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The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This February

From ruminations on modern desire to a history of an influential newspaper

The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This January

Relics, cults and Surrealist art abound in this month’s book picks

This New Edition of a Classic Book Evokes Ireland's Landscape and History

Making the definitive edition of “I Could Read the Sky”

Russian Government Issues Arrest Warrant for Putin Critic Masha Gessen

Gessen won a National Book Award in 2017 for a book on Russian totalitarianism

A Stunning Collection of Vintage Typewriters Is Heading to Auction

Devices owned by everyone from Hemingway to Hefner are in the mix

Salman Rushdie's Next Book Will Revisit His Attempted Murder

"Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder" is scheduled for release on April 16, 2024

The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This August

From engaging biographies to trips to distant landscapes — and beyond

This New Edition of a Hunter S. Thompson Collection Has More Metallica In the Mix

Lars Ulrich wrote the introduction for a new edition of "Screwjack"

The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This July

Absorbing fiction, thoughts on baseball and a whole lot more

Martin Amis's Life in Six Books

The iconic writer covered a lot of ground in his life

Martin Amis, Influential Writer, Dead at 73

His stylish fiction and nonfiction addressed grand moral questions

Neil Gaiman’s Creativity Hack Is Simple, Free and Grossly Underrated

The 62-year-old English novelist is an expert in idea-chasing

David Sedaris Clarified the Humorist-Comedian Line on “Real Time”

Bill Maher and guests talked TikTok, toxic masculinity and nepo babies

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Martin Amis's Life in Six Books

The iconic writer covered a lot of ground in his life

Martin Amis, Influential Writer, Dead at 73

His stylish fiction and nonfiction addressed grand moral questions

Neil Gaiman’s Creativity Hack Is Simple, Free and Grossly Underrated

The 62-year-old English novelist is an expert in idea-chasing

David Sedaris Clarified the Humorist-Comedian Line on “Real Time”

Bill Maher and guests talked TikTok, toxic masculinity and nepo babies

Revisiting the True Crime Case That Inspired Edgar Allan Poe

One of his stories echoes a mysterious discovery

Joan Didion's NYC Apartment Is For Sale For $7.5 Million

Doesn't look like a bad place to write at all

Did a Romance Novelist Fake Her Own Death?

An especially surreal literary scandal

What Was It Like to Edit J.D. Salinger?

A candid array of correspondence emerges

One Science Fiction Author’s Tech Predictions for 2023

Robin Sloan has some intriguing recommendations

Journalist Grant Wahl Dies While Covering World Cup in Qatar

Wahl had been highly critical of the tournament's organizers

Legendary Travel Writer and Editor Don George Shares His Secrets

We caught up with the world traveler during his annual Bay Area conference

The Best Moments From the Smartest Literary Festival in the World

This year's Hay Festival was a historic meeting of the minds — and the events are still available to stream online