The Best Pandemic Books to Read During Coronavirus

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( What to Read Today [The Best Pandemic Books to Read in the Time of Coronavirus With stakes so high, it’s easy to see why novelists find outbreaks of disease so compelling. Here are 20 great fictional takes.]( [Bachelor ‘After the Final Rose’ Attendees Must Sign Coronavirus Disclosure Forms The “new and temporary measures” must be followed in order to see Peter make a fool out of himself in the studio.]( By Devon Ivie [Marc Maron at the End of the World In End Times Fun, an amazing stand-up comedian does his version of the Book of Revelations.]( By Kathryn VanArendonk [HBO Max Orders Mark Wahlberg Docuseries Titled … ‘Wahl Street’ Are you ready to start your day at 2:30 a.m.?]( By Jordan Crucchiola [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [The Trailer for Central Park Asks, ‘What If Bob’s Burgers But All Songs?’ The musical extravaGADza premieres May 29.]( By Rebecca Alter [Moshe Kasher Really Believes in the Power of Crowd Work On this week’s Good One, the stand-up talks about comedy’s most underappreciated skill.]( By Jesse David Fox [How The Most Dangerous Animal of All Unraveled a Zodiac Killer Theory After a best-selling memoir claimed to solve the Zodiac mystery, the creators of FX’s docuseries decided to investigate.]( By Maria Elena Fernandez [Doug Mathews of McMillions Is America’s Showboat Sweetheart FBI Special Agent Doug Mathews is a cocky white guy who laughs at his own jokes. Why do I love him so?]( By Jen Chaney [Weinstein Claims He Was ‘Suicidal’ Following Times Report, Court Docs Reveal He also sent an email saying, “Jen Aniston should be killed.”]( By Victoria Bekiempis [Never Rarely Sometimes Always, an Everyday Thriller About Obtaining an Abortion In Eliza Hittman’s new movie, state restrictions turn a teenager’s attempt to end an unwanted pregnancy into a perilous journey.]( By Alison Willmore [Billie Eilish and Her Baggy Clothes Open Tour With Message to Body Shamers “The body I was born with, is it not what you wanted?”]( By Devon Ivie [Damian From Love Is Blind Was Catfished Into Joining the Show As if we needed another reason to delete Tinder.]( By Zoe Haylock [Everything to Expect From Harvey Weinstein’s Sentencing He could spend decades behind bars.]( By Victoria Bekiempis [Some Broadway Shows Are Slashing Ticket Prices in Response to Coronavirus West Side Story, To Kill a Mockingbird, and more.]( By Jackson McHenry [Jude Law and John Malkovich Had So Many Perfect Looks in The New Pope Those popes sure know how to dress!]( By Caroline Reilly [The Bachelor Recap: Family-Meeting Time Wait, so now we’re supposed to watch this whole thing as if Peter’s love for Madison is some act of passionate rebellion against his family’s wishes?]( By Ali Barthwell [Penny Marshall Hated Working With Barry Sonnenfeld on Big “She truly disliked me as her cinematographer.”]( By Barry Sonnenfeld [Coachella and Stagecoach May Be Postponed Over Coronavirus Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, and Rage Against the Machine are currently set to headline the megafestival next month.]( By Halle Kiefer [The 4 Big WTF Moments From The Bachelor Finale, Which Is, Oh God, Only Part One Well, a woman eliminated herself, so …]( By Devon Ivie [McMillions Finale Recap: The Hangover We close the book, once again, on the McDonald’s Monopoly scam, but not before one last big reveal.]( By Scott Tobias [McMillions Found the Informant Who Took Down the McDonald’s Monopoly Scam The directors of the HBO true-crime series reveal how they solved a 20-year-old mystery.]( By Maria Elena Fernandez [Are Jellyfish Monsters Coming to Kill These People in the Sea Fever Trailer? And if they’re not jellyfish, then what the hell is going on?]( By Jordan Crucchiola [The New Pope Finale Recap: Lennys From Heaven In the end, Pius XIII’s last act was his humblest, and therefore his greatest.]( By Sean T. Collins [Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune Forgo Live Audiences Over Coronavirus Concerns Neither game show will shoot in front of a live studio audience for the time being.]( By Halle Kiefer [Every Day a Little Death: Endlings and Unknown Soldier A pair of plays that (very differently) evoke the ultimate.]( By Helen Shaw [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read more from Vulture](     [Subscribe to New York]( [Subscribe to New York](   Subscribe for $5/month and get [unlimited digital access]( to New York Magazine, home of the Cut, Vulture, Grub Street, and Intelligencer.     [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=daily)   |   [privacy notice](   |   [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. 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