Next City today announces the class of 41 Vanguards who will convene in Chicago from September 22 through 25. This is Next ...

Also among the 13 works up for the British literary award are the latest books from Douglas Stuart, Gwendoline Riley and Emma Cline. By Alex Marshall Beth Brower has been self-publishing for a decade.

June 23, 2026 • Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types.