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EW talks YA: Yes No Maybe So is the activism novel teens — and adults — need right now

EW talks YA: Yes No Maybe So is the activism novel teens — and adults — need right now

Two queens of fantasy launch epic new series anchored by fierce heroines: Review

Two queens of fantasy launch epic new series anchored by fierce heroines: Review

Apeirogon and The Illness Lesson are dense novels worth sinking into: Review

Apeirogon and The Illness Lesson are dense novels worth sinking into: Review

Hot Stuff: Winter romances kick off 2020 with love around the world

Hot Stuff: Winter romances kick off 2020 with love around the world

Weather and Real Life are two of the year's best novels so far: Review

Weather and Real Life are two of the year's best novels so far: Review

Ghosts, wrestlers, and missing girls get the spotlight in these vivid new novels: Review

Ghosts, wrestlers, and missing girls get the spotlight in these vivid new novels: Review

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The Resisters and The Cactus League are great American baseball novels: Review

The Resisters and The Cactus League are great American baseball novels: Review

These gorgeous new novels explore sex with empathy, complexity, and radical honesty

These gorgeous new novels explore sex with empathy, complexity, and radical honesty

Book reviews: How 3 buzzy new novels find humanity (and healing) in the bizarre

Book reviews: How 3 buzzy new novels find humanity (and healing) in the bizarre

Hot Stuff: Three romances close out the year with sparks galore

Hot Stuff: Three romances close out the year with sparks galore

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

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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

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

In Grand Union, Zadie Smith delivers some of the best fiction of her career

In Grand Union, Zadie Smith delivers some of the best fiction of her career

Ben Lerner tackles toxic masculinity in the provocative Topeka School

Ben Lerner tackles toxic masculinity in the provocative Topeka School

Hot Stuff: September romances visit Victorian Oxford, a Renaissance Faire, Michelin restaurants, and more

Hot Stuff: September romances visit Victorian Oxford, a Renaissance Faire, Michelin restaurants, and more

Jacqueline Woodson's Red at the Bone delivers an emotional wallop

Jacqueline Woodson's Red at the Bone delivers an emotional wallop

Ann Patchett spins a dark, compelling fairy tale in The Dutch House

Ann Patchett spins a dark, compelling fairy tale in The Dutch House

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

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