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Hanya’s Boys

 The novelist tends to torture her gay male characters — but only so she can swoop in to save them. By Andrea Long Chu
2022 preview

The Future’s Not All Bad

 Believe it or not, there are some things to look forward to this year. By Vulture Editors
2022 preview

49 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2022

 With new releases from Sheila Heti, Ottessa Moshfegh, Namwali Serpell, Hernan Diaz, and more.
  1. obit
    Comedian and Baskets Star Louie Anderson Dead at 68He was hospitalized for blood cancer treatment.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  2. book club
    11 Books to Read If You Already Miss YellowjacketsFor Jeff.
    By Jessica Gentile
  3. vulture lists
    10 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthBrian Cox, Daphne Palasi Andreades, Noah Hawley, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
  4. the law
    Britney Spears Wants Jamie Lynn to Stop Talking About HerThe pop star’s lawyer requested Jamie Lynn “cease and desist from referencing Britney derogatorily.”
    By Justin Curto
  5. family feuds
    Oops … Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears Are Fighting AgainBritney brought their argument over Jamie Lynn’s memoir into day two.
    By Justin Curto
  7. close reads
    Hanya’s BoysThe novelist tends to torture her gay male characters — but only so she can swoop in to save them.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  8. anniversaries
    9 Ways The Fault in Our Stars Changed the Last Decade of Pop CultureHappy anniversary to all those quote tattoos.
    By Rachel Simon
  9. 2022 preview
    The Future’s Not All BadBelieve it or not, there are some things to look forward to this year.
    By Vulture Editors
  10. books
    The Spine CollectorFor five years, a mysterious figure has been stealing books before their release. Is it espionage? Revenge? A trap? Or a complete waste of time?
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  11. 2022 preview
    49 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2022With new releases from Sheila Heti, Ottessa Moshfegh, Namwali Serpell, Hernan Diaz, and more.
  12. books
    The Spine Collector Saga Isn’t Over YetBernardini’s arrest is certainly the latest plot twist.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  13. got ‘em
    The FBI Has Made an Arrest in the Spine Collector CaseFilippo Bernardini was charged with fraud and aggravated identity theft.
    By Bethy Squires
  14. profile
    Sean Thor Conroe, ProtégéBefore the writer could publish his first novel, Fuccboi, he lost his fiercest advocate. Now he’s facing the hype alone.
    By Molly Osberg
  15. dementors
    Is J.K. Rowling in the New Harry Potter Special? Yes and No.They bring out Joanne B-roll.
    By Rebecca Alter
  16. unsolved mysteries
    Now We’ll Never Know If Dan Brown Was Living a Secret Life With a Horse TrainerThat’s one for the mystery books.
    By Rebecca Alter
  17. obits
    Joan Didion and the Courage to Say What You MeanThe lesson to take from her is one of wild conviction.
    By Kerry Howley
  18. close reads
    Station Eleven Finds the Sublime in the ApocalypseThis pandemic story’s winter 2021 debut seems almost perfectly wrongly timed, but that’s precisely what makes it so perversely satisfying.
    By Hillary Kelly
  19. rip
    Writer Joan Didion Has Died at the Age of 87The nonfiction giant redefined the essay.
    By Rebecca Alter
  20. we here for you
    11 Books to Fill the Succession-Size Hole in Your HeartFrom ancient history to children’s fiction.
    By Gina Chen
  21. vulture lists
    9 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthWill Smith, Mel Brooks, Ann Patchett, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
  22. best of 2021
    The Best Comedy Books of 2021Featuring Mel Brooks, Amber Ruffin, a history of the Twin Cities comedy scene, and a celebration of Native comedians.
    By Brian Boone
  23. books
    Backstage at the Birth of Sesame StreetThe Muppeteers look even shaggier than Oscar does.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  24. reading list
    To Read bell hooks Was to Love HerNine texts to introduce and re-introduce yourself to the groundbreaking scholar’s work.
    By Tao Leigh Goffe
  25. obits
    The Courage of bell hooksShe viewed her radical work as one of the purest expressions of love for Black people there is.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  26. rip
    bell hooks, Influential Black Feminist and Writer, Dead at 69She wrote over 40 books across nearly five decades.
    By Justin Curto
  27. book review
    Edith Schloss, 20th-Century WomanIn her book The Loft Generation, a fixture of the midcentury New York art scene gets a long-overdue introduction.
    By Jamie Hood
  28. best of 2021
    The Best Books of 2021From radical nuns to gut-wrenching memoir, this year’s books hit us where it hurt.
    By Hillary Kelly
  29. obits
    A Black EducationRemembering Greg Tate, critical giant, author, Flyboy, and my teacher.
    By Tirhakah Love
  30. deaths
    Greg Tate, Author and Master of Criticism, Dead At 64The critic died by cardiac arrest, his family confirmed in a statement.
    By Natalie Lin
  31. rip
    Anne Rice, Queen of Gothic Lit, Dies at 80Author of The Vampire Chronicles.
    By Charu Sinha
  32. in other words
    What’s So Hard About Crediting Book Translators?Translations into English are expected to be seamless — but the people who do the work rarely get the attention or pay they deserve.
    By Kira Josefsson
  33. help!
    What to Read, Watch, or Listen to After Binging Get BackRecommendations for every kind of Beatles fan.
    By Sophie Brookover
  34. the law
    Man Wrongfully Accused of Author Alice Sebold’s Rape Exonerated After 40 Years“My goal in 1982 was justice — not to perpetuate injustice,” Alice Sebold has written in a statement.
    By Rebecca Alter
  35. gift guide
    11 Pop-Culture-Inspired Gifts for Kids (That Won’t Drive Parents Crazy)Before you ask: Yes, there is Paw Patrol stuff.
    By Vulture Editors
  36. reading is fundamental
    50 New (or Newly Relevant) Books Worth Gifting This YearSomething for every reader (including those who would rather just look at pictures).
    By Vulture Editors
  37. podcasts
    The Hosts of Cookies Think NBA Players Might Enjoy Dimes SquareBen Detrick and Andrew Kuo on basketball, New York nightlife, Eric Adams, and their new book.
    By Kevin Lozano
  38. casting
    Lizzy Caplan Won’t Party Down Owing to Overlap with Fleishman Is in TroubleShe’s missing the revival to star in the FX on Hulu limited series with Jesse Eisenberg.
    By Natalie Lin
  39. hell of a book
    2021 National Book Awards Winners and FinalistsJason Mott’s Hell of a Book won for fiction, and Tiya Miles’s All That She Carried received the award for nonfiction.
    By Natalie Lin
  40. first person
    How Mel Brooks Fell for Anne Bancroft“We started talking one day, and we never stopped.”
    By Mel Brooks
  41. book review
    Love Behind Bars Is Possible. It’s Just Absurdly Hard.In Love Lockdown, journalist Elizabeth Greenwood follows couples who are trying to make it work when at least one partner is in prison.
    By John J. Lennon
  42. book review
    The Sentence Shows the Downside of UrgencyLouise Erdrich’s novel takes on the 2020 protests — and draws conclusions that feel dated already.
    By Jennifer Wilson
  43. book review
    ‘What Is the Power of My Body?’Emily Ratajkowski may want to join the feminist discourse, but in her essay collection she’s mostly in conversation with herself.
    By Jordan Taliha McDonald
  44. book review
    In Rax King’s Book Tacky, Lowbrow Is High PraiseA new essay collection celebrating trash culture is less certain about why some things are considered tacky at all.
    By Hillary Kelly
  45. vulture lists
    15 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Read Before the End of the YearHouse of Gucci, The Last Duel, and even a few adaptations not directed by Ridley Scott.
    By Emily Maskell
  46. capitalism
    Biden Administration Sues to Halt $2 Billion Simon & Schuster AcquisitionIn an antitrust case to prevent Penguin Random House from buying its competitor.
    By Rebecca Alter
  47. dune you feel like we dune
    We Need to Talk About the Name ‘Duncan Idaho’Duncan Idaho is not a character in Dune. Duncan Idaho is the name of a Chris Pratt character in an action movie that goes straight to Paramount+.
    By Nate Jones
  48. book review
    Kwon Yeo-sun’s ‘Lemon’ Is a Murder Mystery That Refuses to Be SolvedThe novel by Kwon Yeo-sun tracks the aftermath of a teen girl’s murder, with three very unreliable narrators.
    By Arianna Rebolini
  49. vulture lists
    8 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthKatie Couric, Sutton Foster, Stanley Tucci, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
  50. art du jour
    David Byrne’s New Book Is (Nothing But) DingbatsIllustrated dingbats, that is.
    By Devon Ivie
  51. the view from outside
    Meghan McCain Felt ‘Slapped’ When Joy Behar Said She Didn’t Miss Her on The ViewAnd she “no longer felt safe working at The View” afterward.
    By Justin Curto
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