Emily Nussbaum dishes on the grit and glory of television's "dirty documentaries"
In Cue the Sun!, the Pulitzer Prize winner offers up an appropriately candid history of reality TV.
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"Can’t Get Enough" is a deeply satisfying conclusion to Kennedy Ryan’s Skyland series
Colman Domingo’s “Wild with Happy” finds the magic, healing, and humor in grief
The Audible Original creator shares his journey from news writing to writing plays, acting, and that moment when he learned of his Oscar nomination.
Rufi Thorpe’s new novel rethinks motherhood, morality, and sex work
Pro-wrestling, OnlyFans, and single-parenthood combine for a fascinating meditation on artifice in “Margo’s Got Money Troubles.”
Robin Sloan goes high science fantasy in his wildly imaginative “Moonbound”
The bestselling author of “Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore” takes us 11,000 years forward to an Earth full of talking beavers, plural beings, and big ideas about consciousness.
Joe White on bringing the world of "1984" to life like never before
The playwright spills behind-the-scenes secrets of his hit audio dramatization, from the thrill (and trepidation) of adapting Orwell to that viral torture scene.
"There Is No Ethan" is a worst-case online dating scenario that will haunt you
Sociologist Anna Akbari reels in the mother of all catfishing stories in her shocking and deeply personal new memoir.
Narrator Natalie Naudus’s debut novel is based on her childhood in a cult
“Gay the Pray Away” is the beloved narrator's YA story about finding the freedom to live and love as a queer teen in a religious cult.
Is collective healing the key to a brighter future?
Prentis Hemphill shares how community action can change the world.
A reality TV show turns deadly in Ruth Ware’s latest psychological thriller
In “One Perfect Couple,” the body count rises with the twists and turns when 5 couples are trapped at an isolated island resort.
In “Long Island,” Colm Tóibín gives a second act to characters from his beloved novel “Brooklyn”
The celebrated Irish author on his intimate approach to storytelling, why he keeps returning to his hometown setting of Enniscorthy, and his best advice for aspiring writers.
“In My Time of Dying” is an atheist’s exploration of the idea of an afterlife
After a near-death experience, celebrated reporter and documentary filmmaker Sebastian Junger delved into a fascinating inquiry of what science can—and can’t—tell us about what happens after we die.
“The Wealth of Shadows” is a captivating thriller about economic warfare
With a fresh angle on WWII and a knack for making complex economic concepts thrilling, Graham Moore’s latest historical novel pulls off the improbable, twice.