Annabel Gutterman

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Hanya Yanagihara Won't Read Your Mean Tweets

One of the most anticipated books of the year, Hanya Yanagihara’s To Paradise, is already one its most debated. The doorstopping 720-page novel is split into three sections, each focused on different characters by the...

By Annabel Gutterman January 14, 2022

Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah Urges Us Not to Forget the Past

When Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature last October, becoming the first Black writer to win the award since Toni Morrison in 1993, his books shot to the top of...

By Annabel Gutterman January 10, 2022

Delia Ephron on Finding Love Again in her 70s

Delia Ephron is aware that her story sounds like it's straight out of a movie. First, over the span of just a few years, the novelist and screenwriter suffered a crushing amount of loss. Her...

By Annabel Gutterman January 6, 2022

Joan Didion Wrote About Grief Like No One Else Could

In the wake of the celebrated writer's death, we look to her own words on loss and grief

By Annabel Gutterman December 23, 2021

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021

The year 2021 was poised to be a great one for established, fan-favorite authors. We were blessed with new work from a buzzy roster of titans, from Colson Whitehead to Lauren Groff to Kazuo Ishiguro....

By Annabel Gutterman December 10, 2021

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

In an era when time spent trying new things and meeting new people was still a rare privilege, the best books served to please our wandering minds. These works, from well-known writers as well as...

By Annabel Gutterman December 8, 2021

The 15 Best Holiday Gifts for Book Lovers

The holiday season is the season for reading. If you're looking for book recommendations, TIME's 100-must read books of 2021 has plenty to choose from. But we also have suggestions for the perfect gift to...

By Annabel Gutterman December 3, 2021

What's the Best Song on Red? Three Passionate Taylor Swift Fans Debate

In honor of the release of Taylor's Version

By Samantha Cooney November 11, 2021

Here Are the 10 New Books You Should Read in November

Cozy reading season starts now, with a crop of stirring new books offering something for everyone to curl up with. For those looking to reflect on deeply unsettling recent history, there's Gary Shteyngart's new novel...

By Annabel Gutterman November 1, 2021

Darcie Little Badger Turns Our Darkest Realities Into Hopeful Fantasies

Darcie Little Badger has been shaped by stories—the stories passed down to her through generations of family members, the stories she devoured as a fantasy-obsessed kid, the stories she now writes in books for young...

By Annabel Gutterman October 29, 2021
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