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7 Books to Read If You Love Sharp Objects

It’s easy to find a novel that a publisher claims is “like a cross between Gillian Flynn and …” but few live up to the hype. Here are seven that do. By Hillary Kelly

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6 New Paperbacks You Should Read This August

Family drama, smart thrillers, funny essay collections, and more. By Maris Kreizman

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8 New Books You Should Read This August

Ling Ma’s Severance, Sam Anderson’s Boom Town, and more. By Boris Kachka

crazy rich asians 8/17/2018

Crazy Rich Asians: The Biggest Changes From the Book to the MovieA lot of Astrid’s story line plays differently.

By Jackson McHenry
adaptations 8/17/2018

Rights Sale to Hot Book Stalls Because Author Ran Out of Phone Minutes in PrisonUnfortunate.

By Jackson McHenry
book trailers 8/16/2018

If You’re a White Ivy League–Educated Man, Ben Stiller Has Just the Book for YouThe actor wants to get you paid in the book trailer for Gary Shteyngart’s latest novel.

By Halle Kiefer
keanu reeves 8/16/2018

Keanu Reeves Is Publishing ‘Esoteric’ Books, Not Erotic Like We First ThoughtThis is cool too, though.

By Halle Kiefer
vulture recommends 8/16/2018

7 Books to Read If You Love Sharp ObjectsIt’s easy to find a novel that a publisher claims is “like a cross between Gillian Flynn and …” but few live up to the hype. Here are seven that do.

By Hillary Kelly
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vulture lists 8/15/2018

Every Stephen King Reference and Easter Egg in Castle RockThe Hulu show is packed with nods to The Shawshank Redemption, Cujo, The Shining, and other King classics.

By Brian Tallerico
books 8/14/2018

Hannah Gadsby to Bless Us With Wisdom in New Memoir Ten Steps to NanetteYou better preorder now.

By Megh Wright
obituaries 8/13/2018

Remembering V.S. Naipaul, a Pioneer of Postcolonial LiteratureThe author died this weekend at 85.

By Christian Lorentzen
vulture lists 8/13/2018

6 New Paperbacks You Should Read This AugustFamily drama, smart thrillers, funny essay collections, and more.

By Maris Kreizman
books 8/12/2018

Omarosa Says Trump Suggested He Be Sworn In on The Art of the DealAnd honestly, why wasn’t he?

By Halle Kiefer
let's get political 8/12/2018

Omarosa Is Now a ‘Lowlife’ in Donald Trump’s EyesWas it Big Brother? Her new tell-all?

By Devon Ivie
books 8/11/2018

Sir VS Naipaul, Nobel Prize-Winning Novelist, Dies at Age 85The celebrated author of A House for Mr Biswas died at his home in London.

By Anne Victoria Clark
books 8/10/2018

Put on Your Dancing Shoes! Justin Timberlake Wrote a BookHindsight promises “a peek into Timberlake’s creative process” and, hopefully, a beat you can really move to.

By Halle Kiefer
one grand books 8/9/2018

Emily Mortimer’s 10 Favorite BooksVladimir Nabokov, Charles Dickens, Ann Patchett, and more.

By Emily Mortimer
vulture lists 8/6/2018

8 New Books You Should Read This AugustLing Ma’s Severance, Sam Anderson’s Boom Town, and more.

By Boris Kachka
books 8/2/2018

Peggy Caserta, Janis Joplin’s Love, Comes Clean (for Real This Time)Four decades ago, her first memoir made her infamous.

By Greg Evans
the true crime wave 8/1/2018

33 Great True-Crime Books, According to Crime WritersFrom Truman Capote to Michelle McNamara.
audiobooks 7/31/2018

The Coming Storm Is Riveting, But Why Is It an Audiobook?In his latest project, Michael Lewis investigates America’s crisis of kleptocracy.

By Nicholas Quah
the true crime wave 7/31/2018

When Crime Comes for the Crime WriterThere was a problem with my personal ethics policy: It was steeped in the hubris of a crime writer who had little firsthand experience with crime.

By Laura Lippman
books 7/30/2018

Bob Woodward to Publish New Inside Account Fear: Trump in the White HouseThe famed Watergate journalist’s new behind-the-scenes look at the current administration is reportedly based on “hundred of hours” of interviews.

By Halle Kiefer
the summer of scams 7/26/2018

There’s Now a Literary Entry in the Summer of ScamThe L.A. Times found a woman who went by four names, and had a judgment against her for $380,000.

By Jackson McHenry
book excerpt 7/26/2018

Guy Branum Wants to See More Real Fat People on TVAn excerpt from his new memoir, My Life as a Goddess.

By Guy Branum
tv development 7/25/2018

Reese Witherspoon’s Latest TV Show Is About a 1970s Rock BandIt’s based on the forthcoming book Daisy Jones & The Six.

By Jackson McHenry
stephen king 7/25/2018

Postcards From the Long, Dark History of Castle Rock, MaineIn every Stephen King adaptation, this town is bad news.

By Keith Phipps
books 7/24/2018

The Man Booker Long List Includes a Graphic Novel for the First TimeNick Drnaso’s Sabrina made the cut.

By Jackson McHenry
movies 7/24/2018

Crazy Rich Asians Author Kevin Kwan Goes HollywoodThe author is happy to be the public face of his book’s upcoming movie adaptation. But he’d be happier if somebody else were doing it for him.

By E. Alex Jung
book excerpt 7/23/2018

Parker Posey’s Life in Christopher Guest MoviesIn an excerpt from her new memoir, You’re on an Airplane, the actress reflects on Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and Guest’s zen talents.

By Parker Posey
encounter 7/20/2018

Talking Instagram, Trump, and Old New York With Michiko KakutaniFor three decades, hers was the most influential voice in publishing. With the release of The Death of Truth, she now finds herself being reviewed.

By Shawn McCreesh
one grand books 7/19/2018

Kelly Macdonald’s 10 Favorite BooksThomas Hardy, Carson McCullers, Lucia Berlin, and more.

By Kelly Macdonald
profiles 7/19/2018

Ottessa Moshfegh Plays to WinThe workaholic reinventing slacker fiction.

By Kaitlin Phillips
netflix 7/18/2018

Midnight’s Children to Be Adapted for NetflixThe award-winning Salman Rushdie novel will be made into a series.

By Anne Victoria Clark
books 7/17/2018

Soon You Can Buy Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tweets, But As a Book“Gmorning!”

By Jackson McHenry
amazon prime day 7/17/2018

Prime Day: 12 Great Audiobooks You Should Listen to Right NowListen to something good.

By Vulture Editors
one grand books 7/12/2018

Ottessa Moshfegh’s 10 Favorite BooksBill Clegg, Jean Stein, Mark Baumer, and more.

By Ottessa Moshfegh
the industry 7/11/2018

Anya Taylor-Joy Cast in Francesca Lia Block’s Weetzie Bat MovieYour 12-year-old self has been waiting.

By Halle Kiefer
books 7/11/2018

Safe! Judge Dismisses Art of Fielding Copyright Lawsuit*Umpire voice*

By Hunter Harris
in conversation 7/9/2018

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on What It Means to Be a ‘Feminist Icon’“I want to tell the truth. That’s where my storytelling comes from. My feminism comes from somewhere else: acute dissatisfaction.”

By David Marchese
profile 7/8/2018

Amber Tamblyn Is Advocating for Women, and HerselfShe’s lactating on late-night TV, teaching feminism to David Cross and Quentin Tarantino, and attacking rape culture in her debut novel.

By Lisa Miller
books 7/6/2018

Sharp Objects Is the Ultimate Gillian Flynn NovelYears before the HBO show, Flynn’s debut thriller was ugly, gritty, weird, and creepy in the best possible way.

By Hillary Kelly
vulture lists 7/3/2018

7 New Books You Should Read This JulyMegan Abbott, Keith Gessen, and more.

By Boris Kachka
lawsuits 7/2/2018

Judge Dismisses Plagiarism Lawsuit Against The Girls Author Emma Cline“As deeply painful as it has been to bring this dispute into the light, I’m glad I did not capitulate,” Cline told The Cut.

By Gabriella Paiella
7/2/2018

Sharon Horgan’s 10 Favorite BooksCarrie Fisher, James Joyce, Ariel Levy, and more.

By Sharon Horgan
obits 6/29/2018

The Many Legacies of Harlan EllisonThe sheer size of his bibliography makes discussion of the influence of Ellison tricky.

By Tobias Carroll
rip 6/28/2018

Writer Harlan Ellison Dead at 84His wife, Susan, confirmed the news.

By Jordan Crucchiola
in conversation 6/25/2018

David Lynch on His Memoir Room to Dream and Clues to His Films“People are detectives and we have life to find clues about in the same way we would with a piece of cinema.”

By David Marchese
books 6/24/2018

Megan Abbott Is Back, With a Further Exploration of Female RageIn Give Me Your Hand, the thriller writer probes the psychological underpinnings of women who kill.

By Ruth Franklin
trailer mix 6/24/2018

First The Hate U Give Trailer Drops During Sunday’s BET AwardsBased on author Angie Thomas’s best-selling YA novel inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.

By Halle Kiefer
koko 6/21/2018

11 Great Books About ApesWe’ll miss you, Koko.

By Zoe Haylock
6/21/2018

Rachel Kushner’s 10 Favorite BooksFyodor Dostoevsky, Marguerite Duras, and more.

By Rachel Kushner
pride month 6/21/2018

The 38 Best Queer YA NovelsRomance, sci-fi, mysteries, and more.

By Danika Leigh Ellis