April 19, 2018

Disclaimer: the methodology herein is, at best, dubious. But after reading Jennifer Calfas’s report for TIME that the top three best-selling books in 2018 so far have all been related… Read more »

Bestsellers

Children’s books in the UK remain biased against BAME and female characters for yet another year — Nikki Griffiths
Single billboard heralds arrival of new Hilary Mantel novel — Tom Clayton
Self-professed master of fraud tries to fake his way to the top of the bestseller lists — Michael Seidlinger
In the aftermath of the Paris blaze, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame tops French bestsellers list — Nikki Griffiths

James Comey takes the Stormy world by book… er… book world by storm

Peter Clark

Jesus H.L. Menckeny Christ Newsballs! There’s a lot going on. From scumbag supreme Michael Cohen lawyering for Sean Hannity to Stormy Daniels’s sketch of her assailant being tweeted out by… Read more »

Will the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy call it a day?

Michael Barron

Obituaries are flooding in for Barbara Bush, the matriarch who saw both her husband and her son assume the presidency. Bush passed on yesterday at the age of ninety-two. Regardless of one’s… Read more »

The MTA is taking a “Fantastic Voyage” with David Bowie

Susan Rella

Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, subway stations are best avoided. So it’s incredibly bizarre that, for the next month, there is one subway station you should actually pay money to see:… Read more »

Melville House Books

OK, but are Trump books really selling as much as it feels like they are?

Taylor Sperry