Books

scene report 10/29/2024

The Most Wholesome Halloween Celebration in Town Partying with Little Red Riding Hood, the Giving Tree, and “a pile of burning books” at the New York Public Library’s Halloween costume parade.

politics 7:00 a.m.

How Will the Publishing Industry Respond to Trump 2.0? We asked editors and agents about whether we’ll see more dystopian fiction, more tell-all memoirs, or more escapism.

culture 11/20/2024

Anne Hathaway Joins the Hooververse Colleen Hoover’s ‘Verity’ adaptation will star Anne Hathaway as Verity Crawford, a character name that is somehow the least absurd detail of the book.

By Katja Vujić

book review 11/19/2024

Ever Felt Like You Were Trapped In The Same Day? Maybe you’ll relate to the main character in Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume time-travel series.

suggestions 11/5/2024

You Should Just Read a Book Tonight Obsessively scrolling and channel surfing won’t change the election results.

By Olivia Craighead

recommendations 11/4/2024

7 Short-Story Collections for Short Attention Spans What to read when big books won’t do the trick.

halloween 10/31/2024

The Creepy Book You Should Read Tonight And three other recommendations for a spooky night in.

announcements 10/23/2024

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books 10/22/2024

The Grandparents Fighting Against Book Bans Advocacy groups like Grandparents for Truth want to lead the anti-book-censorship movement in the United States.

career 10/21/2024

The Woman Behind Your Richest Friend’s Coffee-Table Books Martine Assouline has been making the stylish, high-end tomes that are her family business’ calling card for 30 years.

By Chantal Fernandez

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