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The 10 Best Books With Badass Older Heroines

These stereotype-busting heroines are proof positive you don’t have to be under 30 to be the main character in your own life.
By Gillian Harvey
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The 10 Best Travel Thrillers to Pick Up This Month

Now that August has arrived, these page-turners are the perfect reads to take on a lengthy plane ride or, if circumstances have you staycationing this year, to your favorite stretch of shoreline. 
By Kristine Hansen
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The Best Books About Serial Killers, Real and Imagined

The repeat predator has a special place in crime fiction and true crime.
By Lisa Levy
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The Best New Books to Read On Your Summer Vacation

By Nathan Smith
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10 Must-Read Books to Check Out While You Wait for Sally Rooney’s New Novel

By Lanie Brice
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Louisa Treger’s Retelling of Dora Maar’s Relationship with Picasso Reveals the Human Behind the Muse

By Frances Forbes-Carbines

10 Must-Read Retellings of the Best Classic Books

By Jessica Allen

Observer’s Roundup of the Best New Books of 2023

By Brigid Flanagan
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10 Romantic Novels and Books With the Heartwarming Vibes of Heartstopper

By Brigid Flanagan
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Five Late-Summer Reads That Feel Like a Getaway

By Alina Cohen

What to Read: Sara Flannery Murphy’s New Novel ‘The Wonder State’

By Noah Berlatsky

Derided for Centuries, Romance Novels Are a Huge Business

By Ann Kjellberg

Author Elle Nash Talks Early Internet, Obsession, and New Book ‘Gag Reflex’

By Genevieve Jagger

The Old Ottessa Moshfegh Can’t Come to the Phone Right Now

By Helen Holmes

Little Misogyny: Sally Rooney’s ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’

By Grace Byron

Fiona Mozley’s ‘Hot Stew’ Isn’t So Hot: Outsiders in Sex Work Literature

By Camille Waring

The Must-Reads of 2020’s National Book Awards Shortlist

By Lauren LeBlanc

How Established Writers Are Helping Debut Authors Save Their Books From Obscurity

By Gillian Harvey

The Must-Reads of 2019’s National Book Awards Shortlist

By Lauren LeBlanc
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Fall Preview 2018: Everything You Need to Watch, Hear, See, Read and Experience This Season

By Observer Culture Staff
The Paris Review Podcast.

The Paris Review’s New Podcast Proves Storytelling Isn’t Just for Kids

By Margaret Carrigan
Viet Thanh Nguyen.

How a Pulitzer-Prize Winning Novelist Thinks About Coffee, Screenplays and Facebook

By Jimmy Soni
Ernest Hemingway with his wife on board the "Constitution" crossing the Atlantic Ocean toward Europe.

People Think Ernest Hemingway Hated Women—He Absolutely Did Not

By Ryan Blacketter
Leonard Cohen.

Every Leonard Cohen Album, Ranked

By Justin Joffe
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