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Annihilation author Jeff VanderMeer gets experimental with new sci-fi novel Dead Astronauts: Review

Annihilation author Jeff VanderMeer gets experimental with new sci-fi novel Dead Astronauts: Review

Hot Stuff: Five new romances tackle the struggle to feel deserving of love

Hot Stuff: Five new romances tackle the struggle to feel deserving of love

Booker Prize winner Girl, Woman, Other is an essential novel of race and gender: Review

Booker Prize winner Girl, Woman, Other is an essential novel of race and gender: Review

These two period novels offer glacial plots and rich atmosphere: Review

These two period novels offer glacial plots and rich atmosphere: Review

Love HBO’s Catherine the Great? There's more to know about the Russian empress

Love HBO’s Catherine the Great? There's more to know about the Russian empress

EW talks YA: The Fountains of Silence is a staggering tale of love, loss, and national shame

EW talks YA: The Fountains of Silence is a staggering tale of love, loss, and national shame

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Hot Stuff: Five new romance novels are all about second chances

Hot Stuff: Five new romance novels are all about second chances

Prince's The Beautiful Ones is a breathtaking, occasionally frustrating look at the icon

Prince's The Beautiful Ones is a breathtaking, occasionally frustrating look at the icon

These searing new memoirs sharply explore toxic, intimate relationships

These searing new memoirs sharply explore toxic, intimate relationships

These brilliant new novels offer irresistible family dysfunction

These brilliant new novels offer irresistible family dysfunction

Elton John paints a vivid, hilarious, and poignant self-portrait in new memoir Me

Elton John paints a vivid, hilarious, and poignant self-portrait in new memoir Me

Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge sequel is even better than the original

Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge sequel is even better than the original

EW talks YA: These brilliantly spooky tales arrive just in time for Halloween

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Ta-Nehisi Coates' debut novel is a magical, gorgeously evocative achievement

Ta-Nehisi Coates' debut novel is a magical, gorgeously evocative achievement

Two best-selling favorites return with engaging but flawed new novels

Two best-selling favorites return with engaging but flawed new novels

EW talks YA: Why these two extraordinary teen tales deserve your attention

EW talks YA: Why these two extraordinary teen tales deserve your attention

Salman Rushdie cleverly satirizes modern life in Don Quixote retelling Quichotte

Salman Rushdie cleverly satirizes modern life in Don Quixote retelling Quichotte

Margaret Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale is an essential, moving thriller

Margaret Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale is an essential, moving thriller

Hot Stuff: August romances tackle internet dating, sexism, abuse, and more

Hot Stuff: August romances tackle internet dating, sexism, abuse, and more

The Secrets We Kept is a crackling, female-centered spy thriller rooted in real life

The Secrets We Kept is a crackling, female-centered spy thriller rooted in real life

Amy Waldman beautifully explores a clash of cultures in A Door in the Earth

Amy Waldman beautifully explores a clash of cultures in A Door in the Earth

Tidelands is a dull, dour misstep from Philippa Gregory: EW review

Tidelands is a dull, dour misstep from Philippa Gregory: EW review

Going Dutch is a hilarious, feverish deconstruction of gay millennial life

Going Dutch is a hilarious, feverish deconstruction of gay millennial life

A close read of Inland, the rare novel with a perfect ending

A close read of Inland, the rare novel with a perfect ending

The Dearly Beloved is the best book about faith in recent memory

The Dearly Beloved is the best book about faith in recent memory

EW talks YA: One of our favorite teen tales of the year takes July's top spot

EW talks YA: One of our favorite teen tales of the year takes July's top spot

Hot Stuff: July romances offer 'knotty' self-discovery

Hot Stuff: July romances offer 'knotty' self-discovery

Richard Russo's Chances Are... crams vintage themes into a dreary beachside mystery

Richard Russo's Chances Are... crams vintage themes into a dreary beachside mystery

The millennial scammer is alive and well in these fascinating new books

The millennial scammer is alive and well in these fascinating new books

Nina Stibbe's Reasons to be Cheerful offers loopy, bittersweet British satire

Nina Stibbe's Reasons to be Cheerful offers loopy, bittersweet British satire

What Women Want: How two buzzy new books tackle female desire

What Women Want: How two buzzy new books tackle female desire

This summer's buzziest thriller, The Chain starkly examines parental desperation

This summer's buzziest thriller, The Chain starkly examines parental desperation

Motherhood meets the sci-fi surreal in Helen Phillips' brilliant The Need

Motherhood meets the sci-fi surreal in Helen Phillips' brilliant The Need

Hot Stuff: June romances turn up the summer heat with adventure and all the rom-com feels

Hot Stuff: June romances turn up the summer heat with adventure and all the rom-com feels

EW talks YA: Celebrating Pride Month with 4 gorgeous queer novels

EW talks YA: Celebrating Pride Month with 4 gorgeous queer novels

Beach reads done right: EW reviews 3 smart, breezy new novels

Beach reads done right: EW reviews 3 smart, breezy new novels

Looking for a mind-bending summer read? Try Recursion

Looking for a mind-bending summer read? Try Recursion

The Gone Dead is an atmospheric, eye-opening Southern thriller: EW review

The Gone Dead is an atmospheric, eye-opening Southern thriller: EW review