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‘I Don’t Want to Be Erased’

 Frustrated by his failing health and fretting about his own legacy, Lou Reed spent his final days intent on making something “really astonishing.” By Will Hermes
best of 2023

The Best Comedy Books of 2023 (So Far)

 These books give us a record of our times via the moment’s best comic minds. By Brian Boone
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‘This Was Simply How This Story Had to Go’

 Jesse Armstrong outlines his path to Succession’s final shot. By Jesse Armstrong
  1. national book awards
    Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Is a National Book Awards FinalistAlongside Justin Torres, Christina Sharpe, Aaliyah Bilal, and more.
    By Zoe Guy
  2. chapters
    Walking While BlackZiwe details a chilling roadside encounter in her debut essay collection, Black Friend.
    By Ziwe
  3. into it
    Let’s Give Mommy Bloggers Their DueIn her new book, Extremely Online, Taylor Lorenz highlights the ways that women and marginalized content creators shaped the social web.
    By Sam Sanders
  4. best of 2023
    The Best Books of 2023 (So Far)A historical tale of mutiny on the high seas, the toll of climate change migration on the U.S., a searing debut novel, and a romance in verse.
  5. the grub street diet
    Dwight Garner Always Has a Muffuletta in the Freezer“I’ve loved nearly every muffuletta I’ve ever had, but these are special.”
    By Alan Sytsma
  7. in her words
    Britney Spears Says She’s Finishing Up Her MemoirThe Woman in Me hits shelves on October 24.
    By Zoe Guy
  8. vulture lists
    9 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthA new Stephen King book, a biography of a controversial tech titan, Leslie Jones’s memoir, and Matthew McConaughey reading a picture book.
    By Marshall Heyman
  9. books
    Dory Fantasmagory Is Some of the Best Children’s Literature in YearsIn the six-book series, author Abby Hanlon embraces the messier parts of childhood and raising children.
    By Genevieve Smith
  10. artificial intelligence
    George R.R. Martin Among 17 Authors Suing Over ChatGPTThe New York–based Authors Guild wants to take OpenAI to court for “systematic theft.”
    By Jennifer Zhan
  11. books
    At Least There Isn’t Crowdwork With a BookGary Gulman, Maria Bamford, and Aparna Nancherla on writing for the page versus the stage.
    By Jesse David Fox
  12. encounter
    Werner Herzog Turns the Lens on HimselfThe filmmaker famous for bending the truth tries his hand at memoir.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  13. read on
    Ariana Grande Wants Yuh to Stop Banning BooksBut he didn’t sayyyyy I couldn’t reaaaaaaad!
    By Alejandra Gularte
  14. coming soon
    Percy Jackson and the Olympians Is Happening, Thank GodsA teaser trailer is out now, as an offering on Percy’s birthday.
    By Bethy Squires
  15. the grub street diet
    Hua Hsu Orders the Special“It was a sheet of hash browns folded over cheese and bacon, resting on heirloom tomatoes and a fried egg.”
    By Alan Sytsma
  16. vulture lists
    11 Essential Hip-Hop BooksFrom star-studded memoirs to “one of the most engaging examinations rap has ever received.”
    By Paul Thompson
  17. x-tremely online
    Grimes Used Elon Musk’s Own Platform to Reveal Their Third ChildNamed Techno Mechanicus.
    By Justin Curto
  18. stan print media
    Drake Announces New Album to Accompany Titles Ruin Everything Poetry BookFor All the Dogs drops September 22.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  19. isn’t it?
    American Horror Story: Delicate Trailer is a Jump-Scare for Gilmore Girls FansIs this Emma Robert’s nightmare or Rory Gilmore’s?
    By Wolfgang Ruth and Bethy Squires
  20. chapters
    I Killed GodMaria Bamford’s eulogy for her beloved best friend.
    By Maria Bamford
  21. book review
    How Zadie Smith Lost Her TeethSince her audacious debut, she has been moving toward character-driven realism. In the process, she’s become the least interesting version of herself.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  22. tbr
    75 New Screen Adaptations of Books to Add to Your 2023 Reading ListIncluding a Scorsese film and a new season of Loki.
    By Emily Maskell
  23. beach read book club
    How Does It End for Alex?Our book club discusses the ending of The Guest.
    By The Editors
  24. books
    Which Fall 2023 Comedian Memoir Is Right for You?Featuring releases from Maria Bamford, Reggie Watts, Leslie Jones, and more.
    By Brian Boone
  25. into it
    Brandon Taylor Wants to Bring Gatekeeping Back to Book CriticismThe internet didn’t invent argument-driven criticism, but it did breed a culture of forming an opinion on a piece of media before consuming it.
    By Sam Sanders
  26. books
    From Friends to Lovers: The Fanfic-to-Romance Pipeline Goes MainstreamWriters are jumping right from Archive of Our Own to the best-seller list.
    By Elizabeth Held
  27. fall preview 2023
    In Mona Awad’s Novels, Beauty Comes With a Side of Body HorrorHer latest novel, Rouge, shows how the quest for perfection can send you over the edge.
    By Emma Alpern
  28. beach read book club
    Does Alex Genuinely Care for Anyone?Our book club discusses chapters seven and eight of The Guest.
    By The Editors
  29. the grub street diet
    Hilary Leichter Is Navigating a Morning-Beverage Identity Crisis“The coffee crests in little golden peaks, like the froth left in the wake of a boat.”
    By Rima Parikh
  30. chat room
    Jeezy Is Now a Self-Help GuruFor his first book, the rapper shares his unfiltered blueprint to success: “I’m still standing after all this time. You got to know why.”
    By Abe Beame
  31. blindsided
    Michael Oher Focuses on His ‘Playbook’ Amid LawsuitDeclining to comment on conservatorship accusations at a book signing.
    By Claudia Rosenbaum
  32. chapters
    ‘Let’s Let the Squirrel Out of the Bag’On the Anchorman set, improv-comedy masters had the freedom to reimagine the film one line at a time.
    By Saul Austerlitz
  33. fall preview 2023
    24 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This FallThere’s even a book by Babs.
  34. art-ificial intelligence
    AI-Generated Art Is Not Copyrightable, Judge Rules“Human authorship is an essential part of a valid copyright claim.”
    By Zoe Guy
  35. beach read book club
    Who Can Really See Alex?Our book club discusses chapters four through six of “The Guest.”
    By The Editors
  36. allegedly
    The Blind Side Author Michael Lewis Denies Lawsuit Allegations“It’s outrageous how Hollywood accounting works, but the money is not in the Tuohys’ pockets.”
    By Bethy Squires
  37. oh yeah?
    Scott Pilgrim Gets an Extra Life As an Anime, and the Whole Cast Is BackMake some noise for the teaser, people.
    By Rebecca Alter
  38. oh no
    Iowa School District Is Using ChatGPT to Take Out Banned BooksA.I. tackling its No. 1 enemy head on: original work.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  39. revelations
    Bethany Joy Lenz Opens Up About Her Decade in a CultShe said the One Tree Hill cast and crew initially tried to “rescue” her.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  40. lawsuits
    Can Sarah Silverman’s AI Lawsuit Save Us From Robot Overlords?“That’s part of what these cases are about: Let’s open the black box. Let’s see what’s inside.”
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  41. beach read book club
    What Do You Do With a Guest Like Alex?Our book club discusses the first three chapters of “The Guest.”
    By The Editors
  42. the grub street diet
    Emma Rosenblum Is Trying to Make Something Everyone Will Eat“The chicken was a crowd pleaser. I cooked it while drinking an Aperol Spritz, naturally.”
    By Alan Sytsma
  43. everything must go
    Paramount Sells Simon & Schuster to KKR Investment FirmFor less than Penguin Random House was offering but also with less threat of an antitrust lawsuit.
    By Bethy Squires
  44. books
    Robert Plunket Is Fine With Being Rediscovered“It’s more time-consuming than you would think,” the author says of his recent revival.
    By Brandon Sanchez
  45. vulture lists
    10 Books to Read If You Enjoy Generation-Spanning Sci-Fi Epics Like FoundationSci-fi stories that don’t span centuries are so basic.
    By Vanessa Armstrong
  46. america has a problem
    Texas Booksellers Won’t Take Book Bans Lying DownThey have sued the state over a new sexual-content-rating law for books, calling it unconstitutional.
    By Zoe Guy
  47. announcements
    Read Emma Cline’s The Guest With Our New Book ClubIntroducing Beach Read Book Club, a limited-run newsletter where New York staff will discuss the season’s buzziest books alongside our readers.
    By The Editors
  48. vulture lists
    Greta Gerwig’s 10 Favorite BooksGeorge Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Joan Didion, and more.
    By Greta Gerwig
  49. rip
    Milan Kundera, Czech-Born French Writer, Dead at 94His works include The Unbearable Lightness of Being as well as The Book of Laughter and Forgetting.
    By Jason P. Frank
  50. encounter
    Andrew Lipstein Tries To Be GoodIn his novel The Vegan, he imagines a finance guy desperate to atone — and not for the sins you’d think.
    By Emma Alpern
  51. lawsuits
    Sarah Silverman Is Suing ChatGPTSilverman, Richard Kadrey, and Christopher Golden are suing Meta and OpenAI over use of their work to train AI models.
    By Bethy Squires
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