Archive - The Frontlist

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

April book preview: Frozen billionaires in space

My 10 most anticipated books of April 2025.

Apr 14 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

March book preview: Montana vampires & dream hotels

My 12 most anticipated books of March 2025.

Mar 4 •

February 2025

Scoop: New 'Witcher' novel coming September 30

Orbit will publish 'Crossroads of Ravens,' the ninth book in Andrzej Sapkowski's fantasy series that spawned video game and TV franchises.

Feb 27 •

Scoop: New book from 'House of Leaves' writer coming this Halloween

Pantheon Books will publish Mark Z. Danielewski's "untitled novel" this fall, 25 years after 'House of Leaves' freaked everyone out.

Feb 24 •

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