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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.

"Man smiling in a studio setting with a city skyline background, wearing a red polo shirt and dark jacket; VPN and #NormLive logos visible in corner, warm lighting."

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Norm Was a Vibe

October 31, 2026November 4, 2026 Rob Kutner 1 Comment absurdist comedy, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, American comedy, Amy Schumer, Andy Kaufman, Anthony Jeselnik, anti-humor, Bob Saget, cancer, celebrity roasts, comedian biography, comedian documentaries, comedy and tragedy, Comedy Central Roast, comedy controversy, comedy documentary, comedy history, comedy writing, Conan OBrien, creative originality, deadpan comedy, Dirty Work, documentary film, documentary review, Don Ohlmeyer, entertainment industry, Garry Shandling, George Carlin, Joan Rivers, Judd Apatow, late-night comedy, late-night television, Lenny Bruce, Lorne Michaels, Matt Wolf, Mel Brooks, mortality, Netflix, Norm Macdonald, Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald, O.J. Simpson, Pee-wee as Himself, Richard Pryor, Rob Reiner, Sarah Silverman, Saturday Night Live, shaggy dog stories, SNL, Stand Up Comedy, subversive humor, television history, The Moth Joke, Weekend Update

Judd Apatow takes a different tack in ‘Norm: The Tale Of Norm Macdonald’

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Paweł Pawlikowski Drives Us Through a Decimated ‘Fatherland’

October 24, 2026October 28, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments arthouse cinema, August Diehl, Bayreuth Festival, black and white cinematography, Cold War, cultural memory, denazification, East Germany, Erika Mann, European cinema, exile, family relationships, father-daughter relationships, Fatherland, film criticism, Frankfurt, German cinema, German history, German literature, grief, Hanns Zischler, Historical drama, international cinema, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Klaus Mann, mourning, movie reviews, National identity, nationalism, Nazi Germany, Paweł Pawlikowski, political drama, postwar Germany, Richard Wagner, Sandra Hüller, Thomas Mann, W.H. Auden, Weimar, West Germany, World War II

Postwar Germany views itself through the monochromatic portrait of the Mann family

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But ‘Who is Martin Mull?’

October 21, 2026October 26, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments 1970s comedy, absurdist comedy, addiction, alcoholism, America 2-Night, American comedy, artistic identity, Best in Show, Billy Joel, Bob Saget, Bruce Springsteen, celebrity documentaries, Christopher Guest, comedy documentary, comedy history, contemporary art, documentary film, documentary review, Eric Idle, fame, Fernwood 2 Night, Fred Willard, Johnny Carson, Martin Mull, Monty Python, mortality, music history, musical comedy, Neil Berkeley, Netflix, Norman Lear, painting, Rhode Island School of Design, RISD, satire, Seth MacFarlane, Steve Martin, television history, The Fabulous Furniture, The History of White People in America, The Larry Sanders Show, The Tonight Show, Tom Waits, Waiting for Guffman, Wendy Haas, Who Is Martin Mull?

A star-studded meditation on mortality is also very funny

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Perpendicular Lives Intersect in ‘Possible Love’

October 20, 2026October 26, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments arthouse cinema, capitalism, Cho Yeo-jeong, cinematic storytelling, class inequality, documentary ethics, documentary filmmaking, economic exploitation, factory workers, Family Drama, film review, grief, international cinema, Jeon Do-yeon, Korean cinema, Korean drama, Lee Chang-dong, love stories, marriage, movie reviews, Netflix, Possible Love, privilege, Psychological Drama, relationships, social realism, South Korean films, Sul Kyung-gu, unemployment, voyeurism, wealth inequality, working class, Zo In-sung

Lee Chang-dong brings two unlikely couples together in this NYFF success that is heading straight to theater screens and Netflix

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‘The Knights of Guinevere’ Takes Us Into the Backrooms of Not-Quite-Disney

October 19, 2026October 22, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments adult animation, Andi, androids, animated series, animation review, artificial intelligence, body horror, Caine, corporate dystopia, corporate satire, Dana Terrace, digital culture, Disney, Disney Channel, Disney satire, dystopian fiction, existential horror, fan theories, fandom culture, Frankie, Glitch Productions, Glitch Studios, Guinevere, independent animation, indie animation, Knights of Guinevere, online fandoms, Park Planet, psychological horror, queer representation, robotics, science fiction, Stolen Kingdom, streaming animation, surveillance state, The Amazing Digital Circus, The Owl House, theme parks, YouTube animation

Glitch Studios brings a new nightmare drip for the kids

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You Can See Everything, Except the Truth

October 18, 2026October 22, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Abbott and Costello, AI, artificial intelligence, authenticity, Billy Evans, corporate fraud, deepfakes, documentary ethics, documentary film, documentary review, Edison blood-testing device, Elizabeth Holmes, Enron, Errol Morris, experimental documentary, film criticism, Frederick Wiseman, investigative documentary, Lance Oppenheim, media manipulation, mockumentary, movie reviews, Nathan Fielder, Nathan For You, reality and illusion, Silicon Valley, tech startups, The Rehearsal, Theranos, Theranos scandal, true crime documentary, truth and deception, Werner Herzog, white collar crime, Who's on First, You Can See Everything

Feel free to mix Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans but that’s no recipe for non-fiction

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Two Disappointments in the New York Film Festival Main Slate

October 15, 2026October 19, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 1 Comment 8 1 2, Adam Driver, Aftersun, Andor, arthouse cinema, Behemoth!, Birgit Minichmayr, Cannes Film Festival, Carlos Reygadas, Charlotte Wells, classical music, Emeric Pressburger, Eva Victor, Everytime, experimental cinema, Federico Fellini, Film at Lincoln Center, film criticism, film scores, Gone to Earth, Gregory Oke, grief, Heil Jupiter!, James Gray, JoBeth Williams, Michael Clayton, Michael Powell, Miles Teller, movie reviews, New York Film Festival, New York Film Festival 2026, NYFF 2026, Olivia Wilde, Paper Tiger, Pedro Pascal, Sandra Wollner, Scarlett Johansson, surrealism, TIFF, Tony Gilroy, Toronto International Film Festival, Will Arnett

Pre-festival hype and even stars like Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde don’t always satisfy

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With ‘Ultimate Traveler’ Another YouTube Creator Moves Into Streaming

October 13, 2026October 19, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments creator economy, Deloitte, documentary series, Drew Binsky, Gen Z, Hadza, Hot Ones, Iran, Jay Shetty, Mark Rober, Millennials, Netflix, Nielsen, Philippines, Rhett & Link, social media creators, Stokes Twins, Streaming, Streaming Television, travel documentaries, travel influencers, travel journalism, travel series, Ukraine, Ultimate Traveler, Vietnam, Whang-Od, YouTube

Drew Binsky brings an internet director’s curiosity to global storytelling

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BFG Podcast #316: Boomer Hollywood Twilight

October 12, 2026October 31, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Aaron Sorkin, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Boomer Hollywood, Chris Hansen, cinema, Digger, Facebook, film criticism, Hollywood, Lance Oppenheim, Mikey Madison, movie podcast, Neal Pollack, Podcast, podcast episode, Primetime, Robert Pattinson, Stephen Garrett, Streaming, The Social Network, The Social Reckoning, To Catch a Predator, Tom Cruise

Neal and Stephen chat about Aaron Sorkin, Tom Cruise, Robert Pattinson and more

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‘Colossus’ the Film that Foretold the AI War

October 4, 2026October 7, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments 1970 films, AI, AI safety, Apollo 13, artificial intelligence, classic cinema, Cold War, Colossus: The Forbin Project, Control Data Corporation, D.F. Jones, dystopian films, Eric Braeden, Gordon Pinsent, James Bridges, Lawrence Hall of Science, movie review, sci-fi films, science fiction, supercomputers, Susan Clark, The China Syndrome, Will Schallert

A prophetic all-star team from 1970 has been overlooked

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We Finally Get To See Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s Decade-Long Project, ‘Digger’

October 2, 2026October 7, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alejandro González Iñárritu, climate change, Digger, disaster movie, Dr. Strangelove, environmental thriller, Francis Ford Coppola, global warming, Jesse Plemons, John Goodman, Megalopolis, Michael Stuhlbarg, movie review, oil industry, political satire, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, satire, science fiction, Tom Cruise, VistaVision

Tom Cruise fully invests in his role alongside Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg. and Jesse Plemons

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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

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Everything That’s Streaming in October 2026

October 1, 2026October 5, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments Apple TV, Avatar Seven Havens, Ben Affleck, Carrie, Criterion Channel, Crystal Lake, Disney, East of Eden, Florence Pugh, Halloween, HBO Max, horror, Hulu, John Cena, Matchbox The Movie, Mike Flanagan, movies, Netflix, October 2026, October streaming, Paramount, Paul Bettany, Peacock, Prime Video, Shudder, Stephen King, Streaming, Streaming Guide, Television, tv, VisionQuest

AI drama, ‘Carrie’ returns, a Kazan helms ‘East of Eden,’ horror for Halloween, and more

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‘Primetime’ Is Ready for Prime Time, But Maybe That’s About All

September 28, 2026October 1, 2026 Daniel Aaron 0 Comments A24, Ajon Singh, Alex Winter, Anna Faris, Bill Conradt, Chris Hansen, Creed Bratton, Crime Drama, Dateline NBC, documentary filmmaking, investigative journalism, Jeff Zucker, Jonathan Lipnicki, Lance Oppenheim, media ethics, Merritt Wever, NBC, Perverted-Justice, Phoebe Bridgers, Primetime, Rent, Robert Pattinson, Seasons of Love, Skyler Gisondo, Spermworld, Television, To Catch a Predator, true crime, Xavier Von Erck, You Can See Everything

Robert Pattinson stars in Lance Oppenheim’s debut fiction feature

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