Yann Martel's Unhappy Meal®

'Son of Nobody,' 'Life of Pi,' and the mass appeal of fast-food philosophical novels.

Mar 13 • Adam Morgan

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"Look on my Works, ye Mighty, through crosshairs!"

Bungie's 'Marathon,' Shelley's 'Ozymandias,' and the doomed hubris of capitalism.

Mar 5 • Adam Morgan

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December 2025

My book comes out today

It's about the queer woman who was arrested and put on trial for publishing James Joyce's 'Ulysses' before anyone else.

Dec 9, 2025 • Adam Morgan

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May 2025

Exclusive: 1-on-1 with Sam Altman's first biographer

Behind the book with Keach Hagey, author of 'The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future.'

May 20, 2025 • Adam Morgan

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Exclusive: Vauhini Vara wants communion, not "content"

Behind the book with the author of 'Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age,' one of Esquire's best books of 2025 so far.

May 15, 2025 • Adam Morgan

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April 2025

Scoop: Ken Liu reveals his new sci-fi thriller series

Coming October 14, 'All That We See or Seem' will be the first "Julia Z" novel about an AI whisperer caught in a high-tech conspiracy.

Apr 23, 2025 • Adam Morgan

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M. Night Shyamalan wrote a novel with Nicholas Sparks

Out October 7, 'Remain' is a "supernatural thriller love story" that will be adapted into a movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor.

Apr 22, 2025 • Adam Morgan

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April book preview: Frozen billionaires in space

My 10 most anticipated books of April 2025.

Apr 14, 2025 • Adam Morgan

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New Thomas Pynchon novel 'Shadow Ticket' coming October 7

Set in Milwaukee during the Great Depression, 'Shadow Ticket' will be the 87-year-old author's first novel in 12 years.

Apr 9, 2025 • Adam Morgan

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March 2025

Exclusive: Nicholas Binge's new thriller was inspired by real-life memory loss

Behind the book: 'Dissolution,' a new science fiction novel about memory and technology from the author of 'Ascension.'

Mar 25, 2025 • Adam Morgan

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Exclusive: For Amal El-Mohtar, grammar is magic

Behind the book: 'The River Has Roots,' a new fantasy novella with a bold cover design by Spencer Fuller.

Mar 18, 2025 • Adam Morgan

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Scoop: Kali Fajardo-Anstine wrote a sci-fi novel

Coming in 2027, 'Mountains South' follows two sisters in a near-future American West devastated by war.

Mar 13, 2025 • Adam Morgan

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