The Publishing Mystery That No One Wants to Talk About
A minimally speaking autistic man just wrote a best-selling book. Or did he?
Fiction
The Paradox of Modern Medicine
Testing has become so advanced that doctors now miss important elements of diagnosis.
What Does Lena Dunham Want to Tell Us?
Her new memoir captures the cost of being an impossibly popular target.
The Eighth Deadly Sin
Humankind has devised a new form of debasement.
Six Books That Simply Must Be Talked About
These six books demand discussion—with a pal, a date, or a book club.
Nine Books to Reset Your View of the World
Each of these titles will widen your perspective, offering you original insight and vision.
Seven Books to Read When You Have No Time to Read
These titles are worth picking up, even if you have only a moment to spare.
Six Books You Can Get Lost In
These novels highlight the power—both good and bad—of unchecked fantasizing.
Person of Korea
A short story
Early Retirement
A short story
Discovery
New fiction from Lauren Oyler
Shanghai Murmur
A short story
A Granted Prayer
An unpublished story by Edith Wharton
To Be a Man
A short story
Trajectory
A short story
When My Mother Came to Stay
New fiction from Yaa Gyasi
The Memory Wing
A short story
Deep Cut
A short story