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The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Because It’s Gonna Be May

By Emily Temple | April 30, 2021

Read John Steinbeck's odd (and possibly rude) response to winning a Critics’ Circle award.

Read John Steinbeck's odd (and possibly rude) response to winning a Critics’ Circle award.

By Emily Temple | April 29, 2021

The 11 Best Book Covers of April

The 11 Best Book Covers of April

April Showers May Bring Book Covers

By Emily Temple | April 29, 2021

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction.

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction.

By Emily Temple | April 28, 2021

An artist is designing book covers for strangers' unwritten memoirs—and you can submit your own.

An artist is designing book covers for strangers' unwritten memoirs—and you can submit your own.

By Emily Temple | April 27, 2021

These are the 50 best-selling books of all time (on Amazon).

These are the 50 best-selling books of all time (on Amazon).

By Emily Temple | April 23, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Go Gentle
  • The Palm House
  • Lázár
  • Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs
  • Famesick: A Memoir
  • Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other--And the World

20 Famous Writers’ Sartorial Trademarks, Ranked

By Emily Temple | April 23, 2021

These are the 5 (er, 10?) best parentheses in literature.

By Emily Temple | April 22, 2021

Blake Bailey has been dropped by his agency following sexual abuse allegations.

By Emily Temple | April 21, 2021

Watch <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> in 10 minutes, with everything explained by John Mulaney.

Watch Pride and Prejudice in 10 minutes, with everything explained by John Mulaney.

By Emily Temple | April 19, 2021

An ode to Paul Bettany's mellifluous, magisterial turn as Chaucer in <em>A Knight's Tale</em>.

An ode to Paul Bettany's mellifluous, magisterial turn as Chaucer in A Knight's Tale.

By Emily Temple | April 16, 2021

In which a drunk Jack Kerouac discusses hippies with William F. Buckley.

In which a drunk Jack Kerouac discusses hippies with William F. Buckley.

By Emily Temple | April 15, 2021

Announcing the winners of the 2021 Whiting Awards.

Announcing the winners of the 2021 Whiting Awards.

By Emily Temple | April 14, 2021

Check out these trippy new covers for eight modern classics.

Check out these trippy new covers for eight modern classics.

By Emily Temple | April 14, 2021

I'm obsessed with Liu Ye's gorgeous, photorealistic paintings of books.

I'm obsessed with Liu Ye's gorgeous, photorealistic paintings of books.

By Emily Temple | April 13, 2021

Check out the cover for Sally Rooney's next novel,  <em>Beautiful World, Where Are You</em>.

Check out the cover for Sally Rooney's next novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You.

By Emily Temple | April 13, 2021

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