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A white woman in a floral dress walks with purpose surrounded by four men of different ages and races dressed casually but all wearing serious expressions.

‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’ Is Brilliantly Dumb

A bearded white man with a concerned expression stands in a glass doorway, clutching a large cup of coffee. He is wearing black pants, a black t-shirt and a fleece jacket. A stethoscope hangs around his neck.

‘The Pitt’ Leads 2026 Emmy Nominations, While ‘Hacks’ Breaks a Record for Comedies

Book covers lined up in two rows of five: You Won’t Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters, by Rachel Aviv; Country People, by Daniel Mason; Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast, by Pamela Colloff; Cloudthief, by Nathaniel Rich; Data Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate, by Roopika Risam; It Will Come Back to You: Stories, by Sigrid Nuñez; They Stole a City: Wilmington’s White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy, by Lauren Collins; Yellow Pine, by Claire Vaye Watkins; Cool Machine, by Colson Whitehead; Beginning Middle End, by Valeria Luiselli.

10 New Books You Won’t Want to Miss in July

Two pages of a graphic novel featuring a group of young teens talking in a car. One says they dreamed they were a boy.

‘Opting Out’ Is a Graphic Novel of 7th Grade Survival From the Author of ‘Gender Queer’

A middle aged man and woman stand in a crowded room singing enthusiastically into a beer bottle.

‘Alice and Steve’ Might Be a Mess — But It’s Also Too Fun to Stop Watching

A woman in Victorian period costume stands in the desert pointing a small revolver. To her right is a white man doing the same. To her left, a man of Indian descent leaning on a walking stick.

‘Enola Holmes 3’ Is Spirited, Fleet of Foot, and Never Takes Itself Too Seriously

A book cover featuring an illustration of a gree eye, close-up, with blue and pink eyelids. A small rabbit is reflected in the pupil.

‘Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep’ Is Full of Beautifully Written Grotesqueries

A Black woman wearing a headscarf, white t-shirt and blue apron looks at a white man, also wearing a white t-shirt and apron. They are standing side by side at a counter in a professional kitchen, shelling shrimp.

‘The Bear’ Is Back in the Kitchen — and Back on Track

Metallica Just Flew to the UK and Pretty Much Broke Wales

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