books You Need to Read This FebruaryZadie Smith, Lisa Halliday, Sigrid Nunez, and more.
  28. 10 of the Most Exciting Book Releases for 2018Get ready for Zadie Smith, Meg Wolitzer, and more.
  29. The Met to Charge $25 Admission Fee for Out-of-Town VisitorsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is eliminating its “suggested donation” policy for nonlocal guests.
  30. 8 New Books You Need to Read This JanuaryIncluding titles by Dave Eggers, Mira Lee, and Denis Johnson, plus Michael Wolff’s look inside Trump’s wild White House.
  31. Downsizing’s Hong Chau Is Sick of Talking About That Accent“I’ve had so many interviews with people about the accent, the accent, the accent. It’s a necessary conversation but not a very fun conversation.”
  32. profile
    Alexander Payne Is Supersizing His Artistic Ambitions With a Very Tiny ComedyWith Downsizing, the director mines the comedy in the microscopic.
  33. new york beginnings
    The Director and the Pharaoh: How Thomas Hoving Created the Museum BlockbusterWhen King Tut became a celebrity.
  34. Annie Proulx Gave One of the Best National Book Award Speeches in Recent MemoryAt last night’s 2017 National Book Awards.
  35. 7 Books You Need to Read This NovemberIncluding titles by Anthony Quinn, Nadia Murad, A.J. Jacobs, and more.
  36. new york 50th anniversary
    What Oskar Eustis Has Learned From 30 Years of Friendship With Tony Kushner“There’s no artist I’ve learned more from than Tony, and what I’ve learned is a kind of fearless grandiosity.”
  37. 8 Books You Need to Read This OctoberFrom Jennifer Egan and Ta-Nehisi Coates to a biography of Leonardo da Vinci.
  38. Art of Fielding Plagiarism Accusations Have Been a Low-Level Menace for YearsCharles Green’s allegations have been disseminated to one outlet after another that knew better than to publish a damaging story with no actual proof.
  39. 9 Books You Need to Read This SeptemberNew from Jesmyn Ward, Eileen Myles, Salman Rushdie, and more.
  40. fall preview 2017
    The Rise and Return of Jesmyn WardFrom small-town Mississippi to an out-of-the-blue National Book Award — then back to Mississippi to write her third novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing.
  41. 8 Books You Need to Read This AugustBy Claire Messud, Cree LeFavour, Frederick Crews, and more.
  42. 8 New Books You Need to Read This JulyBy Matthew Klam, Sylvia Brownrigg, James Kelman, and more.
  43. 7 New Books You Need to Read This JuneA different look at Lincoln’s abolitionist efforts, a Central African Robin Hood, summer-ready mysteries, and more.
  44. On Set and Behind-the-Scenes Photos of The Leftovers FinaleJustin Theroux, Carrie Coon, Mimi Leder, and the finale of The Leftovers.
  45. How to End a TV Show: An Exclusive Look at the Making of The Leftovers FinaleThe hardest part about making Damon Lindelof’s Apocalypse-obsessed follow-up to Lost was figuring out how it should end.
  46. Why The Leftovers Did an ‘International Assassin’ SequelThere was a lot of discussion of the Bourne and Bond movies.
  47. chat room
    Amy Brenneman Had a ‘Million Questions’ About Her Big Leftovers Episode“I didn’t entirely know how she got there.”
  48. inside the leftovers
    Why The Leftovers’ ‘Sex on a Boat’ Episode Was So ExpensiveBy the end of the episode they were almost $70,000 over budget.
  49. on location
    How The Leftovers Picked 5 Iconic Melbourne Locations for Kevin & Nora’s Episode“We took our eyes off the street for ten minutes and we had our own graffiti tagged.”
  50. 7 New Books You Need to Read This MayBy Colm Toíbín, Tessa Hadley, Patricia Lockwood, and more.
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