Craig Jenkins wrote about Björk’s new album Utopia at Vulture.

At the New York Times, the year’s 100 best books.

Lincoln Michel explored novels that defy literary conventions.

At Read it Forward, a conversation with Josh Christie of the Portland bookstore Print.

Bookforum asked a number of writers about the year’s best books.

Manuel Gonzalez has a new short story at BuzzFeed.

At Tor.com, revisiting Iain M. Banks’s Culture novels.

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