Annabel Gutterman

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Elizabeth Strout Knows We Can’t Escape the Past

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout often finds inspiration in the worlds she has already built and explored. In 2019, she brought readers back to Crosby, Maine with a set of interlinked stories centered around prickly...

By Annabel Gutterman October 13, 2021

Meg Cabot Won’t Give Up on Happy Endings

The drinking game goes like this: every time you mention COVID-19, take a sip. It’s six minutes into my conversation with Meg Cabot when she makes the rules. We’re sharing margaritas over Zoom to discuss...

By Annabel Gutterman October 7, 2021

The 8 New Books You Should Read in October

The best new books arriving this month dive deep into a range of topics, from a wrenching portrait of homelessness and poverty in America to the dissection of a marriage and its eventual unraveling. October...

By Annabel Gutterman October 1, 2021

Why So Many Movie Musical Adaptations Just Don't Work

'Dear Evan Hansen' has divided fans and critics. Are they right to be so critical, and what makes a musical work onscreen to begin with?

By Andrew R. Chow September 23, 2021

Cry Your Heart Out: The 11 Best Breakup Albums Ever Made

Listening to a good breakup album is a dangerous act: if consumed at the wrong time, it can kill your joy, resurrect painful flashbacks, re-break your heart, reduce you to a puddle of misery. But...

By Andrew R. Chow September 17, 2021

Sally Rooney and the Millennial Novel

What does it mean to be a millennial? Bards of the generation across disciplines have varied takes: Taylor Swift’s catalog proposes a shared identity defined by a fixation on teenage heartbreak. Michaela Coel’s TV shows...

By Judy Berman September 3, 2021

The 34 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2021

Forget summer reading—fall is the season of literary bounty. The next few months bring with them a starry landscape full of returns from the buzziest names in the business as well as bold newcomers with...

By Annabel Gutterman August 30, 2021

How We Chose the 100 Best YA Books of All Time

There’s perhaps no category of literature more impactful than YA. These are the books introduced to us at a pivotal point in our lives: when our grasp on the world is changing just as we...

By Annabel Gutterman August 11, 2021

The 11 New Books You Should Read in August

A crop of fresh books arriving in August offers something for every reader, from tennis legend Billie Jean King’s autobiography to Helen Hoang’s latest swoony love story. August welcomes the return of veterans like Deborah...

By Annabel Gutterman July 29, 2021

How to Write a Romance Novel in 2021

Lingering touches and stolen glances, jaw-dropping revelations and long-awaited reunions—the pleasures of romance novels abound. Yet for so long, one of the most popular (and lucrative) genres in publishing has centered stories by, for and...

By Annabel Gutterman July 8, 2021

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