News & Interviews
Celeste Ng
Two years after her hit debut, Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng's sophomore effort, Little Fires Everywhere is set to become another success. Ng talked to us about race relations in the 1990s, the power of the subconscious mind, and her fear of writing about her hometown.
Jesmyn Ward
The author of Salvage the Bones talks about going back home to Mississippi to write, exploring both history and the supernatural, and the journey at the heart of Sing, Unburied, Sing.
Tom Perrotta
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Fresh off the series finale of HBO's adaptation of The Leftovers, Perrotta is back with a look at sex and midlife second-guessing. "I'm very interested in sex and the way that ideas about sex and what's permissible keep changing. So the fun of the book is to take a middle-aged person and plunge them into what is a youthful world of dating and sex," he says.
Robin Sloan
The author has hit literary gold by setting his novels in the City by the Bay. Now he's sharing his favorite books that take place in San Francisco.
Deon Meyer
The South African writer has garnered fans worldwide for his bestselling Benny Griessel thrillers. In his latest book, Fever, he takes readers to a postpandemic world. Here he shares his picks for postapocalyptic books.
Ann Leckie
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The Hugo Award-winning author says the sci-fi and fantasy genres are sometimes thought of as stories just for the guys. She's setting the record straight.
Want to Read
Cora Carmack
Carmack answers your questions about wildly ambitious childhood dreams, favorite book quotes, and the best friend brainstorm session that helped her create the magic system of Roar.
Jenny Han
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It began with To All the Boys I've Loved Before, and now it ends with Always and Forever, Lara Jean. Jenny Han answers your questions about farewells, Hogwarts houses, and food.
Penny Reid
Life coaches and professional cuddlers and medication, oh my! Dating-ish author Penny Reid shares her favorite books on relationship research.
Megan Whalen Turner
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Bow down to YA royalty—Megan Whalen Turner is back with a new The Queen's Thief adventure. She shares the books that inspire her love of history and magic.
Ilona Andrews
Turn up the heat with White Hot, Ilona Andrews' sizzling new paranormal romance. The husband-and-wife writing team answers your questions about magical abilities and character names.
Kylie Scott
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Feeling thirsty? Maybe one of Kylie Scott’s hunky bartenders can help. The author answers your questions about love at first sight, go-to drinks, and her new Dive Bar book, Twist.
I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers
I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers translates the passion for reading into contemporary art, photography, and illustrations.
Mark Bradford: Tomorrow Is Another Day
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Mark Bradford is best known for his large abstract paintings. He uses fragments of posters, billboards, newsprint, and other found objects to create commentaries on class, race, and gender through his lens as a black American artist.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
The country singer and American icon sends a million books a month to children around the world. See how you can help.
Learning Ally
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The nonprofit Learning Ally uses educational technology to assist struggling readers who have learning differences and visual disabilities.
Maggie Shen King
"I saw three basic ways to try to balance the equation—import women, export men, or ask women to take on more than one husband. I thought the last option posed the most provocative and disturbing questions," says Maggie Shen King about her book An Excess Male.
Gabriel Tallent
This debut novel takes us to the wilds of Northern California as an isolated girl works to escape her abusive survivalist father.
Ayobami Adebayo
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The Nigerian writer's debut focuses on a couple who experience trouble having children, and the disastrous chain of events that occur when a second wife enters their relationship.
Kevin Hart
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Kevin Hart tells us how he messed up his college applications, and the lesson he learned from his mistake.
