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Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole is a serial-killer thriller with all of the shock and none of the camp.

A debut novel by an unknown has topped all the bestseller lists. It has a particular kind of appeal.

How a conspiracy theory brought a fandom into chaos.

Ryan Gosling makes friends with a big, crab-shaped rock guy in Project Hail Mary.

The genius of "Lemon Pound Cake," and Justin Timberlake's arrest footage.

Tech moguls both love science fiction and chronically fail to understand what it is trying to tell them.

Lindsay explains the details of the deal that injects new money and new life into women's basketball.

What makes Kutchinsky's Egg so spellbinding is not the egg but the Kutchinskys themselves.

Quinn is carving out a new space in audio erotica and courting romance fans with a canny strategy.

Lindy West is no stranger to online trolls, but something about the "Adult Braces" discourse feels different.