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Taffy Brodesser-Akner and Tom Perrotta Wrote Books About the Opposite Gender

 “I don’t think it’s a very useful rule for novels: ‘This is a woman’s story, so a woman should write it.’” By Lila Shapiro
best of 2019

The Best Books of 2019 (So Far)

 Bowlaway, American Spy, and other standout books from the year. By Hillary Kelly and Maris Kreizman
must reads

7 New Books You Should Read This June

 James Ellroy, Lauren Mechling, Ocean Vuong, and more. By Boris Kachka
  1. pride month
    Nicholas Sparks Declares Himself ‘Supporter’ of LGBTQ Rights After Controversy“Ironically, as a writer I should have understood the power and enduring nature of my words.”
    By Devon Ivie
  2. books
    Put on Your Mockingjay Pins: A Hunger Games Prequel Is ComingSuzanne Collins announced her return to the series.
    By Zoe Haylock
  3. literary lunch
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner and Tom Perrotta Wrote Books About the Opposite Gender“I don’t think it’s a very useful rule for novels: ‘This is a woman’s story, so a woman should write it.’”
    By Lila Shapiro
  4. the grub street diet
    Author Taffy Brodesser-Akner Loves a Good Breakfast Salad“It makes me feel like a million bucks.”
    By Chris Crowley
  5. books
    Nicholas Sparks Didn’t Want an LGBTQ Club at His Private SchoolThe author is denying the claims.
    By Amanda Arnold
  7. books
    Linda Fairstein Jumps Into a Debate About Linda Fairstein on Authors Guild Site“I seem to remember that Salman Rushdie’s publisher stayed with him through a FATWA.”
    By Devon Ivie
  8. books
    A Walking Tour, Circa 1860, With the City’s Last PirateRich Cohen takes us through Albert Hicks’s New York, complete with a sack of stolen money and a trip to the gallows.
    By Rich Cohen
  9. bookselling blues
    Barnes & Noble’s Wild Ride: A TimelineHow the chain, bought last week by a hedge fund, went from indie darling to publishing’s Darth Vader and back.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  10. the law
    Linda Fairstein Dropped by Publisher for Connection to Central Park Five CaseFairstein did not try the case, but was involved in the investigation.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  11. books
    Revisiting Larry Sanders’s Late-Night Host ConfessionsThe fictional autobiography is a pure distillation of Garry Shandling’s humor.
    By Matt Domino
  14. the plaza
    Death, Dogs, and Eloise Made the Plaza Hotel What It Is TodayJulie Satow’s new book chronicles the history of one of New York’s landmarks.
    By Milan Polk
  15. music
    Debbie Harry Gave a Surprise, Somber Reading From Her Unpublished MemoirFace It will be available for purchase in October.
    By Daniel Maurer
  16. best of 2019
    The Best Books of 2019 (So Far)Bowlaway, American Spy, and other standout books from the year.
    By Hillary Kelly and Maris Kreizman
  17. pop occulture
    Meet Pam Grossman, the Terry Gross of WitchesThe podcast host and author discusses her new book, “pop occulture,” and dating muggles.
    By Jenni Miller
  18. must reads
    7 New Books You Should Read This JuneJames Ellroy, Lauren Mechling, Ocean Vuong, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  19. r kelly
    8 Disturbing R. Kelly Revelations Detailed in New BookIncluding harrowing details from the Aaliyah annulment and infamous “pee tape,” plus why the current Chicago case might fall apart.
    By Dan Reilly
  20. profile
    Kristen Arnett, Queer Meme Master, Does Not Want to Explain Ravioli to YouThe internet’s favorite librarian talks about her debut novel, Mostly Dead Things.
    By John Maher
  21. profiles
    Whose Story Will Sandi Tan Tell Next?The Idiot seemed like an “unadaptable” book. But after Shirkers, is there anything the director can’t do?
    By Anna Silman
  22. r kelly
    R. Kelly Reporter Jim DeRogatis Never Wants to Hear Another ‘Pee Tape’ Joke“To see it reduced to a joke when you have this 14-year-old being violated …”
    By Dan Reilly
  23. yikes
    The 21 Wildest Celebrity Stories From Moby’s Controversial Tell-all MemoirThe Natalie Portman and Lana Del Rey controversies are just the tip of the iceberg from the book sinking Moby’s career once again.
    By Larry Fitzmaurice
  26. book review
    Elizabeth Gilbert’s New Novel Is All Sex, No DriveCity of Girls fails in its mission to make a liberated 1940s glamour girl compelling.
    By Hillary Kelly
  27. weinstein books
    Ronan Farrow’s Weinstein Book Will Be Personal, He Says in Surprise AppearancePopping into a BookExpo lunch, he talked about “some of the low points I’m now reliving.”
    By Boris Kachka
  28. tv orders
    Hulu Is Making the Inevitable Sally Rooney TV Show With Normal PeopleStarring newcomers Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal.
    By Jackson McHenry
  29. packing light
    What Is a Beach Read, and Why?The anatomy of a marketing concept, plus lots of new summer favorites.
    By Allison Duncan
  30. books
    The Book Stand That Sells Only Signed Philip Roth NovelsThe late author signed hundreds and hundreds of them for his friend Enrico Adelman to sell.
    By Hilary Reid
  31. cancellations
    Moby Reads the Room and Cancels His Book Tour“I’m going to go away for awhile.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  32. jonas brothers
    Apparently It Takes Three Jonas Brothers to Write One MemoirWill all three narrate the audiobook?
    By Milan Polk
  33. book excerpt
    The John Candy Joke That Still Makes Steve Martin CryAn excerpt from the new book Wild and Crazy Guys.
    By Nick de Semlyen
  34. kids
    Does This Children’s Book Spark Joy?Marie Kondo’s new book will teach kids how to “tidy” and “embrace joy.”
    By Hannah Gold
  35. summer preview
    12 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This SummerColson Whitehead, Jia Tolentino, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, and more.
    By Hillary Kelly and Maris Kreizman
  38. trilogies
    Hilary Mantel Will Release Her Final Thomas Cromwell Novel in 2020Start queuing up for The Mirror and the Light.
    By Devon Ivie
  39. adaptations
    Catch-22’s Biggest Changes From Page to ScreenThe creators behind Hulu’s new miniseries make some bold choices in condensing Joseph Heller’s 450-page satirical novel into six installments.
    By Nick Allen
  40. game of thrones
    George R.R. Martin: ASOIAF’s Ending Will Be Similar and Different From GOT’s“The same ending as the show? Different? Well … yes. And no. And yes. And no.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  41. dragon shows
    Stephen King’s The Eyes of the Dragon Is Coming to HuluHulu has heard your GOT lamentations, and it wants to help.
    By Bethy Squires
  42. one grand books
    Elif Shafak’s 10 Favorite BooksVirginia Woolf, James Baldwin, and more.
    By Elif Shafak
  43. hollywood
    Public Nudity, Near Deaths, and Other Wild Tales from Chateau MarmontHighlights from a new tell-all.
    By Natalie Hope McDonald
  44. literary lions
    Herman Wouk, 1915 to 2019The author of The Caine Mutiny and Marjorie Morningstar died today at 103.
    By Boris Kachka
  45. game of disses
    George R.R. Martin Thinks You’re Idiots for Believing He’s Hiding His Books“It seems absurd to me that I need to state this.”
    By Devon Ivie
  46. one grand books
    Siri Hustvedt’s 10 Favorite BooksWoolf, Brontë, and more.
    By Siri Hustvedt
  47. must reads
    8 New Books You Should Read This MayAli Smith, Karen Russell, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  50. in translation
    Samanta Schweblin’s Deliberately Slow, Perfectly Timed Rise to American FameThe Argentinian author’s writing is astonishing more readers every day, but she’d rather not talk about it.
    By Luisa Rollenhagen
  51. in translation
    Will Translated Fiction Ever Really Break Through?And does it even matter? A publisher of foreign lit weighs in on “the 3 percent problem.”
    By Chad Post
  52. in translation
    15 Must-Read Translated Books From the Past 5 YearsA roundup of the essential fiction from abroad — from an award-winning Polish novel to war stories from Syria, Argentina, and Europe.
    By Tobias Carroll, Luisa Rollenhagen, and Christopher Byrd
  53. encounter
    Ani DiFranco on Her Memoir, Hadestown, and Reckoning With the 1990sIn her new book No Walls and the Recurring Dream, the folksinger grapples with her own history and the decade in which she was most famous.
    By Rachel Syme
  54. spinoff showcase
    George R.R. Martin Says Three Game of Thrones Shows Are in Development at HBOSpinoffs are coming.
    By Bethy Squires
  55. well well well
    Woody Allen Is Pitching a Memoir, and Some Publishers Won’t Even Read ItAt least four publishing execs say they declined to offer him a book deal.
    By Hunter Harris
  56. paranoid fiction
    Paranoid and Madcap, The Manchurian Candidate is Our Timeliest NovelHappy 60th birthday to Richard Condon’s absurdist, overwritten testament to the abuse of power.
    By Michael Weinreb
  57. sexy metafiction
    This Year’s Call Me by Your Name Is French: More Meta But Just As HotPhilippe Besson’s Lie With Me is reminiscent of André Aciman’s novel of young gay love, but its style is utterly unique (also no sexy peaches).
    By Hillary Kelly
  58. tribeca film festival
    Sarah Silverman Says Her Bedwetter Musical Will Open Sometime Next YearPlus other things we learned from her chat with Mike Birbiglia at Tribeca.
    By Dan Reilly
  59. game of thrones
    Will Arya’s Big Move on Game of Thrones Happen in the Books, Too?Arya Stark’s decisive blow in the Battle of Winterfell has fans wondering how she’ll factor into one of the books’ biggest prophecies.
    By Nate Jones
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