What to Do With the Dangerous Novel 'The Turner Diaries' - The Atlantic

At a perilous American moment, the Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains why he wanted to read The Turner Diaries...

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2025/07/what-do-dangerous-novel-turner-diaries/683580/

Novelist John Green says OCD is like an 'invasive weed' inside his mind (Terry Gross; Fresh Air podcast)

Green's YA novel, Turtles All The Way Down, has been recently adapted to film. Green described living with OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), and how "one little thought" could take over his mind, in this 2017 interview.

Interview: 

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/26/1247170311/novelist-john-green-says-ocd-is-like-an-invasive-weed-inside-his-mind

Fasten Your Seat Belts, Flight Attendant-Turned-Novelist Shares Stories From The Sky (Dave Davies, Fresh Air podcast)

Newman transferred her in-flight notes into a single document on her iPad during days off and layovers. Little by little, the book came together.

Interview: 

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/06/1013313444/highjack-thriller-falling-draws-on-t-j-newmans-time-as-a-flight-attendant

Everything You Need To Know About Self-Publishing A Novel - The Daily Beast

If you've ever dreamed of publishing a novel but haven't been sure where to start, it might be time to get a little outside help. That's where the eBook Self-Publishing Bundle comes in—it's centered around teaching you how to break into the self-publishing world, one step at a time. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-self-publishing-a-novel

17 Science Fiction Books That Forever Changed The Genre

Speculative fiction is the literature of change and discovery. But every now and then, a book comes along that changes the rules of science fiction for everybody. Certain great books inspire scores of authors to create something new. Here are 21 of the most influential science fiction and fantasy books.

These are books which clearly inspired a generation of authors, and made a huge splash either in publishing success or critical acclaim. Or both. And these are in no particular order....
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/09/17-science-fiction-books-that-forever-changed-the-genre/

TIME: The Book People Are Saying Predicted Donald Trump’s Rise, as Reviewed in 1935

"He claimed to be just a plain, simple, common man"

A surprising novel is selling out at some retailers, Money reported on Wednesday: Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here. The reason for the rush is that some critics of President-elect Donald Trump say that the circumstances of the real-estate mogul’s election are eerily similar to those portrayed in the 1935 novel by Lewis—who, at the time, was the only U.S. writer to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature.....
http://time.com/4574009/donald-trump-sinclair-lewis-it-cant-happen-here/