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A collage of book covers

10 Books With the Heartwarming Vibes of Heartstopper

Curl up with these cozy queer romcoms, stories of self-discovery and books that otherwise remind us just how hard navigating teenagehood was.
By Brigid Flanagan
A hand holding a book over a picnic blanket

Five Late-Summer Reads That Feel Like a Getaway

As summer winds down, a great book (or five) can keep FOMO at bay.
By Alina Cohen

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

In Murphy's novel, the real horror is that your friends were never really who you thought they were.
By Noah Berlatsky
A portrait of the author, Jacqueline Susann, taken from her husband Irving Mansfield's book.

50 Years On, ‘Valley of the Dolls’ Is Still Ahead of the Game

By Lale Arikoglu
An exclusive excerpt from Thelma Adams' new book.

Exclusive Excerpt From ‘The Last Woman Standing: A Novel of Mrs. Wyatt Earp’

By Thelma Adams
Albert Aiken's "The Wolves of New York," a later dime novel in the "American Detective" series.

The Pulp Fiction Dime Novel Is Making a Comeback

By Parker Richards
Police stop an anti-internment parade in north Belfast, northern Ireland, on August 9, 2015. The annual march that is organised to mark the introduction of internment without trial during the height of the Troubles in August 1971, was stopped by police from entering Belfast city centre, after the parade had defied a Parade Commission ruling. AFP PHOTO / PAUL FAITH

Cops in America Have it Easy, Says This Crime Writer From Northern Ireland

By Brady Dale

Different Period, Different Genre… Still Brooklyn

By Alexa Jaccarino
NYFA award winner Kalup Linzy. (Photo: Courtesy of Rhizome)

Over Half a Million Dollars in Grants Awarded to 95 NY State Artists

By Ryan Steadman
Debut novelist Liana Maeby. (Photo courtesy of Ms. Maeby)

Liana Maeby Talks About Publishing Her First Novel, ‘South on Highland’

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Grey. (Courtesy Patrick McMullan)

Sasha Grey Sells Debut Novel

By Rozalia Jovanovic
Lionel Shriver.

Read All About It! Or… Don’t: Lionel Shriver’s New Novel Disappoints

By Daniel D'Addario

Kickstart or Kill: The Newer York, Literary Mag That ‘Wants To Screw With Your Mind’

By Nitasha Tiku
Journalist (Getty Images)

The Fictional Magazine Power List

By Daniel D'Addario

Does the Novel Have a Future? The Answer Is In This Essay!

By Tao Lin

All the Lonely People

By Michael H. Miller

America’s Next Top Novel

By Leon Neyfakh
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