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The Man Whose Science Fiction Keeps Turning Into Our Shitty Cyberpunk Reality
20+ min read · Paywall possible · 175 saves · Jul 24th · Brian Merchant · A Q+A with the novelist Tim Maughan, whose disturbing future predictions have had an unfortunate habit of coming true
How to read more books
~13 min read · Paywall possible · 154 saves · Jul 29th · Modern life can feel too frantic for books. Use these habit-building strategies to carve out time for the joy of reading
21 Best Books of 2020: The Books Getting Us Through This Wild Year (So Far)
9 min read · 111 saves · Jul 23rd · Vanity Fair · Presenting 21 of the Vanity Fair staff’s favorite books from the first half of this unpredictable year.
The Celebrity Bookshelf Detective Is Back
4 min read · Paywall possible · 79 saves · Jul 27th · We peer over the shoulders of Gwyneth Paltrow, Regina King, Charlamagne tha God, Yo-Yo Ma and others for a glimpse at their reading habits.
New book aims to empower readers to ‘call bullshit’ on data
3 min read · 58 saves · Jul 26th · Authors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West put the case for scepticism at a time when science has become deeply polarising
Brandon Sanderson: 'After a dozen rejected novels, you think maybe this isn’t for you'
5 min read · 50 saves · Jul 23rd · Alison Flood · The fantasy author may these days have an army of devoted fans, but before finding a publisher he spent a decade trying hard to…
How to Sell Books in 2020: Put Them Near the Toilet Paper
5 min read · Paywall possible · 50 saves · Jul 22nd · Elizabeth A. Harris · Book sales jumped at big box stores this spring, which stayed open and stocked with essentials while other shops closed.
Manuscript shows how Truman Capote renamed his heroine Holly Golightly
3 min read · 38 saves · Jul 24th · Alison Flood · Until the final typescript of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which is set to be auctioned, the author had planned to call her Connie Gustafson
Here Are The 50 Most Impactful Black Books Of The Last 50 Years
6 min read · 35 saves · Jul 22nd · In honor of our triumphant story, celebrating 50 years as a magazine, we’ve chosen 50 remarkable books from the last 50 years.