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  1. printed matter
    41 of the Year’s Most Giftable Coffee-Table BooksWhether they’re into birds or Lego or surfing.
    By The Editors
  2. help!
    What to Read, Watch, or Listen to After Binging Get BackRecommendations for every kind of Beatles fan.
    By Sophie Brookover
  3. gifts they might actually want
    The Best Gifts for Every Type of BoyfriendWhether he’s a night owl or a plant guy or has his favorite delivery joint on speed dial.
    By The Editors
  4. apologies
    Alice Sebold Apologizes to the Man Wrongfully Convicted of Raping HerThe Lucky author said she’ll continue to struggle with how she unknowingly played a part in putting an innocent man in jail.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  5. reading
    Heidi Montag Is Tweeting About Books AgainShe wants to read them!
    By Danielle Cohen
  6. the law
    Man Wrongfully Accused of Author Alice Sebold’s Rape Exonerated After 40 Years“My goal in 1982 was justice — not to perpetuate injustice,” Alice Sebold has written in a statement.
    By Rebecca Alter
  7. q&a
    How Shareholder Capitalism Crashed a Plane (Two, Actually)Talking with the author of Flying Blind, a new book about Boeing’s deadly 737 Max.
    By Moe Tkacik
  8. gift guide
    11 Pop-Culture-Inspired Gifts for Kids (That Won’t Drive Parents Crazy)Before you ask: Yes, there is Paw Patrol stuff.
    By Vulture Editors
  9. reading is fundamental
    50 New (or Newly Relevant) Books Worth Gifting This YearSomething for every reader (including those who would rather just look at pictures).
    By Vulture Editors
  10. podcasts
    The Hosts of Cookies Think NBA Players Might Enjoy Dimes SquareBen Detrick and Andrew Kuo on basketball, New York nightlife, Eric Adams, and their new book.
    By Kevin Lozano
  11. politics
    In Defense of Donald Trump’s $230 Picture BookIs it funny that his first postpresidential book consists of 300 photos with captions scrawled in Sharpie? Sure. But it’s the perfect move for him.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  12. casting
    Lizzy Caplan Won’t Party Down Owing to Overlap with Fleishman Is in TroubleShe’s missing the revival to star in the FX on Hulu limited series with Jesse Eisenberg.
    By Natalie Lin
  13. hell of a book
    2021 National Book Awards Winners and FinalistsJason Mott’s Hell of a Book won for fiction, and Tiya Miles’s All That She Carried received the award for nonfiction.
    By Natalie Lin
  14. first person
    How Mel Brooks Fell for Anne Bancroft“We started talking one day, and we never stopped.”
    By Mel Brooks
  15. book review
    Love Behind Bars Is Possible. It’s Just Absurdly Hard.In Love Lockdown, journalist Elizabeth Greenwood follows couples who are trying to make it work when at least one partner is in prison.
    By John J. Lennon
  16. gifts they might actually want
    41 (Under $30) Stocking Stuffers for Kids and BabiesFrom books to the season’s hottest toys, all are tiny enough to fit inside a stocking.
    By Lauren Ro
  17. politics
    The Drama-Lover’s Guide to the New Trump BooksLove gossip, but not enough to actually read the new batch of Trump books? Here are all the juicy, disturbing, and darkly amusing tidbits you missed.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. book review
    The Sentence Shows the Downside of UrgencyLouise Erdrich’s novel takes on the 2020 protests — and draws conclusions that feel dated already.
    By Jennifer Wilson
  19. book review
    ‘What Is the Power of My Body?’Emily Ratajkowski may want to join the feminist discourse, but in her essay collection she’s mostly in conversation with herself.
    By Jordan Taliha McDonald
  20. ideas
    David Graeber’s Possible WorldsThe author of Debt and The Dawn of Everything left behind countless admirers and an abiding belief that society could be changed for the better.
    By Molly Fischer
  21. books
    Walking the Streets, Looking for a Long-Lost MadamThe historian Debby Applegate knows where all the best disreputables once hung out.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  22. book review
    In Rax King’s Book Tacky, Lowbrow Is High PraiseA new essay collection celebrating trash culture is less certain about why some things are considered tacky at all.
    By Hillary Kelly
  23. vulture lists
    15 Book-to-Screen Adaptations to Read Before the End of the YearHouse of Gucci, The Last Duel, and even a few adaptations not directed by Ridley Scott.
    By Emily Maskell
  24. capitalism
    Biden Administration Sues to Halt $2 Billion Simon & Schuster AcquisitionIn an antitrust case to prevent Penguin Random House from buying its competitor.
    By Rebecca Alter
  25. encounter
    Huma Abedin Is Ready to Tell You Who She IsThroughout a public career and an even more public marriage, the political confidante has remained an enigma, until now.
    By Lisa Miller
  26. best of 2021
    The Best Books of the Year (So Far)Including bangers from Asali Solomon, Claire Vaye Watkins, and Colson Whitehead.
    By Hillary Kelly
  27. books
    The Best Gifts for Poetry Lovers, According to PoetsNo Jack Kerouac, no Rupi Kaur.
    By Katherine Gillespie
  28. the toy matrix
    The Only Toy Gift Guide for a 9-Year-Old You’ll Ever NeedChild therapists, discerning parents, and tween whisperers weigh in.
    By Dominique Pariso and Liza Corsillo
  29. dune you feel like we dune
    We Need to Talk About the Name ‘Duncan Idaho’Duncan Idaho is not a character in Dune. Duncan Idaho is the name of a Chris Pratt character in an action movie that goes straight to Paramount+.
    By Nate Jones
  30. book review
    Kwon Yeo-sun’s ‘Lemon’ Is a Murder Mystery That Refuses to Be SolvedThe novel by Kwon Yeo-sun tracks the aftermath of a teen girl’s murder, with three very unreliable narrators.
    By Arianna Rebolini
  31. compulsive shopping
    I Can’t Stop Buying Subway Books for My MTA-Obsessed 2-Year-OldOur three go-tos, plus a few more that are on my wish list.
    By Lauren Ro
  32. power
    Huma Abedin Says She Was Sexually Assaulted by a SenatorThe allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh resurfaced her own experience, she writes in her forthcoming book.
    By Mia Mercado
  33. painless shopping
    24 Highly Giftable Coffee-Table Books (That You Can Buy on Amazon)Including books on fly fishing, Britpop, and interiors.
    By Chris Mandle
  34. hmmmm
    I Have One Question for DuneWhere the hell is Zendaya?
    By Katja Vujić
  35. the toy matrix
    The Only Toy Gift Guide for a 10-Year-Old You’ll Ever NeedFrom a crystal-growing kit approved by a child therapist to the old-school Yahtzee mastered by Sarah Jessica Parker’s daughter.
    By Trupti Rami and Dominique Pariso
  36. vulture lists
    8 Great Audiobooks to Listen to This MonthKatie Couric, Sutton Foster, Stanley Tucci, and more.
    By Marshall Heyman
  37. gifts they might actually want
    The Best Gifts for Bookworms (That Aren’t Books)Because they’ve probably already read that novel.
    By Karen Iorio Adelson, Hilary Reid, and Tembe Denton-Hurst
  38. art du jour
    David Byrne’s New Book Is (Nothing But) DingbatsIllustrated dingbats, that is.
    By Devon Ivie
  39. the view from outside
    Meghan McCain Felt ‘Slapped’ When Joy Behar Said She Didn’t Miss Her on The ViewAnd she “no longer felt safe working at The View” afterward.
    By Justin Curto
  40. book excerpt
    ‘You Don’t Understand What This Is Doing to Me’In the age of anti-heroes Tony Soprano reigned supreme. In his new book James Andrew Miller explores the toll the character took on James Gandolfini.
    By James Andrew Miller
  41. the cut podcast
    In Her Shoes: Cynthia ErivoIn this episode, Cynthia talks about playing iconic Black women and what it’s like being so close to an EGOT.
    By the Cut
  42. double consciousnesses
    The Fiction of the Color LineFrom Nella Larsen to Mariah Carey, Black women writers have long used passing stories to crack our façades of race, class, and gender.
    By Brittany Luse
  43. book review
    Fear and Loathing in ‘Asian America’In The Loneliest Americans, Jay Caspian Kang tries but fails to restore meaning to an empty term.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  44. his favorite shapes
    Julio Torres Wrote a Children’s Book About a Plunger That Wants to Be a Vase“Because, well, why not?” he said.
    By Justin Curto
  45. encounter
    It’s Phoebe Robinson’s World NowAnd we’re just living in the comedian multi-hyphenate’s culture takeover.
    By Cate Young
  46. books
    The Sally Rooney Translation Boycott, ExplainedIn solidarity with Palestinians, the writer declined to revive her contract with the Israeli publishing house that translated her previous two books.
    By Claire Lampen
  47. the industry
    Sally Rooney Won’t Let Israel-Based Publisher Translate Her Latest BookShe said she welcomes a translation of Beautiful World, Where Are You that aligns with her boycott of Israel.
    By Justin Curto
  48. gifts they might actually want
    The Best Gifts for Writers, According to WritersIf you’ve got a writer in your life, a notebook is not your only option.
    By Chelsey Pippin
  49. reading is fundamental
    Hey Grimes! Other Celebrities Read Too, Ya KnowNo one will ever beat Bradley Cooper reading Lolita to his 21-year-old girlfriend.
    By Bethy Squires
  50. architecture
    The Candy-Colored Tudors and Mini Mediterranean Palaces of Queens‘All the Queens Houses’ shows the most diverse borough’s most diverse residences.
    By Diana Budds
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