The Billionaire’s Bard: On the rationalist fictions of Neal Stephenson
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The Talented Mr. Bernardini - A young Italian is accused of pulling off the book world’s most perplexing crime. Who is he?
7 votes -
Joan Didion, ‘new journalist’ who explored culture and chaos, dies at 87
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Mel Brooks writes it all down - The comedian will publish his memoirs at the age of ninety-five, and is at work on “History of the World, Part II”
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Brian Herbert on Dune: ‘My father could see into the future'
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‘I think we should throw those books in a fire’: Movement builds on right to target books
17 votes -
Swedish streaming company Storytel has signed a deal to acquire Audiobooks.com from owner KKR for $135m, extending its reach into the English language audio market
9 votes -
What if everything you learned about human history is wrong?
5 votes -
Trader Joe wrote a memoir - The book is a sort of “Kitchen Confidential” for the grocery business, but without the drugs or rage
4 votes -
Printer jam: Serious supply issues disrupt the book industry’s 2020 fall season
4 votes -
Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you.
18 votes -
What happened to Jordan Peterson?
16 votes -
An understanding of Orwell's 1984 from someone who has never read it
6 votes -
Penguin Random House to buy Simon & Schuster
5 votes -
The New York Times Book Review editors' choices for the ten best books of 2020
7 votes -
The 100 best fantasy books of all time
19 votes -
Hercule Poirot turns 100: The strange case of the Belgian detective
11 votes -
A small collection of novels — some great, some not so great — appeared in just the right form at just the right moment to effect lasting changes
5 votes -
The dehumanizing condescension of the book White Fragility
29 votes -
Insane after coronavirus?
6 votes -
Mary Trump’s book accuses the US President of embracing "cheating as a way of life"
16 votes -
Frog and Toad (and me)
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At ninety-nine years old, Al Jaffee says goodbye to MAD Magazine
7 votes -
We’re not polarized enough: Ezra Klein’s flawed diagnosis of the divisions in American politics
5 votes -
The GOP is the problem. Is ‘human identity politics’ the solution? (Book review of Ezra Klein’s 'Why We’re Polarized')
9 votes -
The case for Stanislaw Lem
10 votes -
Books briefing: If your attention span is shrinking, read poetry
10 votes -
Growing up in Quarantineland: Childhood nightmares in the age of germs prepared me for coronavirus
6 votes -
As coronavirus spreads, some Beijing bookstores have partnered with a food delivery service to get books to readers
6 votes -
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy” turns 42
10 votes -
Local bookstores have a new weapon in the fight with Amazon
22 votes -
There’s nothing thrilling about trauma
5 votes -
As a 28-year-old Latino, I'm shocked my new novel, Memoirs of a Middle-Aged White Lady, has been so poorly received
25 votes -
Lauren Groff: 'Birdie,' a short story
4 votes -
The decade in young adult fiction
6 votes -
Faith and Reasons: Two authors explore the persistence of religious feeling
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E-books at libraries are a huge hit, leading to long waits, reader hacks and worried publishers
25 votes -
Like This Or Die - The fate of the book review in the age of the algorithm
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“Affordances” - A new science-fiction short story by Cory Doctorow about algorithmic bias
7 votes -
In "The Testaments", Margaret Atwood expands the world of "The Handmaid’s Tale"
8 votes -
John W. Campbell Award is renamed after winner criticizes him
12 votes -
Why everyone should read Harry Potter: Tales of the young wizard instill empathy, a study finds
7 votes -
Ta-Nehisi Coates talks to Jesmyn Ward about writing fiction, reparations, and the legacy of slavery
4 votes -
Orwell knew: We willingly buy the screens that are used against us
10 votes -
Hell is Other Internet People: Gretchen McCulloch’s new book unpacks the language of the internet
7 votes -
Jo Nesbø, master of Norway noir, returns with his creepiest yet
5 votes -
“I did not die. I did not go to heaven.”: How the controversy around a Christian bestseller engulfed the evangelical publishing industry—and tore a family apart.
10 votes -
Sandra Boynton is tweaking some of her beloved children’s books. But why mess with perfection?
7 votes -
Liu Cixin’s war of the worlds
12 votes -
The Mind-Body Solution: Neal Stephenson’s Fall explores higher consciousness, the internet’s future, and virtual worldbuilding in one mind-blowing adventure.
5 votes