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‘Everything on That Island Wanted to Kill You’

 The very first crew of Survivor slept tent-less on a beach covered in rats and snakes because they smelled a hit TV show. And then it got worse. By Emily Nussbaum
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Lev Grossman Takes His Time

 The author of The Magicians returns to adult fiction with The Bright Sword. It only took ten years and a transpacific move. By Choire Sicha
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What to Expect in Bridgerton Season 4, Based on the Books

 We know there will be a happily-ever-after, but whose? By Maggie Fremont
  1. girl so literary
    Brat and It’s the Same But It’s a Track-by-Track Booklist So It’s NotHot-girl books to read at a bar with a martini and a side of fries.
    By Bethy Squires
  2. announcements
    Read Long Island Compromise With New York’s Summer Book ClubJoin a variety of our writers and editors for a weekly discussion newsletter, starting next month.
    By The Editors
  3. j.d. vance
    Glenn Close Played Trump’s Running Mate’s MamawJ.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy and cause of Glenn Close’s eighth Oscar loss, is up for vice-president.
    By Jason P. Frank
  4. adaptations
    Emerald Fennell Has Found Her Next Weirdo-Rich-Kid StoryIt’s Wuthering Heights. Ever heard of it?
    By Justin Curto
  5. the grub street diet
    John Ganz Wants to Keep the Party Going“I’ve been celebrating for the past three weeks, and it’s starting to take a toll.”
    By Emma Alpern
  7. trailer mix
    The Perfect Couple Is a Showcase of Wealthy Blonde WomenNicole Kidman, Dakota Fanning, and Meghann Fahy eat. Duh.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  8. books
    Alice Munro’s Daughter Opens Up About Abuse in FamilyAndrea Robin Skinner says her stepfather sexually abused her at age 9, but her mother stayed with him after it came to light.
    By Zoe Guy
  9. best of 2024
    The Best Books of 2024 (So Far)A sizzling, propulsive new novel from Miranda July, the introspective follow-up to There There, and a debut novel with a killer hook.
    By Vulture Editors
  10. vulture lists
    2024 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your Reading ListAnother chapter for Deadpool and a riveting Laura Lippman crime novel make the leap to streaming.
    By Emily Maskell
  11. book review
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner Overcooks ItA wealthy Jewish family gets the Succession treatment in the writer’s hectic second novel.
    By Emma Alpern
  12. close read
    Against ‘Women’s Writing’Rachel Cusk’s gender fundamentalism fully surfaces in her latest novel, Parade.
    By Andrea Long Chu
  13. paws up lil zazzters
    HBO Is Making a Decade-Long Harry Potter SeriesHere’s which Muggles will try to make magic happen as showrunner and director.
    By Rebecca Alter
  14. the library is open
    Put Down the Juneteenth Ice Cream and Pick Up These 18 BooksA reading list for America’s latest greeting-card category.
    By Jordan Taliha McDonald
  15. fire and blood
    Who’s Who in Westeros: A House of the Dragon Character GuideKeeping up with the Targaryens.
    By Sean T. Collins
  16. vulture lists
    15 Stephen King Books That Should Be Adapted NextCreepy amusement parks, killer cars, time travel, and more worthy King plots.
    By Brian Tallerico
  17. future movies
    Appetite for More Hunger Games Will Be MetThe movie based on the barely announced book will be released before the second Wicked movie.
    By Jason P. Frank
  18. jedi texts
    Why Star Wars’s The Acolyte Is Set an Even Longer Time AgoWelcome to the High Republic.
    By Jack Francis
  19. stop the presses
    Griffin Dunne’s Hollywood-Irish Family Had Its Grudges“We were clinically crazy,” says the son of Dominick Dunne and the nephew of John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. “Like, really crazy.”
    By Shawn McCreesh
  20. book review
    The Crisis of the Realist NovelJoseph O’Neill’s Godwin displays all the anxieties of a form stuck in place.
    By Ryu Spaeth
  21. the grub street diet
    Novelist Flynn Berry Grocery Shops for Her Characters“I always grocery shop for my characters, knowing what they eat helps me understand them.”
    By Alan Sytsma
  22. the grub street diet
    Aimee Nezhukumatathil Picks Up Taiyaki for the Train“I loved the idea of two fish waiting for me in the darkness of my backpack for later.”
    By Rima Parikh
  23. summer preview 2024
    22 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This SummerBooks that will transport you from the beach to a road trip with messy friends or a Round Table with Arthur’s knights.
  24. vulture lists
    The 18 Uncanniest Comics to Read After Watching X-Men ’97To me, my pull list.
    By Kambole Campbell
  25. encounter
    Lord Maurice Saatchi’s Big Book of OrgasmsThe legendary British adman wants to blow your mind.
    By Carl Swanson
  26. vulture lists
    25 Essential Stephen King Short StoriesThe best King stories are full of heart, horror, and humanity, each riffing on the eternal question: what if?
    By Neil McRobert
  27. profile
    Emil Ferris Still Believes in MonstersThe graphic novelist’s debut, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, was a hit. Seven years later—after a contentious lawsuit—the sequel is finally coming.
    By Mark Yarm
  28. vulture lists
    15 Romance Novels to Read After Binging BridgertonRakish dukes abound.
    By Carly Lane
  29. obit
    No One Wrote About Sex Like Alice MunroIn Munro’s stories, women blow it all on desire.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  30. rip
    Nobel Laureate Alice Munro Dies at 92The renowned Canadian author wrote over 160 short stories.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  31. books
    PEN America Writers Threw Their Own Party“Some of the people who have withdrawn are, for example, debut novelists. It’s quite a big sacrifice to turn it down — and yet they have.”
    By Emma Alpern
  32. book review
    Claire Messud Writes Novels for a Different CenturyThis Strange Eventful History is the kind of generation-spanning family story that doesn’t really get published anymore. Does it still work?
    By Emma Alpern
  33. book review
    Miranda July’s New Novel Will Ignite Your Group ChatsAll Fours is a hot, weird, and utterly captivating book about a middle-aged woman’s sexual reawakening.
    By Christine Smallwood
  34. endings
    The Idea of You Author on the Movie’s New EndingRobinne Lee says “The book is a book, and the movie is a movie.”
    By Bethy Squires
  35. encounter
    Honor Levy Finally Published Her First BookSix hours in Dimes Square with the 26-year-old author and niche icon.
    By Brock Colyar
  36. the grub street diet
    Rita Bullwinkel Wants to Invite You for Dinner“I crisp the pasta by accident, but the crunchy bits are still delicious.”
    By Alan Sytsma
  37. coming soon
    The Colleen Hoover Cinematic Universe Is ExpandingVerity will be the second entry in the CHCU.
    By Bethy Squires
  38. rip
    Prolific Author Paul Auster Dead at 77He was known for works including The New York Trilogy and 4321.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  39. celebrity memoirs
    It’s Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s Time to Stand on BusinessShe’s releasing a new memoir, My Time to Stand, in January 2025.
    By Zoe Guy
  40. celebrity memoirs
    Sacha Baron Cohen Allegations Redacted in U.K. Edition of Rebel Wilson Memoir“For legal reasons,” publisher HarperCollins says.
    By Zoe Guy
  41. vulture lists
    10 Books (and One Video Game) You Are Fated to Consume After ShōgunThis should tide you over until a season-two announcement.
    By Bethy Squires
  42. babs appétit
    Everything Barbra Streisand Eats in Her 970-Page MemoirFrom peas with sugar to burgers with Brando to guggle-muggle.
    By Rachel Handler and Matthew Schneier
  43. pen awards 2024
    The PEN America Literary Awards Are Canceled. The Writers Know Why.“I know that no amount of prestige or prize money is worth the lifelong shame of knowing you were on the wrong side of a genocide.”
    By Zoe Guy
  44. taylor (tavi’s version)
    Tavi Gevinson Has More to Say About Taylor SwiftThe writer and actress answers every question we have about her fan-fic Taylor Swift zine: “To quote the daughter from Proof, ‘I wrote it.’”
    By Jasmine Vojdani
  45. pen awards 2024
    PEN Awards Facing Disaster After Many Withdraw in Solidarity With PalestineNine of ten Jean Stein Book Award nominees have rejected the $75,000 prize.
    By Zoe Guy
  46. close reads
    Is Tom Ripley Gay?The question has challenged every adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s book, including the latest — and best — from Steven Zaillian.
    By Mark Harris
  47. book review
    Salman Rushdie Did Not Want to Write This BookIn Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, the many incarnations of Rushdie are at war with one another.
    By Sanjena Sathian
  48. encounter
    Salman Rushdie Parties AgainA defiant celebration of Knife caps a physical (and reputational) comeback.
    By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
  49. hurt/comfort
    The Hottest New Release on BookTok Is (Checks Notes) 1984?Andrew Scott tortures Andrew Garfield, for all the recovering tumblr girlies.
    By Bethy Squires
  50. the work of art
    How’d You Make That?Three masterpieces from glimmer through struggle to breakthrough.
    By Adam Moss
  51. celebrity memoirs
    Rebel Wilson Memoir Has More Than Just Sacha Baron Cohen DramaLike her one-sided beef with Adele.
    By Alejandra Gularte
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