2/1/22The Method tells the story of the 20th century’s most controversial acting practiceIsaac Butler's history chronicles the infamous Method style of acting—from Stanislavski to the devotees who…
1/24/22Camera Man chronicles the extraordinary life and work of Buster KeatonDana Stevens’ Camera Man is not just a terrific starting place for the budding Busterphile; the biography also tells…
12/15/21The A.V. Club’s 15 favorite books of 2021We hope you like novels, because we've got a bunch of them
11/29/21All the best stories, trivia, and tidbits from Mel Brooks’ memoir, All About Me!Mel Brooks’ memoir is a film-by-film, joke-by-joke chronicle of the legendary director and producer’s life and career
9/7/21Beautiful World, Where Are You is Sally Rooney’s best novel yetRooney treads familiar ground in her third novel, but her writing—like her characters—has matured
7/8/21The A.V. Club’s favorite books of 2021 so farTwo novels in translation and two Rachels (Cusk and Kushner) crack our top 10
6/21/21The Storm Is Upon Us ventures into the eye of QAnonAuthor Mike Rothschild is less interested with uncovering the identity—or identities—of Q than he is with tracing…
2/22/21The South got something to say in Chronicling Stankonia“It’s like this though,” André Benjamin nervously shouted over the chorus of boos. “I’m tired of close-minded folks,…
12/16/20The A.V. Club’s 15 favorite books of 2020A certain amount of escapism through books would have been more than understandable in 2020. (And by “a certain…
10/19/20The lights go out in Don DeLillo’s familiar yet slight The SilenceOver the past half-century, Don DeLillo has explored, in fiction that often feels presciently real, “the strangest,…
8/25/20Like H Is For Hawk before it, Helen Macdonald’s Vesper Flights soarsThere’s a scene in the first essay of Helen Macdonald’s Vesper Flights that should make any nature lover vibrate…
7/22/20“Who is Alex Trebek?” and 6 other questions asked and answered by the Jeopardy host’s memoirIn March 2019, when Alex Trebek shared his diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer, it seemed the entire world…
7/7/20From infectious diseases to fake news, The Rules Of Contagion examines how things spread“If you’ve seen one pandemic,” epidemiologists like to joke, “you’ve seen... one pandemic.” Influenza strains and…
7/7/207 books from the first half of 2020 that more people should readThe coronavirus pandemic and its attendant shutdown has had a way of warping one’s sense of time—alternately making…
5/5/20Samanta Schweblin’s Little Eyes sees the dark side of social connectivityIn Samanta Schweblin’s new novel, Little Eyes, kentukis are the year’s must-have smart device. “Nothing more than a…
4/6/20Final Draft assembles the best of David Carr, a reporter who pulled no punchesIt’s no doubt hackneyed to wish that David Carr were still around, writing us through these strange and often…
3/23/20Cool Town reconstructs the musical hotbed that birthed R.E.M., The B-52s, and Neutral Milk HotelThe modern alternative music scene began, most appropriately, at a house party on Valentine’s Day, 1977. The…
10/31/19A Marvelous Life doesn’t sugarcoat the enthralling origin story of Stan LeeHe plays a juror in the made-for-TV film The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk (1989) and a hot dog vendor in the…
10/7/19With Grand Union, Zadie Smith proves she’s a master of short stories, tooTwo men arrive in a village by foot. Though sometimes they arrive in a car, or a tank, or by air. They arrive at…