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Hot Stuff: June romances embrace the inherent sexiness of faking it

Hot Stuff: June romances embrace the inherent sexiness of faking it

'The Lightness' and 'Death in Her Hands' offer supernatural summer reading: Review

The Lightness and Death in Her Hands offer supernatural summer reading: Review

'The Vanishing Half' explores race and identity in America. It's timeless — and urgent

The Vanishing Half explores race and identity in America. It's timeless — and urgent: Review

Megha Majumdar offers unmissable portrait of modern India in kaleidoscopic debut 'A Burning'

Megha Majumdar offers an unmissable portrait of modern India in kaleidoscopic debut A Burning: Review

Ivy Pochoda flips the serial-killer script in intriguing but uneven 'These Women'

Ivy Pochoda flips the serial-killer script in intriguing but uneven These Women: Review

'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' review: 'Hunger Games' prequel is darkly funny and way too long

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review: Hunger Games prequel's darkly funny, way too long

Suzanne Collins twists her dystopian saga into a devilish, confounding origin story.

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'Stray' and 'Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls' do addiction memoir in their own scorching ways

Stray and Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls do addiction memoir in their own scorching way: Review

Anna Solomon tells stories across centuries in compulsively readable 'Book of V'

Anna Solomon tells stories across centuries in compulsively readable Book of V: Review

Blake Gopnik's 'Warhol' offers a towering, tea-spilling biography of the pop icon

Blake Gopnik's Warhol offers a towering, tea-spilling biography of the pop icon: Review

Emma Straub's 'All Adults Here' is the thinking-person's beach read

Emma Straub's All Adults Here is the thinking-person's beach read: Review

'The Knockout Queen' and 'Perfect Tunes' channel a nostalgic youthful grunge

The Knockout Queen and Perfect Tunes channel a nostalgic youthful grunge: Review

How three lyrical new novels offer heartbreak and urgency in equal measure

How three lyrical new novels offer heartbreak and urgency in equal measure: Review

Hot Stuff: New romances provide welcome balm for stressful times

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'Yes No Maybe So' is the activism novel teens — and adults — need right now

EW talks YA: Yes No Maybe So is the activism novel teens — and adults — need right now

Book Reviews // February 27, 2020

Two queens of fantasy launch epic new series anchored by fierce heroines

Two queens of fantasy launch epic new series anchored by fierce heroines: Review

Book Reviews // February 25, 2020

'Apeirogon' and 'The Illness Lesson' are dense novels worth sinking into

Apeirogon and The Illness Lesson are dense novels worth sinking into: Review

Book Reviews // February 24, 2020

Hot Stuff: Winter romances kick off 2020 with love around the world

Hot Stuff: Winter romances kick off 2020 with love around the world

Books // February 12, 2020

'Weather' and 'Real Life' are two of the year's best novels so far

Weather and Real Life are two of the year's best novels so far: Review

Book Reviews // February 11, 2020

Ghosts, wrestlers, and missing girls get the spotlight in these vivid new novels

Ghosts, wrestlers, and missing girls get the spotlight in these vivid new novels: Review

Book Reviews // February 03, 2020

'The Resisters' and 'The Cactus League' are great American baseball novels

The Resisters and The Cactus League are great American baseball novels: Review

Book Reviews // January 31, 2020

These gorgeous new novels explore sex with empathy, complexity, and radical honesty

These gorgeous new novels explore sex with empathy, complexity, and radical honesty

Book Reviews // January 14, 2020

Book reviews: How 3 buzzy new novels find humanity and healing in the bizarre

Book reviews: How 3 buzzy new novels find humanity (and healing) in the bizarre

Book Reviews // January 07, 2020

Three romances close out the year with sparks galore

Hot Stuff: Three romances close out the year with sparks galore

Books // January 02, 2020

'Annihilation' author Jeff VanderMeer gets experimental with new sci-fi novel 'Dead Astronauts': Review

Annihilation author Jeff VanderMeer gets experimental with new sci-fi novel Dead Astronauts: Review

Book Reviews // December 04, 2019

Hot Stuff: Five new romances tackle the struggle to feel deserving of love

Hot Stuff: Five new romances tackle the struggle to feel deserving of love

Books // December 03, 2019

Booker Prize winner 'Girl, Woman, Other' is an essential novel of race and gender

Booker Prize winner Girl, Woman, Other is an essential novel of race and gender: Review

Book Reviews // December 03, 2019

These two fascinating period novels offer glacial plots and rich atmosphere

These two period novels offer glacial plots and rich atmosphere: Review

Book Reviews // November 27, 2019

Love HBO’s 'Catherine the Great'? There's more to know about the Russian empress

Love HBO’s Catherine the Great? There's more to know about the Russian empress

Books // November 18, 2019

'The Fountains of Silence' is a staggering tale of love, loss, and national shame

EW talks YA: The Fountains of Silence is a staggering tale of love, loss, and national shame

Book Reviews // November 15, 2019

Hot Stuff: Five new romance novels are all about second chances

Hot Stuff: Five new romance novels are all about second chances

Books // November 03, 2019

Prince's 'The Beautiful Ones' is a breathtaking, frustrating look at an icon

Prince's The Beautiful Ones is a breathtaking, occasionally frustrating look at the icon

Book Reviews // October 31, 2019

These searing new memoirs sharply explore toxic, intimate relationships

These searing new memoirs sharply explore toxic, intimate relationships

Book Reviews // October 25, 2019

These brilliant new novels offer irresistible family dysfunction

These brilliant new novels offer irresistible family dysfunction

Book Reviews // October 21, 2019

Elton John paints a vivid, hilarious, and poignant self-portrait in new memoir 'Me'

Elton John paints a vivid, hilarious, and poignant self-portrait in new memoir Me

Book Reviews // October 15, 2019

Elizabeth Strout's 'Olive Kitteridge' sequel is even better than the original

Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge sequel is even better than the original

Book Reviews // October 16, 2019

EW talks YA: These brilliantly spooky tales arrive just in time for Halloween

EW talks YA: These brilliantly spooky tales arrive just in time for Halloween

Book Reviews // October 07, 2019

In 'Grand Union,' Zadie Smith delivers some of the best fiction of her career

In Grand Union, Zadie Smith delivers some of the best fiction of her career

Book Reviews // October 04, 2019

Ben Lerner tackles toxic masculinity in the provocative 'Topeka School'

Ben Lerner tackles toxic masculinity in the provocative Topeka School

Book Reviews // October 02, 2019