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11 Novels About Dysfunctional Families to Put You at Ease When You're Home for the Holidays

Looking for an escape from the family function? Read these books by Emma Straub, Zadie Smith, and more.

Marie Claire

16 best new books to read in 2026, from Patrick Radden Keefe to Elizabeth Strout

Discover debut novelists and immersive page-turners from acclaimed authors

The Independent UK

Are authors now writing for TV producers rather than readers?

The new novel from Taffy Brodesser-Akner has all the makings of a great TV show, so it’s no wonder an adaptation is already in the works. Is the entertainment industry’s enthusiasm for snapping up novels having an impact on writers, asks Katie Rosseinsky

The Independent UK

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Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner review – trials of the wealthy

The follow-up to Fleishman Is in Trouble explores the fallout from a kidnapping in a rich American family

The Guardian - UK

35 Beach Reads to Devour While Soaking Up the Sun This Summer

Your packing list isn't complete without one of these page-turners.

Marie Claire

‘You can write anything about sex, but you cannot talk about money’: Taffy Brodesser-Akner on life after Fleishman

Her bestselling debut, Fleishman Is in Trouble, became a hit TV series. Now Taffy Brodesser-Akner is taking on the American dream

The Guardian - UK

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner review – an old-fashioned maximalist rush of storytelling

Inspired by the real-life abduction of a wealthy businessman, the second novel from the Fleishman Is in Trouble author is a lip-smacking tale of family, wealth and self-destruction told with relish

The Guardian - UK

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Adam Brody on 'Shazam! Fury Of The Gods' and Muscle Suits

The actor riffs on the franchise's future amid the DC reboot, making peace with 'The O.C.', and an ill-fated Scream 4 improv moment.

Inverse

The week in TV: Fleishman Is in Trouble; You & Me; The Consultant; The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate

Jesse Eisenberg stars in a voiceover-heavy drama; fine performances save an unashamed weepie; Christoph Waltz plays an eerie corporate Dalek; and toxic masculinity is exposed in a brave documentary

The Guardian - UK

Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner audiobook review – sex, selfies and marital meltdown

Actor Allyson Ryan captures the sharp dialogue and sardonic wit in this tale of a newly divorced doctor whose ex-wife disappears

The Guardian - UK

Fleishman Is in Trouble review – Jesse Eisenberg’s endlessly witty divorce drama is almost too good

This tale of a middle-class Manhattan woman who vanishes, leaving her ex with the kids, is utterly addictive. It’s such a treat that when it’s over, you’ll feel bereft

The Guardian - UK

Lizzy Caplan on Fleishman: ‘Seeing a woman having a midlife crisis is usually explosive’

She built a cult following in Freaks and Geeks, was a fetish expert in Masters of Sex – and is now stealing the show in modern malaise hit Fleishman Is in Trouble. Does it really mirror much of her life?

The Guardian - UK

TV trend: "Birth is a dangerous miracle"

TV creatives discuss why they've depicted the harsher aspects of pregnancy and birth – for better or for worse

Salon

Karla Peterson: The FX adaptation of 'Fleishman Is in Trouble' will test your patience and reward it, too

Near the end of FX's TV adaptation of "Fleishman Is in Trouble," after the upscale lives of its privileged main characters have emerged from their slow-motion implosion, one character tells another character about the book she might write about the whole mess.

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The Guardian - US

Fleishman Is in Trouble review – Jesse Eisenberg unravels in a smart comedy series

A hit-and-miss adaptation of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s 2019 novel brings almost too much to the table in its tale of struggling adult New Yorkers

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