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John Darnielle untangles the knotty ethics of true crime in the fictional
Devil House
By Bradley Babendir
January 25, 2022 | 12:00pm
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The latest in Marlon James’ Dark Star trilogy, Olga Tokarczuk’s magnum opus, and more books to read in February
By Laura Adamczyk, Bradley Babendir, Adam Morgan
January 25, 2022 | 6:00am
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The 15 most-anticipated books of 2022
By Laura Adamczyk, Adam Morgan, Ines Bellina, Bradley Babendir
January 4, 2022 | 6:00am
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The A.V. Club’s 15 favorite books of 2021
By Laura Adamczyk, Erin Somers, Bradley Babendir, Danette Chavez, Alex McLevy, Rien Fertel
December 15, 2021 | 6:00am
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HBO oral history
Tinderbox
offers little more than amusing anecdotes
By Bradley Babendir
November 23, 2021 | 2:00pm
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Chinatown
meets climate change in Alexandra Kleeman’s
Something New Under The Sun
By Bradley Babendir
August 3, 2021 | 11:00am
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The Cult Of We
expertly charts the disastrous arc of Adam Neumann’s WeWork
By Bradley Babendir
July 19, 2021 | 1:00pm
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Fragments Of An Infinite Memory
traces the decline of the internet through one man’s eyes
By Bradley Babendir
February 8, 2021 | 3:50pm
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The A.V. Club
’s 15 favorite books of 2020
By Laura Adamczyk, Danette Chavez, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Rien Fertel, Samantha Nelson, Ashley Naftule, Bradley Babendir, Ines Bellina
December 16, 2020 | 6:00am
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The Death Of Vivek Oji
’s story of family and care shines, but its mystery falls apart
By Bradley Babendir
August 3, 2020 | 4:00pm
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What are you reading in April?
By The A.V. Club, Bradley Babendir, Adam Morgan
April 13, 2020 | 3:00pm
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The A.V. Club
’s 15 favorite books of 2019
By The A.V. Club, Danette Chavez, Samantha Nelson, Rien Fertel, Ines Bellina, Bradley Babendir, Adam Morgan
December 11, 2019 | 12:00pm
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A return to Cross River yields absurdist tales of robot slaves, doomed professors, and other godforsaken misfits
By Bradley Babendir
August 19, 2019 | 6:30pm
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The best comics of 2019 so far
By Oliver Sava, Caitlin Rosberg, and Bradley Babendir, Caitlin Rosberg, Bradley Babendir
June 25, 2019 | 11:00am
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Class and power share a bed in Sally Rooney’s
Normal People
By Bradley Babendir
April 15, 2019 | 3:00pm
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A tense quest opens Marlon James’ sprawling fantasy series set in a brutal, mythical Africa
By Bradley Babendir
February 4, 2019 | 4:00pm
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Murakami’s usual flights of fancy can’t save the mundane
Killing Commendatore
By Bradley Babendir
October 8, 2018 | 7:00pm