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

 If you’re looking for a suspenseful novel containing many of the Earth’s most interesting topics — art thievery, twins, Iceland — this is it. By Molly Young
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An Oral History of The Baby-Sitters Club Movie

 From first kisses to first periods to narrowly avoided perms, inside the making of a ’90s sleepover classic. By Jessica Goldstein
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Sasha Geffen’s Glitter Up the Dark Is an Essential Companion to the Year’s Music

 You’ll devour Glitter Up the Dark with eyes wide and mind racing, drawing connections to whatever music you listen to. By Justin Curto
  1. best of 2020
    The Best Books of the Year (So Far)During a difficult year, fiction is rising to contemporary challenges and demands.
    By Hillary Kelly
  2. the horror
    Blumhouse, Ryan Murphy (Scream) Team Up for Stephen King’s Mr. Harrigan’s Phone If this combo can’t scare you, no evil thing will.
    By Halle Kiefer
  3. read like the wind
    The Vices and 8 Other Reads I Can’t Get Out of My HeadIf you’re looking for a suspenseful novel containing many of the Earth’s most interesting topics — art thievery, twins, Iceland — this is it.
    By Molly Young
  4. sure
    Pete Buttigieg Has an Agent NowMaybe they’ll help him build out his late-night hosting résumé.
    By Justin Curto
  5. pg fun
    Which Baby-Sitters Club Member Are You, Based on Your Star Sign?You know Claudia and Stacey are on Co–Star.
    By Zoe Haylock
  7. memoirs of a perfect angel
    Mariah Carey Finished Her Memoir, Dahling, and It’s Out This SeptemberThe Publication of Mimi.
    By Justin Curto
  8. tiny reparations
    Phoebe Robinson to Launch Book Imprint at Penguin Random HouseRobinson says change has to happen behind the scenes to address the lack of diversity in publishing.
    By Rebecca Alter
  9. publishing
    Dana Canedy to Be First Black Publisher of Simon & SchusterAnd she’s the third woman to hold the position.
    By Zoe Haylock
  10. backstories
    The Baby-Sitters Club Is Back in BusinessHow the Netflix show adapted a ’90s hallmark for zoomers (and their parents).
    By Jessica Goldstein
  11. kristy's great idea
    An Oral History of The Baby-Sitters Club MovieFrom first kisses to first periods to narrowly avoided perms, inside the making of a ’90s sleepover classic.
    By Jessica Goldstein
  14. vulture recommends
    Sasha Geffen’s Glitter Up the Dark Is an Essential Companion to the Year’s MusicYou’ll devour Glitter Up the Dark with eyes wide and mind racing, drawing connections to whatever music you listen to.
    By Justin Curto
  15. book excerpt
    How the 2,000-Year-Old Man Was BornThe story of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner’s popular sketch involves a tape recorder, Cary Grant, and Queen Elizabeth.
    By Carl Reiner
  16. gavel! gavel!
    Mary Trump’s Tell-All of the Summer Temporarily Blocked by JudgeShe may have violated a confidentiality agreement about her uncle.
    By Devon Ivie
  17. books
    Please Address Patrick Stewart’s New Memoir As SirThe actor is finally writing his life stories.
    By Devon Ivie
  18. book excerpt
    I Tried to Be Twitter-FamousDespite how much I failed, I was convinced I needed to be if I ever wanted to make my mark on the literary world.
    By Shayla Lawson
  19. adaptations
    HBO Wins Brit Bennett’s Best-Selling Novel The Vanishing Half at AuctionThe network reportedly plans to adapt the book into a limited series.
    By Halle Kiefer
  20. conversations with friends
    Hulu Picks Up Sally Rooney’s Conversations With Friends SeriesIt will be helmed by Normal People director Lenny Abrahamson.
    By Rebecca Alter
  21. my book of poetry is dropping
    Future Best-selling Author Halsey to Release Poetry CollectionThe poems will tackle sexuality, relationships, mental illness, and more.
    By Zoe Haylock
  22. book review
    After Months Spent Inside, The Great Indoors Is Uncannily RelevantFrom microbes to building design, Emily Anthes’s new book explores the science of indoor living.
    By Molly Young
  23. rocket men
    Donald Trump Just Wants Elton John to Like HimHe allegedly wanted to impress the singer with a gift to Kim Jong-un.
    By Devon Ivie
  26. read like the wind
    We Cast a Shadow and 9 Other Reads I Can’t Get Out of My HeadRecommended if you like: Parasite, doing wicked things despite your better nature.
    By Molly Young
  27. the industry
    Hachette U.K. Stands by J.K. Rowling After Anti-Trans CommentsThe group plans to publish Rowling’s new children’s book The Ickabog.
    By Justin Curto
  28. books
    Kazuo Ishiguro Is Back to Make You Weep With Klara and the SunIt’s the author’s first novel since he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017.
    By Zoe Haylock
  29. backstories
    The National Book Critics Circle Has ImplodedMore than half of the board has resigned in a series of events one member described as “bizarre and bloody in an end-of-a-Tarantino-movie way.”
    By Lila Shapiro
  30. lgbtq
    Emma Watson and Rupert Grint Say Expelliarmus to J.K. Rowling’s TransphobiaThe Harry Potter stars have condemned her comments.
    By Devon Ivie
  31. read the room
    Kristen Bell’s Children’s Book Perilously Close to Declaring Purple Lives MatterTitled The World Needs More Purple People.
    By Rebecca Alter
  32. a long talk
    ‘If You Can Perform Whiteness, Then What Does It Mean to Be White?’Brit Bennett on her propulsive new novel, The Vanishing Half, set in a mythical town solely inhabited by light-skinned black people.
    By Lila Shapiro
  33. books
    Zadie Smith to Release New Essay Collection About Life During LockdownIntimations, out July 28, was written in the “early months” of the pandemic.
    By Zoe Haylock
  34. jk rowling
    Warner Bros. Responds To J.K. Rowling’s Shocking Commitment to Being Transphobic“The events in the last several weeks have firmed our resolve as a company to confront difficult societal issues.”
    By Chris Murphy
  35. we regret to inform you
    J.K. Rowling Explains Her Anti-Trans Comments With More Anti-Trans CommentsShe wrote a 3,670-word blog post. Like half her books, it’s simply too long.
    By Justin Curto
  38. books
    Harper Acquires New Novel From Deadspin Founder Will LeitchLucky will be Leitch’s fifth book.
    By Zoe Haylock
  39. trans rights
    Daniel Radcliffe Responds to J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Trans Tweets“Just as a human being, I feel compelled to say something at this moment.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  40. the industry
    Over 1,000 Publishing Workers Strike to Protest Industry RacismThey’re tweeting under the hashtags #PubWorkers4BlackLives and #PubWorkers4Justice.
    By Justin Curto
  41. the industry
    Roxane Gay and Other Authors Reveal Salary Disparities With #PublishingPaidMeUrban fantasy novelist L.L. McKinney started the call to action.
    By Devon Ivie
  42. close reads
    What Is an Anti-Racist Reading List For?It is unclear whether each book supplies a portion of the holistic racial puzzle or are intended as revelatory islands in and of themselves.
    By Lauren Michele Jackson
  43. the longest lives
    What I’ve Learned So FarLessons from artists and thinkers.
    As told to Jackson McHenry, Helen Shaw, and Amelia Schonbek
  44. excerpt
    ‘Would You Be My Kiss‑in Partner?’During a protest at Harvard, Josh Oppenheimer’s kiss shook me into the awareness that I was not quite a man.
    By Meredith Talusan
  45. accio
    J.K. Rowling Fact-Checks Some ‘Utter Nonsense’ About Harry Potter’s Origins“I was thinking of putting a section on my website about all the alleged inspirations and birthplaces of Potter.”
    By Devon Ivie
  46. vulture recommends
    Want Is the Summer Book I Couldn’t Put DownIt’s a defining novel of our age of left-behind families.
    By Hillary Kelly
  47. summer 2020
    29 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This SummerThey will shake you out of your stasis.
    By Hillary Kelly
  50. fashion du jour
    9 Upsetting Anna Wintour Stories in André Leon Talley’s Memoir“Simple human kindness. No, she is not capable.”
    By Devon Ivie
  51. encounter
    The Psychic Will (Virtually) See You NowLaura Day joins the growing ranks of healers delivering their services via teleconferencing.
    By Lila Shapiro
  52. encounter
    André Leon Talley Would Still Take Anna Wintour’s CallFrom his living room in White Plains, the fashion writer on his new memoir and old friends.
    By E. Alex Jung
  53. profile
    In Case of Emergency, Read Olivia LaingFrom The Lonely City to Funny Weather, the author writes to find a path forward through pain.
    By Hillary Kelly
  54. book review
    What’s the Deal With Eels?A new book examines what we know about the mysterious creature, and a lot more that we do not.
    By Molly Young
  55. great adaptations
    AMC Is Sucking the Rights From Anne Rice’s Vampire NovelsEverything in The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches.
    By Devon Ivie
  56. books
    Former Drama Teacher Chasten Buttigieg to Release MemoirI Have Something to Tell You comes out on September 1.
    By Justin Curto
  57. books
    Simon & Schuster President and CEO Carolyn Reidy Dies at 71“As a publisher and a leader, Carolyn pushed us to stretch to do just that little bit more; to do our best and then some for our authors.”
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  58. roll clip!
    Netflix Announces Elena Ferrante Adaptation Before We Can Even Read the BookThere’s already a teaser.
    By Devon Ivie
  59. spoiler city
    What to Expect in Outlander Season 6, According to Diana Gabaldon’s BooksIt’s getting tougher to predict exactly what’s coming for Claire, Jamie, and Fraser’s Ridge, but one thing’s for sure: There will be tears.
    By Maggie Fremont
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