AI-Generated Books on Amazon Are Hurting Authors and the Publishing Industry
Don’t buy AI copies of already-written books on Amazon
A Legendary DJ's Memoir Chronicles a Life in Basketball
An excerpt from the new memoir of Bobbito García, a pioneer of sneaker journalism and hip-hop radio
The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This August
Including a trio of musical biographies along with some gripping fiction
The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This July
From international journeys to a memoir of Las Vegas
Revisiting the Turmoil Behind a Classic Marvin Gaye Album
An excerpt from Ben Edmonds's "Marvin Gaye: What's Going On? and the Last Days of the Motown Sound"
How the Grateful Dead Created the Accidental Future of Sound
"Loud and Clear" by Brian Anderson argues that the band's most ambitious experiments weren't musical or cultural
An Updated Canon: 72 Books Every Man Should Read
We're not tossing out the old masculine lists, but we're giving them a much-needed refresh
The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This June
From candid memoirs to a survey of “The Simpsons”
TikTok Shop Wants to Be Your New Favorite Bookstore
The app has become a major force in the publishing industry. As evidenced by its recent #BookRecs campaign, it wants to be a major bookseller, too.
A New Thriller Revisits Pandemic-Era New York City
Brian DeCubellis and Ethan Sacks on the making of “Dark Honor”
Fathers, Sons and Watching “After Hours”
An excerpt from Ben Tanzer's new book about the cult classic Scorsese film
The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This May
Including books on wildfires, walking and the limits of AI
Just When You Thought Amazon Couldn’t Get Worse
By moving its Book Sale to coincide with Independent Bookstore Day, Amazon is openly waging war against your local bookshop
The Beanie Baby Craze Was Way Worse Than You Remember
A new book attempts to explain our “bizarre times” by drawing a direct line to the pop culture of 1999, including the stuffed toys that turned otherwise rational people into criminals
The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This April
Psychedelic lives, Hollywood history and a video game memoir among them
The Novel That Can Bridge the Gap Between Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z
On the surface, Holly Brickley’s “Deep Cuts” is an ode to indie sleaze. Underneath is a nostalgia bomb that spares no one.