Art McPhail, Author at Book and Film Globe

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16 New Books To Read in November

November 1, 2026November 4, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments A Glacier's Guide to Dying, Alex Pappademas, architecture, best new books, book recommendations, book roundup, books to read, Broadway history, Broadway in Black and White, contemporary fiction, crime fiction, Daisy Johnson, Department of Fate, Eve Sneider, Friends of the Devil, Gary Shteyngart, Grateful Dead, Guilty Pleasure, How to Be Less Useful, Ian Rankin, Janet Malcolm, Joan LeMay, John Mauceri, John McWhorter, John Scalzi, Journalism, LeVar Burton, literary biography, literary fiction, Long Wave, Louise Kennedy, Matt O'Hara, memoirs, Michelle Porter, Monsters of Ohio, music history, mystery thrillers, new books November 2026, nonfiction books, November 2026 books, November book releases, Patricia Nilsson, Paul Goldberger, personal essays, political nonfiction, Priyanka Mattoo, Rachel Maddow, science fiction, science history, Stations, Take My Word for It, The Absent Woman, The Flying Death, The Heights, The Imperfect City, The Sensualist, Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts, urban planning

From Gary Shteyngart’s pursuit of pleasure to Rachel Maddow’s reckoning with American justice, November brings literary ambition, political urgency and some gloriously strange fiction.

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Readers’ 14: October Books We’re Excited To Read

October 2, 2026October 5, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Adam Grant, Annalee Newitz, Audrey Niffenegger, Barbara Kingsolver, Bonnie Garmus, Book Preview, books, Broadleaf Books, Chad Harbach, Custom House, Doubleday, Ecco, Farrar Straus and Giroux, Franny Choi, Hanover Square Press, Harper, James Marriott, Julie Orringer, Knopf, literary fiction, Little Brown, Matthew D. Taylor, Meghan O’Gieblyn, memoir, Michael Lewis, most anticipated books, Nonfiction, October Books, Sarah Perry, science fiction, Scribner, Tor Books, Viking, W.W. Norton, Yiyun Li

Barbara Kingsolver returns, Chad Harbach finally publishes his long-awaited second novel, Michael Lewis investigates DOGE, Bonnie Garmus heads to 1980s publishing, Adam Grant explores loneliness and more

Fifteen Books For a Spectacular September

August 31, 2026August 31, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Ayad Akhtar, book recommendations, books, China Miéville, Chloe Benjamin, Chris Bennett, Del Rey, Emily St. John Mandel, Fantasy, fiction, Forge Books, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Hank Phillippi Ryan, HarperOne, history, Jack Stewart, James Islington, Jared Diamond, Ken Liu, Knopf, literary fiction, Lucy Worsley, Marlon James, most anticipated books, new books, new releases, Nonfiction, Pegasus Books, reading, Riverhead Books, Saga Press, science fiction, September books, Summit Books, Thrillers, Tom Clancy, W.W. Norton

From Emily St. John Mandel to Chloe Benjamin; Ayad Akhtar to Marlon Benjamin; Tom Clancy to Jared Diamond

August Books for the End of Summer

August 4, 2026August 3, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Ashley Kahn, August 2026 books, book recommendations, books, books to read, Bookshop.org, Casey Michel, Chang-rae Lee, Claire Stapleton, Fantasy, fiction, Graceland, Jill LePore, Kim Bo-Young, Laura Moriarty, Liane Moriarty, Lisa Gardner, literary fiction, new books, Nonfiction, Olivie Blake, Paul Simon, Richard Swan, Roland Orzabal, science fiction, T Kingfisher, Tears for Fears, Thao Thai, Thrillers

A stuffed drawer of top reads from Chang-rae Lee to Paul Simon, from Google to Tears for Fears

A Reader’s Dozen for July

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Amy Bruni, Ben Reeves, Ben Wikler, book recommendations, Bookshop.org, Colson Whitehead, cookbooks, Crown, Daniel Silva, Dino Martins, Doubleday, Emily Giffin, fiction, Harper, history, July 2026 books, July book releases, Knopf, language, Lauren Collins, literary fiction, memoirs, Michael Cunningham, nature, new books, Nonfiction, Pamela Colloff, Penguin Press, politics, Publishing, Random House, Riverhead Books, science, short stories, Sigrid Nunez, Simon and Schuster, Sophia Smith Galer, summer reading, Thrillers, true crime, W.W. Norton

From parasites to romance, Harlem history to thrillers, hot reads are on their way for summer

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Every Book You Need To Read This Summer Is Out in June

June 2, 2026June 6, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Amitav Ghosh, Andrew Sean Greer, Andrew Wilson, Ann Patchett, book recommendations, book roundup, books, Brandon Sanderson, Caroline Kepnes, Deb Haaland, Fantasy, fiction, Harper, historical fiction, horror novels, Isabel J Kim, Jason Kelce, June 2026 books, Knopf, Lisa See, literary fiction, Maggie OFarrell, Marilyn Monroe, Mary H.K. Choi, memoirs, new books, Paul Tremblay, Peter Orullian, romance novels, science fiction, Scribner, Son Bo mi, summer books, summer reading, Tor Books, Travis Kelce

15 new releases you need: from Maggie O’Farrell to Deb Haaland, from Travis Kelce to Marilyn Monroe

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Robots, Soccer, King Arthur and More : 10 Books To Read in May

May 1, 2026May 5, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments AI and society, Ann Leckie, Arthurian literature, Backtalker, business and psychology books, creativity and constraints, David Epstein, Elizabeth Strout, Galahad and the Grail, Geoffrey Cain, I Am Not a Robot, imperial Radch, Inside the Box, Joanna Stern, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Leander Schaerlaeckens, literary fiction 2026, Malcolm Guite, new books May 2026, nonfiction books 2026, Radiant Star, Relegated, science fiction books, Silicon Valley history, soccer books, Steve Jobs in Exile, The Long Game, The Things We Never Say, Todd Smith, World Cup reading

Steve Jobs, Joanna Stern, Kimberlé Crenshaw, the USMNT and more on new covers this month

April Showers You With Great Books!

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Ada Limon, Ada Limon poetry, Against Breaking, Ally Condie, April 2026 book releases, April 2026 books, Ben Lerner, Ben Lerner novel, Beverly Gage, Beverly Gage history, biography, Book and Film Globe, Burn the Haystack, Chanda Prescod Weinstein science, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Doubleday, Dutton, Farrar Straus and Giroux, George Orwell biography, George Orwell Life and Legacy, Go Gentle, Grand Central Publishing, HarperOne, history, Jennie Young, Judy Batalion, Judy Batalion novel, literary fiction, London Falling, Maria Semple, Maria Semple novel, new books April 2026, Nonfiction, Oxford University Press, Pantheon, Patrick Radden Keefe, Patrick Radden Keefe nonfiction, Poetry, politics, Putnam, Robert Colls, S L Huang, science fiction, Scribner, Simon and Schuster, spring books 2026, The Edge of Space-Time, The Girls Trip, The Language of Liars, The Last Woman of Warsaw, This Land Is Your Land, thriller, Tor Books, Transcription

Here are 11 new releases for spring

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A Bakers Dozen New Book Releases for March 2026

March 4, 2026March 8, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Alice Martin Westward Women, Alicia Jo Rabins When Were Born We Forget Everything, Allison Pataki It Girl, anticipated books spring 2026, Atria Books fiction, Atria Books releases, Ballantine Books historical fiction, Berkley Books thriller, book preview March 2026, Christina Applegate You with the Sad Eyes, Del Rey fantasy, Elizabeth Arnott The Secret Lives of Murderers Wives, Grand Central Publishing books, Kiersten White The Fox and the Devil, Knopf nonfiction, Kory Stamper True Color, Little Brown and Company books, Macmillan books 2026, major book releases 2026, March 2026 book releases, March 2026 books, new literary fiction 2026, Penguin Random House books, Rachel Zoffness Tell Me Where It Hurts, Rebecca Serle Once and Again, Simon and Schuster releases, Soho Crime mysteries, St Martins Press books, Sujata Massey The Star from Calcutta, Women authors 2026, Women's History Month books

13 books for Womens History Month from Christina Applegate, Maggie Smith, Alicia Jo Rabins and more

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Twelve New Books You Need To Know About for February 2026

February 1, 2026February 2, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Aging; Distance; Family Bonds; Departure I Give You My Silence, Algonquin Books, Allegra Goodman, Ambition; Family Secrets; Legacy; American Life Love Me Tomorrow, Ambition; Power; Public Image; Self-Mythology, B.A. Paris, Branding; Ambition; Art vs Commerce; Late Capitalism When I Kill You, Clutch, Crown, Daniel Poppick, Doubleday, Emiko Jean, Emily Nemens, Essays; Literary Criticism; Cultural Theory, Farrar Straus and Giroux, Fate; First Love; Emotional Risk; Alternate Futures Brawler: Stories, Friendship; Obligation; Reconnection; Personal Growth A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides, Gavin Newsom, Gisèle Pelicot, HarperTeen, Knopf, Language; Power; Freedom; Responsibility This Is Not About Us, Lauren Groff, Literary Fiction; Domestic Drama, Literary Fiction; Family Drama; Inheritance, Literary Fiction; Family Saga, Literary Fiction; Philosophical Novel, Literary Fiction; Relationship Drama, Literary Fiction; Satire; Workplace Culture, Mario Vargas Llosa, Mark Haddon, Marriage; Ambition; Moral Compromise; Identity Leaving Home, McSweeney's / Astra House, Memoir; Feminist Nonfiction; Social Justice, Obsession; Manipulation; Secrets; Domestic Tension Language as Liberation, Political Memoir; Nonfiction, Power; Violence; Desire; American Landscapes Kin, Psychological Thriller; Suspense, Riverhead, Scribner, Short Stories; Literary Fiction, Solitude; Interior Life; Freedom; Withdrawal Young Man in a Hurry, St. Martin’s Press, Tayari Jones, Testimony; Sexual Violence; Accountability; Liberation The Copywriter, The Dial Press, Toni Morrison, YA Fiction; Time Travel Romance; Contemporary

Gavin Newsom, Toni Morrison and Allegra Goodman are among this month’s offerings

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The Golden Globes Rundown 2026

January 12, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Adapted Screenplay, Adolescence, Amy Poehler, animated film, Awards Season, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, comedy series, Drama Series, Film Awards, Hamnet, International Film, Jean Smart, Jessie Buckley, KPop Demon Hunters, Limited Series, Ludwig Göransson, Noah Wyle, One Battle After Another, Original Score, Original Screenplay, Original Song, Paul Thomas Anderson, podcasts, Rhea Seehorn, Ricky Gervais, Rose Byrne, Sentimental Value, Seth Rogen, Sinners, Stand Up Comedy, Stellan Skarsgard, Streaming Television, Television Awards, Teyana Taylor, The Pitt, The Secret Agent, The Studio, Timothée Chalamet, Wagner Moura

Who won what and what we wrote about them

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Eighteen January 2026 Book Releases You Need to Know About

January 5, 2026January 11, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Alastair Reynolds, Ashley Winstead, Belle Boggs, Book Lists, Campus Novels, Cathy Hirano, Celebrity Authors, Chuck Klosterman, Colleen Hoover, Deepa Anappara, Fantasy, George Saunders, January Books 2026, Jennette McCurdy, Julian Barnes, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Laura Dave, Lee C Bollinger, literary fiction, Martin Aitken, Melissa Faliveno, Nahoko Uehashi, Nina McConigley, Nonfiction, Rebecca Hannigan, Sara Levine, science fiction, Sylvester Allen, T Kingfisher, Thrillers

Jennette McCurdy, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Laura Dave, Chuck Klosterman, Lee Bollinger and more!

December 2025 Book Releases To Know About

November 30, 2025December 12, 2025 Art McPhail 0 Comments books to read December, December 2025 releases, December books, dystopian novels, Ingvild Rishoi, John Darnielle, Julie Doar, Katrina Leno, Kit Frick, literary fiction, LM Chilton, Matt Greene, Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke, Ruth Mancini, short story collections, Thrillers, translated fiction, winter reading, YA fantasy

From Nobel winners to YA hauntings and social-media thrillers, close out 2025 with memory, myth, and a surprising number of missing people.

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A Dozen Books You Need to Know About for November 2025

October 30, 2025November 3, 2025 Art McPhail 0 Comments Adriana Trigiani, cookbooks, Dolly Parton, Erin O. White, holiday book season, Jamie Brenner, John Irving, literary fiction, Louis C.K., Margaret Atwood, memoirs, Michelle Obama, new releases, November 2025 books, Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, Penguin Random House, Salman Rushdie, Sean Sherman, Simon & Schuster

In November’s big holiday bonanza: Atwood, Obama, Rushdie, and McCartney lead the charge

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17 Books You Need to Know About for October

October 1, 2025October 7, 2025 Art McPhail 0 Comments Alex Crespo, Anna North, Caitlin Starling, Carol Tyler, Carson Faust, Catherine Newman, Deckle Edge, Fantagraphics, Harlan Coben, Harper Lee, Joe Hill, Kate Belli, Ken Liu, Keshe Chow, nic stone, October 2025, Penguin Press, Philip Pullman, Pushkin Press, Reese Witherspoon, Saga Press / Simon & Schuster, Thomas Pynchon, Tiffany D. Jackson, William Morrow, Yukito Ayatsuji (translated)

New releases from Reese Witherspoon (!), Thomas Pynchon, Harper Lee, Philip Pullman and more

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