Books

culture 10/10/2025
Do You Ever Fantasize About Running Away? Grace Byron’s ‘Herculine’ explores the temptation and limitations of going off the grid.
By Harron Walker

chapters 10/8/2025
The Murderer Who Lived With My Mother and Me He was an early father figure. Then, he committed an act of unconscionable violence. Was he a monster hiding in plain sight all along?
By Rachel Corbett

books 10/2/2025
18 Well-Read People on How, Exactly, They Find the Time We ask book critics, authors, Substackers, New York staffers, and more.
By Jasmine Vojdani

celebrity memoirs 9/30/2025
Lionel Richie’s Book Talk Descended Into Chaos Apparently some attendees started heckling when they realized they were not about to see him sing.
By Julia Reinstein

chapters 9/25/2025
When Jane Birkin Met Serge Gainsbourg “You know that horrible Frenchman I told you about?” Jane said to her mother. “Well, I think I’m in love with him.”
By Marisa Meltzer

children's books 9/16/2025
Lauren Sánchez Wrote Another Children’s Book After a summer of fun, Mrs. Bezos is back at work with The Fly Who Flew Under the Sea.
By Olivia Craighead

books 9/16/2025
Everything We Know About ACOTAR 6, the Next Sarah J. Maas Book SJM said her first draft is done. Will we get release-date news soon? Here, all the Suriel-worthy tea on the sixth A Court of Thorns and Roses book.
By Margaret Hartmann

booktok 9/16/2025
The Love Hypothesis, Explained: From Book to Movie to TikTok Sensation Why the film adaptation of a Star Wars fanfic turned romance novel is all over your “For You” page — and how it links back to Pride & Prejudice.
By Margaret Hartmann

culture 9/10/2025
A Conversation About Sex, Love, and Addiction With Elizabeth Gilbert “If I had written the book directly after Rayya had died, it would be a book about what a nice person I am and what a bad thing happened to me.”
By Emily Gould

chapters 9/5/2025
Axl Rose Stole My Coat Zosia Mamet on her wayward years as a New York club kid.
By Zosia Mamet
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