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Here are the finalists for this year's $50,000 Kirkus Prize.

Here are the finalists for this year's $50,000 Kirkus Prize.

By Emily Temple | September 17, 2019

10 brand new books you should pick up this week.

10 brand new books you should pick up this week.

By Emily Temple | September 17, 2019

On the Snarky Poem That Got Its Author Murdered

On the Snarky Poem That Got Its Author Murdered

Or: The Tale of the "Virgin" Poisoner

By Emily Temple | September 17, 2019

Tayari Jones, Duchess Goldblatt, and the manager of the Wu-Tang Clan: the week in book deals

Tayari Jones, Duchess Goldblatt, and the manager of the Wu-Tang Clan: the week in book deals

By Emily Temple | September 13, 2019

When D.H. Lawrence's

When D.H. Lawrence's "Unlovely" Paintings Were Confiscated by Scotland Yard

NSFW (If You're a Cop)

By Emily Temple | September 12, 2019

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

By Emily Temple | September 10, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Villa Coco
  • Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me
  • Contrapposto
  • Earth 7
  • The Traveler: One Man's Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris
  • Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America

Here's the opening of Elena Ferrante's next novel.

By Emily Temple | September 9, 2019

Random House publisher Susan Kamil has died at the age of 69.

By Emily Temple | September 9, 2019

Emma Cline's next book is a short story collection called Daddy, and it's coming out soon.

By Emily Temple | September 6, 2019

Dear male writers: here's how <em>not</em> to write about breasts.

Dear male writers: here's how not to write about breasts.

By Emily Temple | September 6, 2019

Horse Girls, Degas, and Flamin' Hot Cheetos: the most noteworthy book deals of the week.

Horse Girls, Degas, and Flamin' Hot Cheetos: the most noteworthy book deals of the week.

By Emily Temple | September 6, 2019

Attention: the inventor of Flamin' Hot Cheetos is writing a memoir.

Attention: the inventor of Flamin' Hot Cheetos is writing a memoir.

By Emily Temple | September 5, 2019

The Ultimate Fall 2019 Books Preview

The Ultimate Fall 2019 Books Preview

Yes, It's the Listicle of Listicles

By Emily Temple | September 5, 2019

Margaret Atwood is the second (!) novelist to make the cover of <em>TIME</em> this year.

Margaret Atwood is the second (!) novelist to make the cover of TIME this year.

By Emily Temple | September 4, 2019

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

By Emily Temple | September 3, 2019

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of <em>Goodnight Moon</em>

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of Goodnight Moon

if something ate him."">"Could be improved if something replied. Would be perfect
if something ate him."

By Emily Temple | September 3, 2019

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