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  1. cheat sheet
    Say ‘I Do’ to the Divorce MemoirEveryone’s writing about the end of their marriage, for better or worse.
    By Emma Alpern
  2. a long talk
    Michelle Zauner’s Success Nearly Destroyed HerAnd then the Crying in H Mart film fell apart. But she’s changing her fortune with a new Japanese Breakfast album.
    By Delia Cai
  3. book review
    Transness Gets Metaphorical in Torrey Peters’s Stag DanceShe examines the messy underbelly of DIY trans culture, diving into the cringier aspects of queer growing pains.
    By Grace Byron
  4. spellcasting
    HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, Daniel Radcliffe, 2001.
    Harry Potter Hires a Hogwarts HeadmasterReportedly casting John Lithgow as Dumbledore.
    By Rebecca Alter
  5. backstories
    Toni Morrison’s Lost PlayWhy did the novelist’s only staged drama disappear for so long?
    By Elon Green
  6. book review
    The Minority Report Gets a Trump-Era UpdateLaila Lalami’s The Dream Hotel is an alarming dystopian approximation of what we might be headed toward.
    By Sam Worley
  7. book review
    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Frustrating ReturnHer new novel Dream Count suffers from the retrograde gender politics and bad writing that has defined her career of late.
    By Sanjena Sathian
  8. vulture lists
    28 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your 2025 Reading ListRobert Pattinson (and some clones) are heading to space.
    By Emily Maskell
  9. vulture lists
    5 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthIncluding a new novel that will sneak up on you.
    By Marshall Heyman
  10. neighborhood news
    ‘So You All Got the Email …’At the launch for Susan Morrison’s Lorne after a reply-all blizzard.
    By Paula Aceves
  11. jang-jang-jang-jang
    The Monkey Saves the Stephen King Adaptation by Skewering ItThe closer you look at The Monkey, the more you can see its deliberate subversions of the tropes that have come to define the Stephen King movie.
    By Louis Peitzman
  12. julianne ‘the resistance’ moore
    Why Is the Pentagon So Scared of Julianne Moore?Book-ban insanity comes for Freckleface Strawberry.
    By Rebecca Alter
  13. done
    Tory Burch - Fall/Winter 2024 New York Fashion Week - Front Row
    A Court of Thorns and Roses TV Series Doesn’t Survive Valentine’s DayA rose by any other name still dies in development hell.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  14. coming soon ;)
    Miranda July and STARZ Go Public With Their RelationshipThe All Fours author says the network “really digs into the reality of who women are and what we want.”
    By Fran Hoepfner
  15. testimonies
    Salman Rushdie Relived His Stabbing Attack in Court Testimony“It occurred to me that I was dying,” the author recalled.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  16. controversies
    Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’s Family Speaks Out Against Allison Holker’s Memoir“That was his story to tell.”
    By Justin Curto
  17. shhhhh!
    "Inferno" Paris Photocall At Hotel Bristol
    Dan Brown Wants to Tell You A SecretRobert Langdon is back!!!!!!
    By Emily Heller
  18. sister sister sister
    Lola Kirke Tells Us She’s Not Like Other KirkesBut she is still a Kirke.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  19. profile
    Sarah McNally’s Book ClubThe owner of the McNally Jackson literary empire is reshaping the city’s reading life.
    By Matthew Schneier
  20. book review
    Neko Case Survived It AllThe songwriter’s unusual tell-all skips the gossip, revealing a life in music as the solution, not the plot.
    By Emma Alpern
  21. book review
    Han Kang’s Latest Novel Mines Korea’s Bloody PastWe Do Not Part is the very best kind of story-telling, poetic and ambiguous without ever shying away from horrible historic truths.
    By Robert Rubsam
  22. cheat sheet
    The Rise of Rebecca Yarros, Mother of Dragon SmutWhat to know about the author of the breakout “Empyrean” series.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  23. in conversation
    David Lynch on His Memoir Room to Dream and Clues to His Films“People are detectives and we have life to find clues about in the same way we would with a piece of cinema.”
    By David Marchese
  24. physical media
    The Art Lost in L.A. FiresCount Warhol artworks, Gary Indiana’s library, and Schoenberg scores among the losses.
    By Justin Curto
  25. reading is fun
    NFC Wild Card Playoffs: Green Bay Packers v Philadelphia Eagles
    Maybe AJ Brown Can Be Our New BookTokThe Eagles wide receiver’s sideline read Inner Excellence became an Amazon best seller.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  26. no comment
    Amanda Palmer ‘Disturbed’ by Neil Gaiman Assault AllegationsBut “she has no comment,” a representative said, citing her ongoing divorce.
    By Justin Curto
  27. book review
    You Can’t Outrun SpotifyLiz Pelly’s Mood Machine suggests that logging off is the only way out of our music streaming nightmare.
    By Nicholas Quah
  28. okay bomer
    Matt Bomer Brings A Little Life Back to LifeNarrating a tenth anniversary audiobook, for your pain and pleasure.
    By Jason P. Frank
  29. book review
    Fear and Loathing in BerlinAn Afghan girl seeks solace in sex and drugs in an ambitious but bloated debut.
    By Jasmine Vojdani
  30. books
    There Is No Safe WordHow the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
    By Lila Shapiro
  31. 2025 preview
    30 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2025In uncertain times, we look to our sharpest writers.
    By Vulture Editors
  32. year in culture
    The Bests of 2024All the books, podcasts, and anime (plus TV, movies, music, and more) that captivated our critics (and John Waters) this year.
    By Vulture Editors
  33. mystery and intrigue
    Oh, Colleen Hoover’s Next Movie Is Going to Be UnhingedDakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway are having a diva-off.
    By Jason P. Frank
  34. year in culture
    Vulture’s 20 Most-Read Stories of 2024From brat summer to a scandalous fall, here’s what our readers loved most this year.
    By Vulture Editors
  35. reading is fundamental
    Vulture’s 2024 Books Gift GuideA dearth of celebrity memoirs doesn’t mean a dearth of gossip.
    By Vulture Staff
  36. vulture lists
    9 Great Queer Holiday Romance Novels to Cozy Up With This DecemberFeaturing house swaps, fake dates, and conveniently placed mistletoe.
    By Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner
  37. rip
    61st New York Film Festival - "Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project"
    Nikki Giovanni, Treasured Poet, Dead at 81She died of complications from lung cancer.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  38. best of 2024
    The Best Comedy Books of 2024The most delightful, thought-provoking, educational, and just all in all funny.
    By Brian Boone
  39. this is me trying
    Taylor Swift’s Error-Laden Eras Tour Book Is Still a HitThe typo-filled tome has sold more than 800,000 copies.
    By Justin Curto
  40. best of 2024
    The Best Books of 2024The novels and nonfiction that gave us unique perspectives on what it’s like to experience the world in all its sorrow and wonder.
    By Maris Kreizman
  41. vulture lists
    2024 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your Reading ListIncluding an ancient epic poem, a magic-realism masterpiece, and a Bob Dylan biography.
    By Emily Maskell
  42. book review
    The Perfect Fantasy Novel for These Uncertain TimesThe last book in Tad Williams’s influential Osten Ard series has a strong anti-authoritarian streak.
    By Sarah Jones
  43. why’d you make this film?
    Just How Queer Is Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Anyway?I didn’t recognize the William Burroughs I knew in it. So I got on a Zoom with the director.
    By Ira Silverberg
  44. chat room
    If You Think That’s How Becky Lynch Is Going Out, You’re WrongThe WWE superstar knows that letting fans peek behind the curtain can hook them even more.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  45. the work of art
    How Jonathan Franzen Learned to Write a Franzen NovelTo finish The Corrections, he had to kill his protagonist — and his idea of what a book should be.
    By Adam Moss
  46. scene report
    The Party Goes Late at the 75th National Book AwardsSipping prosecco amid the black-tie crowd at the packed publishing-world event in lower Manhattan.
    By Emma Alpern
  47. books
    Percival Everett Can’t Be Pinned DownHis masterful new novel, James, cements his status as one of our most idiosyncratic writers.
    By James Yeh
  48. the pluck of the irish
    The Best Irish Novels From the Past 15 YearsWhich works by Sally Rooney, Colm Toibin, and Claire Keegan among others, reign supreme?
    Edited by Tomi Obaro
  49. if i could turn back time
    14 Stunning Stories From Cher’s (First) MemoirFrom Warren Beatty asking her out when she was a teenager to her “chicken joke” with Carol Burnett.
    By Justin Curto
  50. chapters
    I Thought the Sun Rose and Set on His Sicilian AssSonny Bono was one of the most charming — and possessive — men I’d ever met.
    By Cher
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