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Isle McElroy

  1. best of 2024
    The Best Books of 2024 (So Far)A sizzling, propulsive new novel from Miranda July, the introspective follow-up to There There, and a debut novel with a killer hook.
  2. summer preview 2024
    22 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This SummerBooks that will transport you from the beach to a road trip with messy friends or a Round Table with Arthur’s knights.
  3. best of 2023
    The Best Books of 2023Ten authors whose original ideas challenged our preconceived notions of the world.
  4. power
    “What Is Your Visibility For?”Activist Raquel Willis on her new memoir and the fight for trans equality.
  5. first person
    I Didn’t Realize How Wrong My Name Felt Until I Changed ItFor years I’d dreamed of seeing my name in print. But when I published my debut novel, I realized it no longer fit me.
  6. sexcerpt
    The Best Sex I’ve Ever Read: A Long-Censored Queer Tryst at Boarding School“In between all the sex,” explains Carmen Maria Machado, “there’s so much passion in how they talk to each other.”
  7. vulture lists
    The Best Books of 2022Yes, this list features more than one book set in a postapocalyptic world, but have you looked around lately?
  8. sexcerpt
    The Best Sex I’ve Ever Read: A Very Public Bus-Stop Kiss“The narrator is discovering that his lover has a kink for exhibitionism,” says Alexander Chee, “and the narrator might share it.”
  9. sexcerpt
    The Best Sex I’ve Ever Read: The Thrilling Ache of Desire“Instead of thinking, How will I describe a penis?, you think, What else is sex? What else will bring it alive to people?”
  10. sexcerpt
    The Best Sex Kristen Arnett Has Ever Read“It’s extremely queer to be like, I’m deeply sad, but it’s making me horny.”
  11. discourse
    You Know Holden Caulfield Isn’t Real, Right?The way a fictional character should make you feel is … however they make you feel.
  12. self
    Will We Ever Escape ‘Before’ and ‘After’ Photos?I’m already preparing myself for the deluge of January “weight-loss transformations” on Instagram.
  13. vulture recommends
    Ironic Detachment Meets Tender Vulnerability on the StraightioLab PodcastGet in, loser, we’re deconstructing heterosexuality.
  14. the first rule
    Fight Club Spoke to MeTwenty-five years later, a novel that shouldn’t have resonated still does.
  15. last days of manhood
    Before I Came Out As Trans, I Tried a Men’s Support GroupSince I didn’t belong in the room, I could see this place for what it was.
  16. vulture lists
    The Art of the Scam: A Streaming and Reading Guide to CultsFrom NXIVM to the Manson Family, these books, podcasts, TV shows, and movies explore who starts, joins, and leaves a cult.