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The Untidy Tales of Katie Kitamura

 Her hypnotic new novel asks: What happens when your main character is a passive witness to her own life? By Molly Young
read like the wind

The Plot and 8 Other Reads I Can’t Get Out of My Head

 Hit the beach with a paranoid plagiarist, your best friend’s diary, and “a 17th-century female version of Larry David.” By Molly Young
the great british chatting show

U.S. vs. U.K.? An Anglophile and an America Fanboy Debate

 Podcast host Roger Bennett has written a new memoir, Reborn in the USA, detailing his youthful fascination with all things American. By Nate Jones
  1. underrated
    Revisiting Adam Resnick’s Brilliant 2014 Memoir With Tom Scharpling“It’s just the funniest book I’ve ever read.”
    By Ian Goldstein
  2. trailer mix
    Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen Are Turning Their Libcast Into LiblitThe news arrived alongside a trailer showing Obama test-driving one of Springsteen’s convertibles.
    By Justin Curto
  3. vulture lists
    7 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthDanny Trejo, Maggie Smith, Quentin Tarantino, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
  4. keeping up with the ex-royals
    God Save the Queen After She Finds Out About Prince Harry’s Tell-All Memoir“I’m writing this not as the prince but as the man I have become.”
    By Devon Ivie
  5. movie review
    Maybe Netflix’s Fear Street Should Have Just Been a TV ShowThe delightfully nasty Fear Street exists in this strange space between movies and television, serving neither format well.
    By Alison Willmore
  7. casting couch
    Robert Downey Jr. to Pivot From Hero to Villain in HBO The Sympathizer SeriesHis first major role since Avengers: Endgame is also his first full TV series.
    By Justin Curto
  8. book excerpt
    My Afternoon With Papa RoachAn excerpt from Tom Scharpling’s new memoir, It Never Ends.
    By Tom Scharpling
  9. encounter
    The Untidy Tales of Katie KitamuraHer hypnotic new novel asks: What happens when your main character is a passive witness to her own life?
    By Molly Young
  10. respect the classics
    Robby Krieger Wants You to Read His Doors Memoir Two Times, BabyOpen it.
    By Devon Ivie
  11. adaptations
    Kumail Nanjiani to Relive Chaos of Past Few Years in Homeland Elegies AdaptationAyad Akhtar is adapting his 2020 novel as an FX limited series.
    By Justin Curto
  12. read like the wind
    The Plot and 8 Other Reads I Can’t Get Out of My HeadHit the beach with a paranoid plagiarist, your best friend’s diary, and “a 17th-century female version of Larry David.”
    By Molly Young
  13. best of 2021
    The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the Year (So Far)Africanfuturism, Norse mythology, and trans dystopia.
    By Sadie Gennis
  14. best of 2021
    The Best Romance Novels of 2021 (So Far)Featuring enemies-to-lovers, office romances, and — of course — lots of Happily Ever Afters.
    By Carly Lane
  15. best of 2021
    The Best Books of the Year (So Far)Including bangers from Akwaeke Emezi, Rivka Galchen, Brandon Taylor, and more.
    By Hillary Kelly
  16. the great british chatting show
    U.S. vs. U.K.? An Anglophile and an America Fanboy DebatePodcast host Roger Bennett has written a new memoir, Reborn in the USA, detailing his youthful fascination with all things American.
    By Nate Jones
  17. vulture lists
    8 Funny Books, Recommended by 8 Funny ComediansFeaturing picks by Ziwe Fumudoh, Meg Stalter, Karen Chee, and more.
    By Sarah Moroz
  18. one grand books
    François Ozon’s 10 Favorite BooksForbidden Colors, Wuthering Heights, Time Regained, and more.
    By François Ozon
  19. book excerpt
    Kobe and Gigi, Forever CourtsideInside the Nets game that produced a father-daughter moment seen round the internet.
    By Matt Sullivan
  20. last night on late night
    Bill Maher Reacts to Quentin Tarantino’s Novel, Says He Should Make More MoviesNot the producer of, uh, Religulous trying to give Quentin Tarantino film-career advice!
    By Rebecca Alter
  21. book excerpt
    The Meet-Cute That Made WrestleManiaHow a ponderous wrestler and a pop star from Queens formed a friendship that started it all.
    By Jon Wertheim
  22. chat room
    Rita Moreno Talks Bitterness, Anger, and Loving Show Business AnywayAlong the way, the legendary West Side Story actress credits Marlon Brando with getting her into therapy.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  23. suck it
    Grab Your Crucifix Recorders, Interview With the Vampire Gets Adapted for AMCThe series will be Anne Rice’s first for the network.
    By Devon Ivie
  24. vulture lists
    7 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthJohn Green, Sinead O’Connor, Zakiya Dalila Harris, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
  25. superlatives
    Jessie Ware on Her Best, Most Classically Disco, and Melancholy Songs“I wouldn’t have been able to write ‘Please’ when I was 28.”
    By Justin Curto
  26. credits
    Zadie Smith Helped Jack Antonoff Write a Bleachers SongWhat can’t she write?
    By Justin Curto
  27. books
    How to Write a Twist EndingZakiya Dalila Harris knew The Other Black Girl would have a brutal finale — if she could just figure out how to get there.
    As told to Lila Shapiro
  28. adaptations
    Michelle Zauner’s Memoir Crying in H Mart to Get Movie Adaptation“It is a surreal thrill to have the opportunity to memorialize my mother in film.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  29. read like the wind
    Intimacies and 9 Other Reads I Can’t Get Out of My HeadDeposed presidents, obsessed translators, and a very small serving of canned spaghetti.
    By Molly Young
  30. respect the classics
    Roger Waters to Write Very Progressive Memoirs“Anyone who likes a good laugh, sit back and fucking howl!”
    By Devon Ivie
  31. good one podcast
    The Unusual Story Behind a Forefather of Stand-up ComedyLet Wayne Federman teach you about Artemus Ward on this week’s Good One.
    By Jesse David Fox
  32. summer 2021
    35 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This SummerTreat yourself to new reads from Akwaeke Emezi, Rivka Galchen, Paula Hawkins, and more.
  33. vulture lists
    The Art of the Scam: A Streaming and Reading Guide to CultsFrom NXIVM to the Manson Family, these books, podcasts, TV shows, and movies explore who starts, joins, and leaves a cult.
    By Alex McElroy
  34. book excerpt
    How Much Do the Real Housewives Get Paid?And more burning money questions from Brian Moylan’s new book.
    By Brian Moylan
  35. swamp reads
    Five Books to Read Before Rewatching ShrekTexts to help you appreciate more than just the fart jokes and pop culture winks.
    By Bethy Squires
  36. books
    Author John le Carré Is Dropping One Last Spy Novel From Beyond the GraveSilverview will be published on October 12.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  37. books
    9 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthSeth Rogen, Casey Wilson, Lauren Weisberger, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
  38. books
    Philip Roth Biographer Accused of Sexual Assault, Publisher Pulls BookThe book has now been picked up by Skyhorse Publishing, which previously released memoirs by Woody Allen and Michael Cohen.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  39. respect the classics
    Sinéad O’Connor’s Bizarre Prince Story Involves Soup and a Pillow FightShe’s been teasing the encounter since 2013.
    By Justin Curto
  40. adaptations
    7 Ways The Woman in the Window Book and Movie Endings Are DifferentA look at the Netflix adaptation’s most significant plot changes.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  41. reality tv
    Enter to Win a Copy of Brian Moylan’s New Book, The HousewivesAnd sign up for our brand-new newsletter devoted to The Real Housewives while you’re at it.
    By Vulture Editors
  42. in conversation
    Alison Bechdel Works Out Her IssuesIn her latest book, the graphic memoirist examines her relationship to exercise and, in turn, herself.
    By E. Alex Jung
  43. read like the wind
    The Secret to Superhuman Strength and 9 Other Reads I Can’t Get Out of My HeadThe life-changing magic of working out, an inactive shooter, and a rags-to-ennui tale to read this month.
    By Molly Young
  44. love this for her
    Stacey Abrams is Rereleasing Three of Her Romance NovelsSwoon!
    By Jennifer Zhan
  45. keeping up with the ex-royals
    Meghan Markle Wrote a Children’s Book Inspired by Archie and HarryAwwwww.
    By Devon Ivie
  46. adaptations
    Tegan and Sara’s High School Series Enrolls at IMDb TVThe duo’s memoir will become a half-hour comedy helmed by Happiest Season’s Clea DuVall.
    By Justin Curto
  47. book excerpt
    ‘The Relief Outweighed the Regret’Casey Wilson on conquering body-shaming in Hollywood.
    By Casey Wilson
  48. my memoir is dropping
    Lil’ Kim Pens Memoir The Queen Bee, Reclaiming Her TitleBow down on November 2.
    By Zoe Haylock
  49. books
    Gabrielle Union to Release New Memoir, You Got Anything Stronger?“Because I had more s**t to say.”
    By Charu Sinha
  50. vulture lists
    11 Fantasy Novels to Read After Bingeing Shadow and BoneBeyond the Grishaverse.
    By Sadie Gennis
  51. vulture lists
    8 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthCaroline Kepnes, Brandi Carlile, Jonathan Ames, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
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