Novel
Laurent Binet on Messing with His Readers' Minds
The French writer talks semiotics, Foucault, pulp novels and James Bond.
A Look Inside America's First Romance and Erotica-Only Bookstore
Passion! Risk! Zombie Erotica! Two sisters learn just how far they're willing to go to empower women and bring lustful love stories to the masses.
Void Star: An Excerpt from Zachary Mason's New Novel
A young man awakens in the hospital to find that a hard drive has been installed under his forehead to save his life; he "remembers"—in perfect detail—the two weeks since his hardware was surgically implanted.
Come Watch 'The Running Man' with Motherboard at Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi action film that depicted a dystopian 2017 United States with a deadly government reality show.
An Excerpt from Rachel Cusk's Upcoming Novel, 'Transit'
A teacher has a student to her house and helps the student unwind her obsession with the painter Marsden Hartley, The student realizes the fixation first began with an older man and a midnight walk in Paris.
'Universal Harvester': An Excerpt from John Darnielle's New Novel
Bob spent most of the year by himself in a farmhouse on a property he owned outside Collins. If he still hunted or fished, it wasn't with anybody he'd known back when he lived in town: Nobody really knew what Bob did with his time.
Was Jane Austen a Secret Beer Brewer?
A previously unpublished letter from the 19th century novelist hints that she may have tried her hand at brewing.
All This Will Happen, More or Less: A Kurt Vonnegut Opera Debuts in Indiana This Month
Here's a little-known fact: the 'Cat’s Cradle' and 'Slaughterhouse Five' author wrote an opera in the weeks leading up to his death. Now, 'Happy Birthday, Wanda June' makes its long-awaited debut.
Life-Sized Hyperrealistic Portraits Depict Sirens in Their Element
Painter and author Mark Heine illustrates a series of underwater paintings for his new novel based on Greek mythology and folklore.
J. K. Rowling Was Just Kidding About Not Writing Anymore Harry Potter Books
The author is coming out with three new short stories set in the wizarding world this September.
Saddam Hussein Wrote a Book That's a Lot Like 'Game of Thrones'
And you'll be able to buy an English translation just in time for Christmas.
How to Write a Novel, Explained by a Booker Prize-Winning Novelist
No one taught DBC Pierre how to write, but that didn't stop him from winning the Man Booker Prize for his debut novel. In his new book—and here—he explains how you could do the same.