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‘Oh My God, They’re Ruining the Show’

 How Twin Peaks struggled to redefine itself after solving its central mystery. By Scott Meslow
the industry

The Hunt for the Next Heated Rivalry Is Not That Simple

 “Fear and anxiety are permeating these companies, and there’s paralysis everywhere.” By Josef Adalian
emergency conversation

You Don’t Have to Read Wuthering Heights To See Wuthering Heights

 The literacy crisis is real, but watching one horny movie adaptation without experiencing the source material is not a crime. By Jackson McHenry, Kathryn VanArendonk, and Alison Willmore
  1. va bene
    Three Incestuous Sisters Is Not La Chimera 2, But It Will Have Josh O’ConnorThe two are adapting Audrey Niffenegger’s Three Incestuous Sisters, also starring Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley, and Dakota Johnson.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  2. chapters
    The Judy Blume Book That Scandalized a Nation“I was wild. My fantasies were wild.”
    By Mark Oppenheimer
  3. books
    The Next Heated Rivalry Book Got Delayed Another YearAuthor Rachel Reid says her Parkinson’s symptoms make it “difficult physically to write.”
    By Alejandra Gularte
  4. real life
    Christina Applegate Isn’t Denying That Life Can ‘Suck’The actress, living with MS, is releasing a new memoir called You With the Sad Eyes.
    By Jason P. Frank
  5. book review
    Tayari Jones’s Respectability PoliticsThe author’s novel about the friendship between two Black girls growing up in the 1950s has a remarkably traditional bent.
    By Tembe Denton-Hurst
  7. fujoshi studies
    Girls Who Love Boys Who Love BoysWhen did everyone start fujoing out?
    By E. Alex Jung
  8. q&a
    A Grand Theory of Celebrity and Who-domWhat does fame mean today? The hosts of the popular Who? Weekly podcast have written a book that explores the question.
    By Nicholas Quah
  9. vulture investigates
    Is Heathcliff White?We called up some academics and asked.
    By Jasmine Vojdani
  10. chapters
    ‘If It Isn’t Fun, It Goes’How Nintendo’s trust in “Miyamoto magic” changed video games forever.
    By Keza MacDonald
  11. must reads
    8 New Books to Read This FebruaryA close study of Toni Morrison, a Richard Hell reissue, and a novel about a woman trying to live without love.
    By Emma Alpern and Jasmine Vojdani
  12. controversies
    Neil Gaiman Denies Sexual-Assault AllegationsThe author posted on Bluesky for the first time since 2024, linking to a Substack project investigating his innocence.
    By Jason P. Frank and Fran Hoepfner
  13. the secret
    Nick Frost Manifested Playing HagridThe actor said he wrote “Hagrid” 7,000 times to get the part.
    By Bethy Squires
  14. book gossip
    Agents Are Looking for the Next Heated Rivalry on Fanfic Sites“It’s driving trends on the publishing end a lot more than people realize.”
    By Jasmine Vojdani
  15. book review
    What’s a Satirist to Do in Times Like These?In recent stories and his new novel, George Saunders’s writing has begun feel frustrated, spiritually and artistically.
    By Sam Worley
  16. page to screen
    Let’s Read Into Heated Rivalry’s Next MovesThose impatient to get to the next stage in Hollanov’s relationship journey can find a shortcut to season two via Rachel Reid’s book series.
    By Laura Wheatman Hill
  17. so high school
    Can Jennette McCurdy Transcend Provocation?The sex scenes in Half His Age distract more than they prove a point.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  18. author’s note
    Colleen Hoover Insists Her New Book Isn’t About HerselfWoman Down follows a “frustrated author” facing “viral backlash over her latest film adaptation.”
    By Jennifer Zhan
  19. announcements
    Book Gossip Is Going BiweeklyNew York’s newsletter about what the literati are really thinking is entering a new chapter.
    By Jasmine Vojdani
  20. book review
    Promising Young WomenBuzzy author Madeline Cash shows great potential in this morbidly funny debut novel.
    By Niela Orr
  21. score!
    There’s a New Heated Rivalry Book on the WayUnrivaled has a cover, a synopsis, and a 2026 release date.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  22. must reads
    8 New Books You Should Read This JanuaryA Faustian tale from Knausgaard, a debut novel from Forever Magazine’s Madeline Cash, and a memoir about homeschooling in Texas.
    By Emma Alpern and Jasmine Vojdani
  23. encounter
    Gluttons for PunishmentJustin McDaniel has developed a cult following for getting his students to read — as long as they follow his rules.
    By Lila Shapiro
  24. we could see boop
    Here’s What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2026If you want to make a dark and twisted Betty Boop slasher film, have at it.
    By Bethy Squires
  25. 2026 preview
    23 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2026New Ben Lerner, George Saunders gets metaphysical, and Tayari Jones makes her big post–American Marriage return.
  26. book gossip
    28 Book Industry Professionals Get Candid About The Year in Books“Nobody wants to write narrative anymore, but that’s where the fairy-monster-sex books are running laps around the litfic authors.”
    By Jasmine Vojdani
  27. international feature film
    Barack Obama Loved Neon’s Film Slate This YearAnd also Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” for some reason.
    By Jason P. Frank
  28. in conclusion
    The Best Comedy Books of 2025They all share the same desire: to reckon with history, dig deeper, and explore why comedy matters so much.
    By Brian Boone
  29. must reads
    6 New Books You Should Read This DecemberIncluding a debut about an aging movie star, a midlife road-trip novel, and a new novel from Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk.
    By Emma Alpern and Jasmine Vojdani
  30. a long talk
    Anthony Jeselnik’s 2026 Resolution Is to Make Guys Read“I’d like to go a bit deeper than just holding up a book and saying, ‘This month we’re reading this,’ and then never mentioning it again.”
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  31. rip
    Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic Author, Dead at 55Born Madeleine Wickham, she wrote more than 30 novels over the course of three decades.
    By Rebecca Alter
  32. in conclusion
    The Best Novels of 2025, According to Anthony JeselnikThe stand-up comedian read 51 books this year. Here are his favorites.
    By Anthony Jeselnik
  33. vulture lists
    83 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Add to Your 2025 Reading ListSydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried star in the film adaptation of The Housemaid to close out the year.
    By Emily Maskell
  34. in conclusion
    The Best Books of 2025Even in a fractured media landscape, these books held our attention.
    By Emma Alpern and Jasmine Vojdani
  35. obits
    Winter’s Bone Author Daniel Woodrell Dies at 72Woodrell coined the name “country noir” for his brand of rural crime stories.
    By Bethy Squires
  36. prequels
    Gregory Maguire Adds Another Book to the Wicked SagaThe Wicked prequels continue with Galinda: A Charmed Childhood.
    By Bethy Squires
  37. quality time
    What Mikey Day Watches (and Reads) With His SonThe Is It Cake? and SNL star is passing down the joy of quoting Airplane! to his 13-year-old.
    By Mikey Day
    As told to Marah Eakin
  38. vulture lists
    7 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthBetween a full-cast Harry Potter audiobook and Cynthia Erivo narrating her memoir, it’s a big month for witches.
    By Marshall Heyman
  39. it ends with lawsuits
    Colleen Hoover Says the It Ends With Us Legal Drama Gave Her ‘PTSD’She’s now embarrassed by her most famous book.
    By Bethy Squires
  40. books
    Rabih Alameddine Wins National Book Award, Thanks Gastrointestinal Doctors“I guarantee I would not have been able to write a single word in the last ten years without their help.”
    By Emma Alpern
  41. encounter
    Tom Freston Misses MTV, TooThe media mogul who built the music network is now watching it get torn down.
    By Jake Nevins
  42. the cacophony society
    What Went Wrong With SantaCon?It started as a safe, experimental space to enjoy some self-destruction. Then the claimers arrived.
    By Chuck Palahniuk
  43. she knew
    David Szalay Wins Booker Prize for FleshDua Lipa featured the novel in her book club last month.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  44. close read
    A New Jewish PlotlineIn the wake of Gaza, should Jewish American writers be tackling different stories?
    By Andrew Ridker
  45. must reads
    7 New Books You Should Read This NovemberA queer thriller about ’70s Italian cinema, Salman Rushdie’s return to fiction, and an ambitious examination of sexual trauma.
    By Emma Alpern and Jasmine Vojdani
  46. chapters
    15 Years Capturing Lightning in a BottleFrank Ockenfels 3, longtime David Bowie collaborator, shares eight unseen photographs of the music legend from his new book.
    Edited by Morgan Baila
    Photographs by Frank Ockenfels 3
  47. you thought you knew
    7 Revealing Takeaways From Kevin Federline’s New MemoirOn Snoop Dogg, his partying, and, yes, when Britney Spears allegedly held a knife to their kids.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  48. america’s most hated
    Kevin Federline Wants to Be the HeroBritney Spears’s most infamous ex uses his new memoir to rebrand as a #BoyDad.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  49. book review
    Brandon Taylor’s Limited Notions of BlacknessHis Black characters treat whiteness as all-powerful but also blameless and beyond reproach.
    By Tembe Denton-Hurst
  50. scary stories
    The 16 Best Horror Books of 2025 (So Far)From techno-terrors to rural cannibalism, angelic visitations to squirmy alien sex, there is a new novel for every spooky vibe.
    By Neil McRobert
  51. encounter
    Susan Orlean Knows She’s Had a Charmed CareerBut the longtime New Yorker writer doesn’t want to dwell on journalism’s bygone days.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
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