<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="739187" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Andrew-Yang">Andrew Yang</keyword> said his favorite book about New York City is "The Catcher in the Rye."</li><li>The Gothamist asked all of the Democratic mayoral candidates to submit their favorites.</li><li>The JD Salinger classic involves an angsty teen escaping from his prep school to the city.</li></ul><p>In the canon of New York City literary classics, Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Yang said his favorite is "The Catcher in the Rye."</p><p>Yang's selection of the JD Salinger best-seller and fixture of high school English classes came as part of a survey sent out by The Gothamist to all of the Democrats in the crowded primary field.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Gothamist  (@Gothamist) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1392567282640068611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2021</a></blockquote><p>The former presidential candidate's pick was popular among The Gothamist's audience, with the Salinger novel taking top prize in a ranked choice voting simulation where readers could vote for their favorite <keyword id="5050" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="books">books</keyword> in the same way they would at the ballot box <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-just-embraced-a-revolutionary-ranked-choice-voting-system-2019-11">under New York City's new system</a>.</p><p>Holden Caufield, the hero of the book, escapes from his stodgy prep school to discover the thrills and perils of exploring Manhattan on his own. </p><p>Yang has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-andrew-yang-officially-enters-new-york-city-mayoral-race-2021-1">spoken about his love for traveling into the city as a kid</a> growing up in the Hudson Valley, and he went to high school at the prestigious Philips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire.</p><p>Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams went with "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro. Considered by critics to be one of the best biographies ever written, the book chronicles the life and vast influence of Robert Moses, a parks commissioner who remade the physical landscape of the city and vanquished foes despite never being elected to any major position.</p><p>Attorney and former MSNBC contributor Maya Wiley selected "Go Tell it on the Mountain" by James Baldwin. In a semi-autobiographical novel, Baldwin focuses on a bright teenager growing up in Harlem amid the growing influence of the Pentecostal Church among African-Americans in the 1930s.</p><p>City Comptroller Scott Stringer and ex-Citigroup executive Ray McGuire did not submit any book titles.</p>

Andrew Yang says his favorite book about New York is 'The Catcher in the Rye'

<p><div class="image-container float_right click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="The Weinstein Company" title_caption="The poster for TWC's " Salinger="" film.="" class="zoomin" href="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/52164bab69beddd137000003-960/salinger-1.jpg"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/52164bab69beddd137000003-1200-2000/salinger-1.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="salinger movie" width="480" style="float: right;" /></a><p class="source">The Weinstein Company</p><p class="caption">The poster for TWC's "Salinger" film.</p></div></div>The Weinstein Company wants to make sure nothing gets out about its upcoming <keyword id="35012" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="documentary">documentary</keyword> on "Catcher in the Rye" author J.D. Salinger.</p>
<p>TWC has launched a campaign for "<a href="http://www.twcpublicity.com/movie.php?id=175#photos" target="_blank">Salinger</a>" called Uncover The Mystery But Don’t Spoil The Secrets."</p>
<p>The film, directed by Shane Salerno, has been in production for more than nine years and is supposed to show a bunch of never-before-seen "footage, <span>photographs, and biographical information" on the reclusive author.</span></p>
<p>Weinstein wants information on the film to be kept so tight-lipped that the only people seeing the film are being hand selected and are being asked to sign a nondisclosure agreements.</p>
<p><span>Normally moviegoers and journalists are asked to keep mum about a movie embargoed until a certain date when seeing a new film regardless, but filmgoers aren't always asked to sign an NDA. </span><span> </span></p>
<p>From the press release: </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Because of the revelatory and confidential nature of the documentary and book, Salerno, TWC and Simon &amp; Schuster are encouraging audiences and industry insiders who see the film and read the book to remain tight-lipped on the secrets they unveils and give others a chance to experience them for themselves. <strong>The film has only been allowed to be screened by a hand selected group of press and insiders, and those seeing it before its official release date are being asked to sign nondisclosure agreements</strong>.<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">This isn't the first time Weinstein Company's co-chairman <keyword id="176675" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Harvey-Weinstein">Harvey Weinstein</keyword> has tried to keep news about one of his company's future releases secret. <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">In the press release, Weinstein says he asked those seeing 1993's "The Crying Game" (a Miramax release) to keep the film's secret prior to release. </p>
<p class="p1">Here's the entire release:</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today their “Uncover The Mystery But Don’t Spoil The Secrets” campaign in support of the upcoming documentary release, director Shane Salerno’s SALINGER. The film, which began production over nine years ago, contains an unprecedented amount of unseen footage, photographs, and biographical information on the notoriously reclusive Catcher in the Rye author. Salerno and David Shields have additionally co-authored a book on Salinger’s life, also called Salinger.<br /><br />Because of the revelatory and confidential nature of the documentary and book, Salerno, TWC and Simon &amp; Schuster are encouraging audiences and industry insiders who see the film and read the book to remain tight-lipped on the secrets they unveils and give others a chance to experience them for themselves. The film has only been allowed to be screened by a hand selected group of press and insiders, and those seeing it before its official release date are being asked to sign nondisclosure agreements.<br /><br />“Back in 1993, when Miramax released THE CRYING GAME, we asked journalists and moviegoers not to reveal the film’s secret to their friends,” commented TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein. “With SALINGER we have a similar situation – the joy of this documentary is discovering information that, until now, has been kept under wraps for decades. I stand with Shane Salerno and Simon &amp; Schuster’s Jonathan Karp in urging audiences and critics alike to let others satisfy their own curiosity about the film and book. ”<br /><br />Noted Jonathan Karp, President and Publisher at Simon &amp; Schuster: “There are two kinds of people in the world – blabbermouths and confidants,” added Jonathan Karp, President and Publisher of Simon &amp; Schuster. “We ask readers and moviegoers to be our confidants. It’s been said that there are no secrets anymore, but SALINGER is revelatory, and we hope people will have the opportunity to experience jolts of surprise directly from the works, rather than a smartphone or a tablet.”<br /><br />SALINGER lands in theaters September 6, and Simon &amp; Schuster will publish Salerno and Shields’ book on September 3.</p>

 People Seeing Top-Secret J.D. Salinger Documentary Need To Sign Nondisclosure Agreements To Stay Quiet About Film

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5cc228f74a16756e331b4527-1778/sally%20rooney.jpg" border="0" alt="Sally Rooney" data-mce-source="David Levenson/Getty Images"><p class="source"><span>David Levenson/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Critics and readers have been raving about Sally Rooney's second novel, "Normal People."</p></img></div><p></p></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Sally Rooney, the 28-year-old author of "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Normal-People-Novel-Sally-Rooney/dp/1984822179/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=VVTBFD08MM0FTRD735KF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Normal People</a>" and "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Friends-Novel-Sally-Rooney/dp/0451499050" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conversations with Friends</a>" has been hailed as <span>"the first great millennial author" by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/world/europe/sally-rooney-ireland.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.</span></li><li>"Normal People" was released in April and recently optioned into a Hulu series.&#xa0;</li><li>After reading both books, I agree with the buzz surrounding Rooney.</li><li>Rooney expertly explores the complexities of millennial romance and young adulthood in a subtle, genuine way.</li><li>WARNING: Spoilers ahead.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>Is 28-year-old Irish author Sally Rooney the J.D. Salinger&#xa0;<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">of</span> millennials?</p><p>Her critically acclaimed debut, "Conversations with Friends," launched in 2017 with the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/sally-rooney-normal-people-waterstones-book-of-the-year-dublin-ireland-conversations-with-friends-a8659186.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tagline</a> "Salinger for the Snapchat generation" - and the praise and accolades Rooney has received since echo as much.</p><p>Her latest, "Normal People," hit American bookstores in April and Rooney was lauded as<span>&#xa0;"the first great millennial author" by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/world/europe/sally-rooney-ireland.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>. It quickly became a <a href="https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/books/a26973014/april-2019-anticipated-book-releases/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">book club staple</a> and was recently <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/05/normal-people-hulu-orders-drama-series-based-on-sally-rooneys-best-seller-1202624308/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">optioned into a Hulu series</a>. </span></p><p>"Normal People" has been <span>longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize, and "Conversations with Friends" already bears the honor of Sunday Times Fiction Prize. <a href="https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/04/230058/sally-rooney-normal-people-popularity-instagram" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kathryn Lyndsay of Refinery29</a>&#xa0;called </span><span>carrying a Rooney book "a new Instagram status symbol."&#xa0;</span></p><p><span>Even celebrities are fans - Lena Dunham reportedly introduced Emily Ratajkowski to Rooney's work, Lyndsay wrote. And <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfec8YeAkgh/?hl=en&amp;taken-by=sarahjessicaparker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sarah Jessica Parker raved on Instagram</a>, "This book. This book. I read it in one day. I hear I'm not alone."&#xa0;</span></p><p><span>Twitter fanfare left me intrigued by "Normal People" before it launched. I ended up devouring it in just a few days, and then promptly picked up "Conversations with Friends" - <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">and </span>after reading both, I was quick to ride the bandwagon.</span></p><p>&#xa0;</p><h2><span>"Normal People" isn't your average love story&#xa0;</span></h2><p>"Normal People" follows the on-again, off-again relationship of Marianne and Connell, which they avoid ever defining. In high school, private and wealthy Marianne is not liked by her peers; popular Connell, whose mother cleans the mansion Marianne lives in, comes from a working-class background and is the proverbial golden boy.</p><p>The two forge a connection and secretly begin hooking up, but when Connell, fearing the judgment of his peers, takes the popular girl to the school dance instead of Marianne, their relationship ends.</p><p>At Trinity College Dublin, their paths cross again in a reversal of roles. Marianne has many friends who admire her charm and intellect, while Connell is a lonely outsider. And so their lives continue to intermittently intertwine, as both friends and lovers.&#xa0;</p><p>In straightforward, deadpan prose that I first found jarring and later found moving, Rooney spins an epic story of what modern love looks like in a millennial culture where people are afraid of being vulnerable and feelings are unspokenly prohibited.&#xa0;</p><p><em><strong>Read more</strong>: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-summer-beach-reads-books-for-vacation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">19 beach reads you'll want to read this summer - according to editors at Amazon, Goodreads, and Book of the Month</a></em></p><h2><span>Rooney nails the deafening complexities of a millennial romance</span></h2><p>Rooney's genius lies not in her plot, but in her characters. Flipping between Marianne and Connell's point of views, Rooney shrewdly depicts the complexities of a dysfunctional relationship, stripping away layers of their thoughts to reveal the dynamics of ever-shifting power struggles and how emotional insecurities can sneak their way into a relationship.</p><p>Marianne is from a physically and verbally abusive family, which leads her into a destructive territory with sadistic men, while Connell deals with shame and depression.</p><p>Rooney's slivers of insight into how Marianne and Connell wrestle with&#xa0;<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">their </span>emotions and question their identity in the process made it one of the most&#xa0;realistic portrayals of <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">young&#xa0;</span>love I've read. Their relationship is rife <span style="background-color: #ffffff;">with </span>mistakes, misunderstandings, and missed chances that could be simplified if only they communicated and didn't subconsciously suppress their feelings, as millennials are wont to do.</p><p>The relationship is messy and carries weighted moments made all the more intense by the heady, raw notions of a young 20-something - without the stereotypical angst.<span>&#xa0;B</span>ut it's simultaneously sweet, genuine, and heartfelt: While Marianne and Connell have a hard time admitting it, their chemistry is apparent to the reader, and it's their magnetism the book revolves around.</p><p>Rooney, <a href="https://slate.com/culture/2019/04/normal-people-sally-rooney-review.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote Laura Miller for Slate</a>, "believes in true love, even if her lovers lack the vocabulary or even the conceptual framework to recognize this is what they have together."</p><h2>Socioeconomic and mental constructs shape relationships and young adulthood</h2><p>From mental health struggles to class divides and wealth disparities, Marianne and Connell's romance is painted into an emotional, social, and economic background that fuels and infiltrates their interactions.&#xa0;</p><p>It's a testament to Rooney's discerning knack&#xa0;<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">for </span>exploring the workings of the millennial mind in a modern coming of age story, an acuity that also carried "Conversations With Friends," which I liked but didn't love. That book follows the story of ex-lovers and best friends, Frances and Bobbi, who befriend an enigmatic couple. Frances ends up having an affair with the husband, which puts a strain on her relationship with Bobbi.</p><p>&#xa0;</p><p>Both novels bear the same hallmarks: college parties, dinner parties, political debates, and communication via email, showing how today's 20-somethings attending an elite college walk the finicky border between youth and adulthood. Internal and external discourse molds the deep connections of the protagonists.</p><p>Rooney's shrewd observations of the behaviors of a younger generation end on an ambiguous note in both novels. While frustrating to some, I felt the endings were authentic - life never really gets wrapped up in a bow.</p><p><em><strong>Read more</strong>: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-books-we-read-this-year-2018-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The 29 best books we read in 2018</a></em></p><h2>Rooney asks the questions that plague millennials</h2><p>As Marianne and Connell confront their expectations and desires, "Normal People" raises questions about our uncertainty and place in the world. Their struggles lie in the complicated search for the meaning of life and love, but Rooney subtly examines these in a non-cliché way: <span>"If people appeared to behave pointlessly in grief, it was only because human life was pointless, and this was the truth that grief revealed," Marianne thinks amidst forgiveness.</span></p><p>Rooney scrutinizes the innate human desire to be loved and accepted, and how fear can lead&#xa0;<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">us</span> to self-sabotage the very thing&#xa0;<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">we</span> want. She asks: Why do we give second chances? Why don't we give up? What does love look like? And what does it mean to be normal?</p><p>As cliché as it is, Rooney's work strikes me as relatable: Anyone who has ever tried to define love or purpose will find their food for thought here.&#xa0;</p><p>Only time will tell if Rooney is the great novelist of the millennial generation, but whether or not her books end up on the required reading list for high schoolers 50 years from now, "Normal People" will remain a classic on my bookshelf.</p><div>    <iframe src="//instagram.com/p/Bfec8YeAkgh/embed/" width="540" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true">    </iframe></div><div>    <iframe src="//instagram.com/p/Bwl5VF_nIsQ/embed/" width="540" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true">    </iframe></div><div>    <iframe src="//instagram.com/p/ByN-TOZFaBr/embed/" width="540" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true">    </iframe></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-k2-harder-climb-mt-everest-2017-9">Mount Everest is not the hardest mountain to climb - here's what makes K2 so much worse</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/S7YhmOnB-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

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<p>The odd jobs writers take on to make ends meet while pursuing their creative passions can oftentimes end up being valuable sources of inspiration. After all, what would they write about without having some unusual experiences under their belts? </p><p><a href="https://unplag.com/blog/writers-weird-jobs/">Unplag.com</a>, the plagiarism detection engine, put together an infographic on "big-name authors and their weird jobs," listing the gigs of great writers like Harper Lee, J.D. Salinger, and Stephen King.</p><p>Perhaps these writers have their strange pre-fame <keyword id="6354910" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Careers">careers</keyword> to thank, in part, for their success as storytellers. </p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55c513062acae78b0e8be41d-600-7052/writers-weird-jobs2.png" alt="Unplag.com Writers and Weird Jobs" data-mce-source="Unplag.com" data-link="https://unplag.com/blog/writers-weird-jobs/" /><p class="source"><span><a href="https://unplag.com/blog/writers-weird-jobs/">Unplag.com</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/legend-trailer-with-tom-hardy-2015-6">Tom Hardy makes a crazy transformation playing identical twins in this new gangster movie</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="1uYjh4dTpwTQV0B9vjmmDX3JuE4LMeFF" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', '1uYjh4dTpwTQV0B9vjmmDX3JuE4LMeFF',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

Here's what 11 prominent authors were doing before they got famous

<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/536d14d16da8118d573e69bc-1200-924/jeff-bezos-151.jpg" border="0" alt="Jeff Bezos" /><p class="source"><span>Reuters</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>Hachette Book Group - one of the largest New York publishing houses, which sells the work of popular writers like J.D. Salinger, Malcolm Gladwell, Stephen Colbert - told </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/technology/hachette-says-amazon-is-delaying-delivery-of-some-books.html?ref=technology&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">The New York Times</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> that Amazon is delaying the delivery of some of its books, even though it is fulfilling all of Amazon's orders.</span></p>
<p><span>When a company that controls more than a third of the book market in the United States lists delays for the shipment of your titles for several weeks, it's a big deal. </span></p>
<p><span>Hachette said that Amazon is essentially discouraging users from buying its products, not because of a lack of supply from Amazon, but for "reasons of their own."</span></p>
<p><span>Both old and new Hachette books have listed shipping estimates of up to five weeks, when most popular books on Amazon are available within two days. </span></p>
<p class="p1">"We have been asked legitimate questions about why many of our books are at present marked out of stock with relatively long estimated shipping times on the Amazon website, in contrast to immediate availability on other websites and in stores," Sophie Cottrell, a Hachette spokeswoman, told the New York Times. "We are satisfying all Amazon's orders promptly."</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">In the past, Amazon has used its incredible selling power to demand bigger discounts from publishers, or more time to pay its bills. There have been times when a publisher wouldn't comply, and Amazon would take that company's titles out of its recommendation algorithms. In 2010, Amazon and the publisher Macmillan got into a dispute about e-book prices and Amazon took the "buy" buttons off all its books. </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Business Insider has reached out to Amazon and will update if we hear back. </span></p><p class="tagline">Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his
personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.</p>

Hachette Says Amazon Is Intentionally Delaying The Delivery Of Some Of Its Books To Amazon Customers

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/540f18986bb3f74171dc85e7-1200-924/reading-on-subway-8.jpg" border="0" alt="reading on subway"><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamhule/5574080195/in/photolist-9uyBQX-2u92AH-9gfDgs-7fRqZP-9dDD4c-6kFRLu-EPXz6-mxQvWf-kS7MVB-6RnkvW-6QtXVV-bHbBjt-eCSzhE-h2MT45-68r9S7-7Xc2hi-7xVUg9-oy8c1-dEXFN4-kQbuFv-dXRkda-Fa6wm-6enTV6-dKMsfM-gRgpxv-7euof-kqsPuW-dBzUiN-8HUH4r-HPqF-pcgzp-8jH4eb-adwcMk-6ozJcT-5JNnEK-6oro8y-d3CdXm-hZyg6F-aSeEyH-eNamDx-kr8Yd-4rGioF-xdF9b-4P7XwP-ecXWbk-arvUMj-6Uccv-ihvDJk-9bvGPF-u7sT">Jens Schott Knudsen/flickr</a></span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div>If you've been on Facebook sometime in the last few weeks, you may have seen your friends posting lists of 10 books that have had an impact on them. </p>
<p>The introduction to the post goes something like this: "<span>List 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. Don't take more than a few minutes, and don't think too hard. They do not have to be the 'right' books or great works of literature, just ones that have affected you in some way." </span></p>
<p><span>Each person then shares 10 books and then challenges a few friends to do the same. </span></p>
<p>Now, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-data-science/books-that-have-stayed-with-us/10152511240328859">thanks to data</a> from researchers Lada Adamic and Pinkesh Patel, we know which books Facebook users say have made a most memorable impact. To compile the list, Adamic and Patel analyzed 130,000 status updates that contained the words "10 books" or "ten books" and that were posted in the last two weeks of August 2014. </p>
<p>They also included a percentage that indicated just how many of the 130,000 lists included each of the books. </p>
<p><strong>Here are the top 20 books, ranked by how often they were named in Facebook statuses:</strong></p>
<p>1. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Store/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=1084186">Harry Potter</a>" series, J.K. Rowling (named in 21.08% of lists)</p>
<p>2. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/To-Kill-Mockingbird-Harper-Lee/dp/0446310786">To Kill a Mockingbird</a>," Harper Lee (named in 14.48% of lists)</p>
<p>3. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/J-R-R-Tolkien-4-Book-Boxed-Tie-/dp/0345538374/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285282&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=lord+of+the+rings">The Lord of the Rings</a>," J.R.R. Tolkien (named in 13.86% of lists)</p>
<p>4. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-There-Back-Again/dp/054792822X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285303&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=hobbit">The Hobbit</a>," J.R.R. Tolkien (named in 7.48% of lists)</p>
<p>5. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pride-Prejudice-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486284735/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285327&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=pride+and+prejudice">Pride and Prejudice</a>," Jane Austen (named in 7.28% of lists)</p>
<p>6. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Bible-New-Living-Translation/dp/1414309473/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285346&amp;sr=1-4&amp;keywords=bible">The Holy Bible</a>" (named in 7.21% of lists)</p>
<p>7. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Douglas-Adams/dp/0345391802">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a>," Douglas Adams (named in 5.97% of lists)</p>
<p>8. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Games-Trilogy-Box-Set/dp/0545670314/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285391&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=hunger+games">The Hunger Games</a>" trilogy, Suzanne Collins (named in 5.82% of lists)</p>
<p>9. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Catcher-Rye-J-D-Salinger/dp/0316769487/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285420&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=catcher+in+the+rye">The Catcher in the Rye</a>," J.D. Salinger (named in 5.7% of lists)</p>
<p>10. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Narnia-Box-Set-Lewis/dp/0061992887/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285435&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=chronicles+of+narnia">The Chronicles of Narnia</a>," C.S. Lewis (named in 5.63% of lists)</p>
<p>11. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Gatsby-Scott-Fitzgerald/dp/0743273567">The Great Gatsby</a>," F. Scott Fitzgerald (named in 5.61% of lists)</p>
<p>12. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/1984-Signet-Classics-George-Orwell/dp/0451524934/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285503&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=1984">1984</a>," George Orwell (named in 5.37% of lists)</p>
<p>13. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Bantam-Classics-Louisa-Alcott/dp/0553212753/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285535&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Little+Women">Little Women</a>," Louisa May Alcott (named in 5.26% of lists)</p>
<p>14. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jane-Eyre-Charlotte-Bronte/dp/1500712957/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285619&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Jane+Eyre">Jane Eyre</a>," Charlotte Bronte (named in 5.23% of lists)</p>
<p>15. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stand-Stephen-King/dp/0307947300/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285639&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+stand">The Stand</a>," Stephen King (named in 5.11% of lists)</p>
<p>16. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Wind-Anniversary-Margaret-Mitchell/dp/1451635621/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285660&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Gone+with+the+Wind">Gone with the Wind</a>," Margaret Mitchell (named in 4.95% of lists)</p>
<p>17. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wrinkle-Time-Quintet/dp/0312367546/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285735&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=wrinkle+in+time">A Wrinkle in Time</a>," Madeleine L'Engle (named in 4.38% of lists)</p>
<p>18. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Handmaids-Tale-Margaret-Atwood/dp/038549081X/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285752&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=handmaid%27s+tale">The Handmaid's Tale</a>," Margaret Atwood (named in 4.27% of lists)</p>
<p>19. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lion-Witch-Wardrobe-Chronicles-Narnia/dp/0064404994/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285772&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=lion+witch+and+wardrobe">The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe</a>," C.S. Lewis (named in 4.05% of lists)</p>
<p>20. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho/dp/0061122416/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1410285787&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+alchemist">The Alchemist</a>," Paulo Coelho (named in 4.01% of lists)</p>
<p>The researches also created this neat graphic showing the connections among the books: "<span>In the network visualization, each node represents a book, sized by the frequency with which it was mentioned, as an edge represents an unusual number of co-occurrences of the two books in the lists."</span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/540f3e186da8116430973c1f-427-720/10523932_10152689349753415_6678921836677731688_n.png" border="0" alt="10523932_10152689349753415_6678921836677731688_n"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-data-science/books-that-have-stayed-with-us/10152511240328859">Facebook</a></span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p>

The Books That Stay With Us Forever

<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/538622a569bedd9b2c4e37df-1200-600/woman-reading-summer-tablet-kindle-outside.jpg" border="0" alt="Woman reading summer tablet kindle outside" /><p class="source"><span>Shutterstock</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>Amazon has come out with its latest batch of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=s9_al_bw_brwse?_encoding=UTF8&amp;node=9214785011&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-4&amp;pf_rd_r=0TBKP6X9M86FEKJJKZ1H&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1807552562&amp;pf_rd_i=9164523011">editors' picks for summer beach reads</a>. </span></p>
<p class="p1">As usual, the books span genres, from military crime thrillers to a poignant story of two teens with cancer falling in love. There's truly something for everyone on this list.</p>
<p class="p1">You won't be able to put these books down.</p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Fall-Down-Jennifer-Weiner/dp/145161778X/ref=lp_9214785011_1_6?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-6" target="_blank"><strong>"All Fall Down: A Novel"</strong> by Jennifer Weiner</a>: A poignant story that follows an ordinary woman who sinks into addiction, Allison struggles to be a wife, mother, and daughter while her dependence on prescription pills worsens beyond her control.</p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Echoed-Khaled-Hosseini/dp/1594632383/ref=lp_9214785011_1_11?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-11" target="_blank"><strong>"And the Mountains Echoed"</strong> by Khaled Hosseini</a>: From the author of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" comes the tale of an Afghanistan family torn apart. After a father sells his daughter, she and her brother struggle for half a century to reunite across Kabul, Paris, San Francisco, and Greece.</p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Am-Pilgrim-Thriller-Terry-Hayes/dp/1439177724/ref=lp_9214785011_1_10?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-10" target="_blank"><strong>"I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller"</strong> by Terry Hayes</a>: This book tells the story of a former head of a secret U.S. government organization trying to stop a terrorist attack that is only all-too-believable in this day in age. It races across Paris, Switzerland, Afghanistan, Syria, and Turkey for a twisting, smart, and nail-biting chase.</p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Girls-Unsolved-American-Mystery/dp/0062183656/ref=sr_1_17?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-17" target="_blank"><strong>"Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery"</strong> by Robert Kolker</a>: The true-life search for a serial killer that targeted call girls on Long Island, this book explores the unsolved murders, the underbelly of the Internet, and gives empathetic and detailed portraits of the victims based on hundreds of hours of interviews with their family and friends. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Salinger-Year-Joanna-Rakoff/dp/0307958000/ref=sr_1_19?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-19" target="_blank"><strong>"My Salinger Year"</strong> by Joanna Rakoff</a>: Rakoff's beautifully written memoir recounts her post-graduate year in the late '90s working at a literary agency in New York that represented J.D. Salinger. After she starts responding to the author's fan mail, she finds herself being drawn more into their devotion and discovers her own artistic voice by acting as Salinger's.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Plus-Novel-Jojo-Moyes/dp/0525426582/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-14" target="_blank"><strong>"One Plus One: A Novel"</strong> by Jojo Moyes</a>: Jess is a single parent struggling to take care of her 10-year-old daughter and her teenage stepson. But on their way to a Math Olympiad that could change her daughter's future, Jess's car breaks down. After a chance meeting, she is forced to rely on Ed, an ex-software engineer who has been accused of insider trading, to take them the rest of the way.</span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Summer-America-Bill-Bryson/dp/0767919416/ref=lp_9214785011_1_12?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-12" target="_blank"><strong>"One Summer: America, 1927"</strong> by Bill Bryson</a>: 1927 was the year of Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic, the beginnings of Babe Ruth's home run record, a sensational murder trial, a massive flood, and Al Capone tightening his grip on the illegal booze trade. This book captures the personalities and events of 1927. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blessings-Elise-Juska/dp/1455574031/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-13" target="_blank"><strong>"The Blessings"</strong> by Elise Juska</a>: The Blessings are a close-knit Irish Catholic family living in Philadelphia. Told from the perspectives of multiple family members, readers jump back and forth through the four generations of the extended family after the tragic death of one of its members rocks the large clan to its core.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fault-Our-Stars-John-Green/dp/014242417X/ref=lp_9214785011_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank"><strong>"The Fault in Our Stars"</strong> by John Green</a>: 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster is a three-year stage IV-cancer survivor. When she meets Augustus Waters in a cancer survivor support group, her perspective on life and all that she can accomplish changes dramatically. Prepare to laugh and cry as you read this bittersweet novel about their falling in love.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lowland-Vintage-Contemporaries-Jhumpa-Lahiri/dp/0307278263/ref=sr_1_15?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-15" target="_blank"><strong>"The Lowland (Vintage Contemporaries)"</strong> by Jhumpa Lahiri</a>: Two brothers living in Calcutta could not be more different: Udayan is idealistic and involved in India's 1960s rebellion, whereas Subhash is cautious, reliable, and serious. But when Udayan dies due to political violence, Subhash steps in and marries his dead brother's pregnant wife - an act that will reverberate through the family for the next 70 years.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Matchmaker-Free-Preview-First-Chapters-ebook/dp/B00IWZJ3BW/ref=lp_9214785011_1_8?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-8" target="_blank"><strong>"The Matchmaker"</strong> by Elin Hilderbrand</a>: 48-year-old Dabney Kimball Beech is a matchmaker who has never been wrong about romance, except when it comes to herself. When reporter Clendenin Hughes returns to Nantucket after 27 years away, Dabney is forced to share some painful secrets with her husband and daughter, and try to find the perfect match for the ones she loves.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Only-Novel-Emily-Giffin/dp/0345546881/ref=lp_9214785011_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-3" target="_blank"><strong>"The One &amp; Only: A Novel"</strong> by Emily Giffin</a>: Shea Rigsby loves football, and her career at a sports writer. But after the unexpected death of someone close to her, she starts questioning everything about her job, boyfriend, and friendships - even falling for an unexpected father figure in the process.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Tearling-Novel/dp/0062290363/ref=sr_1_20?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-20" target="_blank"><strong>"The Queen of the Tearling: A Novel"</strong> by Erika Johansen</a>: 19-year-old Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn sets out with her Queen's Guard back to the castle of her birth to ascend the throne with the Tearling sapphire - a jewel of magical power. Though she is not alone in vying for the throne of Tearling, she must reclaim the kingdom to bring an end to the Red Queen's dark magic and a vicious slave trade.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Romanov-Sisters-Daughters-Nicholas-Alexandra/dp/1250020204/ref=lp_9214785011_1_9?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-9" target="_blank"><strong>"The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra"</strong> by Helen Rappaport</a>: Perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the 20th century, the Romanov sisters - Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia - had a tragic end in a basement at Ekaterinburg in 1918. This book looks at their diaries and letters to capture their young lives against the backdrop of Imperial Russia.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Truth-About-Harry-Quebert-Affair/dp/0143126687/ref=lp_9214785011_1_7?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-7" target="_blank"><strong>"The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair: A Novel"</strong> by Joël Dicker</a>: Trying to save his career as an author, Marcus Goldman visits his literary hero Harry Quebert. But when the corpse of a girl who disappeared 33 years ago is discovered on Quebert's property, he becomes the prime suspect in her murder. Goldman tasks himself with discovering what really happened that fateful summer of 1975.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vacationers-Novel-Emma-Straub/dp/1594631573/ref=lp_9214785011_1_5?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-5" target="_blank"><strong>"The Vacationers: A Novel"</strong> by Emma Straub</a>: A two-week family vacation to Mallorca, Spain promises tapas and relaxation. Instead, the dysfunctional Post family and their friends bring along their secrets - all of which come to a head over the course of 14 days.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Top-Secret-Twenty-One-Stephanie-Novel/dp/0385363222/ref=sr_1_16?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-16" target="_blank"><strong>"Top Secret Twenty-One: A Stephanie Plum Novel"</strong> by Janet Evanovich</a>: The next installment of the Stephanie Plum series, Plum is struggling to bring in a used-car dealer after he jumps bail, but bodies are mysteriously piling up in his wake. To make matters worse, her friend (sometimes with benefits) Ranger is the target of an assassination plot. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/War-Whales-Story-Joshua-Horwitz/dp/1451645015/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401298738&amp;sr=1-18" target="_blank"><strong>"War of the Whales: A True Story"</strong> by J. Horwitz</a>: A real-life thriller, this is the story of the legal drama that waged between the U.S. military and two activists who stood up to the U.S. Navy's use of a submarine detection system that flooded the ocean basins with high-intensity sound, driving whales in masses onto beaches. It's a gripping story of the struggle between American national security and safeguarding our environment.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/We-Were-Liars-E-Lockhart/dp/038574126X/ref=lp_9214785011_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-4" target="_blank"><strong>"We Were Liars"</strong> by E. Lockhart</a>: Cadence Sinclair Easton is a part of an old-money family that spends every summer on a private island off of Cape Cod. But after Cadence mysteriously washes up on shore with amnesia, she spends the next two years and the course of the book trying to piece together what happened to her, her cousins, and her family. Even the most jaded readers will be shocked by the ending.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Written-Own-Hearts-Blood-Outlander/dp/0385344430/ref=lp_9214785011_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1401294365&amp;sr=1-2" target="_blank"><strong>"Written in My Own Heart's Blood: A Novel"</strong> by Diana Gabaldon</a>: A new installment in the Outlander series, the novel jumps back and forth between 1778 and twentieth-century Scotland. Kidnappings, war, and family secrets rage on as the Fraser family struggles to pull itself back together.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">To see additional Amazon picks for summer reading, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/9164523011" target="_blank">click here</a>.</span></p><p class="tagline">Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.</p>

20 Beach Reads You Should Pick Up This Summer

100 books everyone should read before they die (ranked!)

<p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58cc04b0d349f91f008b4e8b-1775/undefined" alt="song to song michael fassbender sushi" data-mce-source="Broad Green Pictures"><p class="source"><span>Broad Green Pictures</span></p><p class="caption">Michael Fassbender plays a debauched music producer in "Song to Song."</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><span>Terrence Malick is more famous for his reclusiveness than for his movies. Between the release of "Days of Heaven" in 1978 and <a href="http://flavorwire.com/601380/here-are-some-photos-of-terrence-malick">the premiere of "Song to Song" at SXSW last week</a>, he didn't grant a single interview. Photos of him were nearly as rare. Even TMZ didn't know what they had on their hands when they <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UraxfJFTJk">accidentally got footage of him in 2012</a>. He is the cinematic version of J.D. Salinger.</span></p><p><span>But despite that - or maybe because - he's so mysterious, Malick attracts the best actors in the business. His newest movie, "Song to Song," has yet another stacked cast. It stars Michael Fassbender, Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling, Cate Blanchett, and Natalie Portman.&#xa0;His previous fiction film, "Knight of Cups," had Christian Bale, Blanchett, and Portman. "To the Wonder" starred Ben Affleck, and "The Tree of Life" starred Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, and introduced the world to Jessica Chastain.</span></p><p><span>For the most part, these actors are in high demand in the movie industry. They're selective with their roles, and could be making millions of dollars by starring in blockbusters, or chasing after an Oscar by being in a biopic instead of an enigmatic two-hour tone poem.</span></p><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58cc0c40112f703d328b4929-1778/undefined" alt="rooney mara talking to ryan gosling song to song" data-mce-source="Broad Green Pictures"><p class="source"><span>Broad Green Pictures</span></p><p class="caption">Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara also star in the movie.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><span>But watch any of Terrence Malick's movies, and it's clear why any actor would want to work with him. Sure, <a href="http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/11/song-to-song-ew-review/">his films are easy to mock</a>. They barely have a plot. The camera (three-time Oscar-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki is a frequent collaborator) roams around instead of staying still. Actors speak in voiceover more than they do in dialogue. His movies frequently have shots of hands gently flowing through fields of wheat or people kneeling and pressing their faces into someone else's navel.</span></p><p><span>On the other hand, the expressionistic style of the film allows for actors to open up. Each character is still distinct, but the lack of constant dialogue means that the actors have to find new ways to communicate who their characters are to the audience. It's a challenge that actors at the top of their game would relish.</span></p><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58cc0c6a112f7078158b4b0b-1775/undefined" alt="michael fassbender natalie portman song to song" data-mce-source="Broad Green Pictures"><p class="source"><span>Broad Green Pictures</span></p><p class="caption">Natalie Portman plays a small-town waitress who Fassbender's character seduces.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><span>Michael Fassbender in "Song to Song" is the best example of this style. It's some of the best work he's ever done. He plays an egoistical music producer who seduces and betrays the women who depend on him. Like all of Malick's characters, he speaks mostly in half-sentences, so he largely conveys&#xa0;his character with his constantly moving physical presence. He rolls around, hoists Rooney Mara and Natalie Portman into the air,&#xa0;and gets into friendly fisticuffs with Ryan Gosling. If Malick's camera is always dancing, then Fassbender dances right back.</span></p><p><span>Rooney Mara, too, gives one of her widest-ranging performances. She normally plays women who are tightly wound, like Catherine in "Her" and&#xa0;Therese in "Carol." In "Song to Song," she's a young rock musician trying to get a big break, who tenderly falls in and out of love with Ryan Gosling's character. Gosling himself gets a chance to communicate with music rather than just words, playing the guitar. It's the latest in a string of movies where&#xa0;he's an instrument-playing romantic, along with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gVrk8Ynzlo">"La La Land"</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANbkNhU4VSY">"Blue Valentine."</a></span></p><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58cc0cb7d349f914038b4e82-1775/undefined" alt="song to song ryan gosling keyboard" data-mce-source="Broad Green Pictures"><p class="source"><span>Broad Green Pictures</span></p><p class="caption">Gosling plays yet another struggling musician.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><span>"Song to Song" is also more musical than Malick's&#xa0;other films. He usually uses classical composers for the score - and he still does here - but it's set in the Austin rock scene, and <a href="http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/the-not-so-secret-life-of-terrence-malick/">he shot the movie in Austin, where he lives</a>. He also gives a few rock stars - like Patti Smith and Iggy Pop - cameos, and the chance to give plausibility to the movie's world.</span></p><p><span>It's also a companion piece to "Knight of Cups." In that movie, Christian Bale played a highly successful but emotionally empty screenwriter who feeds on Hollywood's decadence and goes through a string of women to satisfy him. The movie focused mostly on Bale's character, leaving the hurt women in his life in the periphery as Bale sought redemption.</span></p><p><span>In "Song to Song," Fassbender plays a similarly successful and empty music producer. But instead of focusing on him too much, Malick instead pays attention to the women around him, who sacrifice their time and lives&#xa0;for his happiness, only to have their own upended&#xa0;and left in the emotional wreck of his recklessness.</span></p><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58cc0d99d349f95f008b4ee5-1778/undefined" alt="rooney mara piano song to song" data-mce-source="Broad Green Pictures"><p class="source"><span>Broad Green Pictures</span></p><p class="caption">Rooney Mara isn't exactly Emma Stone, but she's also an artist trying to make it.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><span>There are some risks to working with Terrence Malick. 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<p><div class="image-container"><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5228d70369bedd1d028b4570-948-480/vin-diesel-riddick.jpg?maxX=800" border="0" alt="vin diesel riddick" width="800" /><p class="source on-image"><a href="http://www.riddickmovie.com/">Universal</a></p></div></div>After nearly a decade, <keyword id="6369689" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Vin-Diesel">Vin Diesel</keyword> returns as cult favorite <keyword id="1634783" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Riddick">Riddick</keyword>, a convict with the ability to see in the dark, in this weekend's follow-up to the 2004 film "Chronicles of Riddick."</p>
<p>The third film in the series from director David Twohy ("<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878638/" target="_blank">The Fugitive</a>"), the film follows the gist of the two films that precede it with Riddick deserted on a hostile planet left to fend for himself.</p>
<p>The first two films were never major box-office hits. Instead, over the years, the series gained a cult following. ("<a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pitchblack.htm" target="_blank">Pitch Black</a>" earned $53 million worldwide while the costly $105 million sequel "<a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chroniclesofriddick.htm" target="_blank">The Chronicles of Riddick</a>" grossed $115 million in theaters.) </p>
<p class="p2">"The reality is that I always envisioned the 'Riddick'<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow," Diesel told <a href="http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2013/09/03/vin-diesel-discusses-riddick-sci-fi-fandom-and-the-future-of-film/" target="_blank">Spinoff Online</a>. "And yet, I do feel like I answered that growing request from the fans that said, 'Please make another </span>Riddick<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">.'"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">After many were unfazed by the 2004 sequel "<a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chronicles_of_riddick/" target="_blank">Chronicles of Riddick</a>," the new film returns to its roots channeling the first film in the series "Pitch Black."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">The film is currently <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/riddick/" target="_blank">sitting at 59%</a> on film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. </span></p>
<p class="p1">No matter how the film is being reviewed, it's the perfect time to release the film - Diesel's riding the media wave after <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/fast-and-furious-6-has-127-million-weekend-2013-5" target="_blank">this summer's hugely successful "Fast &amp; Furious 6"</a> and the actor <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/vin-diesel-hints-at-marvel-movie-on-facebook-2013-6" target="_blank">hinted at an appearance in a future Marvel movie</a>. </p>
<p class="p1">It's clear the film is appealing to Diesel's wide fan base. According to a Fandango survey of more than 1,000 "Riddick" ticket-buyers, 89% are fans of the actor while 67% have seen all of his "Fast &amp; Furious" films in theaters.</p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Here's what you should know before seeing it:</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>The beginning is great.</strong><strong style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="image-container"><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5228d7036bb3f73a1a8b457b-948-480/riddick%20and%20dog.jpg" border="0" alt="riddick and dog" width="800" /><p class="source on-image"><a href="http://www.riddickmovie.com/">Universal</a></p></div></div></strong><a href="http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=138091"><strong>Empire Magazine</strong></a><strong style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">:</strong></p>
<p class="p2" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"Largely wordless, the segment reminds us that Diesel still has charisma enough to hold our attention when he's the only human element on screen for 25 minutes, fending off scorpion beasts and taming feral CG wolf-bastards."</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><a href="http://www.timeout.com/us/film/riddick-movie-review" target="_blank">Time Out NY</a>:</strong></p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">"First things first, though-namely a terrific, mostly dialogue-free 20-minute opening during which Riddick acclimates to his new surroundings." </p>
<p class="p2"><strong><a href="http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-riddick-1200597570/" target="_blank">Variety</a>: </strong></p>
<p class="p4" style="padding-left: 30px;">"If nothing in 'Riddick' ever quite tops that opening act, when it seems as though the entire movie might be a solo Diesel performance piece, even at its most conventional this is a solid, unpretentious B-movie entertainment of the sort John Carpenter was regularly turning out in the 1980s and '90s."</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>The dialogue isn't fantastic. Note: This happened with another big blockbuster this year (<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/fast-and-furious-6-reviews-what-the-critics-are-saying-2013-5" target="_blank">"Fast 6"</a>). It's not the end of the world. You're not heading out to see "Riddick" for dialogue.</strong><span class="s1"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/2013/09/04/review-sturdy-diesel-lousy-dialogue-riddick/UTvS5dYGHUL31sQJEsnwwI/story.html">Associated Press (AP)</a>: <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>''</span>Sloppy'' is a kind word, actually, for the ridiculously clumsy dialogue in ''Riddick.''</p>
<p class="p3"><strong>But, you're here for the gore anyway, right? Right ... </strong></p>
<p class="p3"><strong><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/riddick/review/617571" target="_blank">The Hollywood Reporter (THR)</a>:</strong></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;">"Plenty of bone crunching and blood gushing, along with some selective nudity, have boosted the movie's rating up to an "R," but lacking the distinctive visual style, robust production design and planet-hopping pace of its predecessor."</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>... and crude jokes.</strong></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><a href="http://www.laweekly.com/2013-09-05/film-tv/riddick-movie-review/" target="_blank">L.A. Weekly</a>:</strong></p>
<p class="p2" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"Instead, we must pan for scraps of pleasure … while trying not to get so riled up by all the rape jokes that we spin around and stab our seatmate ... Nothing says Strong Female Character like a savage babe who spends most of the film getting sexually harassed."</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5228d7d9eab8ea89788b456f-639-479/riddick-vin-diesel-1.jpg" border="0" alt="riddick vin diesel" width="480" style="float: right;" /><p class="source"><a href="http://www.riddickmovie.com/">Universal</a></p></div></div>Don't expect anything mind-blowing. THR's Justin Lowe says the film <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/riddick/review/617571" target="_blank">doesn't take a lot of risks</a>.</strong></p>
<p class="p5" style="padding-left: 30px;">"The latest installment feels tentative even at a flabby 120 minutes, more like a placeholder that barely advances the considerable Riddick mythology. Playing it safe with a script that offers Riddick up as a lone avenging hero, Twohy passes on the opportunity to effectively shade the character's distinctive dimensionality."</p>
<p class="p5"><strong><a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/04/riddick-review" target="_blank">IGN</a>: </strong></p>
<p class="p5" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>"It's not to say there isn't entertainment value to be had in this - there are a few cool kills throughout - it's just that we've seen this all before."</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Critics can't decide whether they enjoy the CGI planet Riddick inhabits or hate it.</strong></p>
<p class="p2"><strong><a href="http://www.timeout.com/us/film/riddick-movie-review">Time Out</a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;">"Watching this see-in-the-dark muscleman brooding against gorgeous otherworldly vistas, all while crafting pointy homemade weapons and befriending a scene-stealing CGI canine (no joke), is a sci-fi aficionado's delight."<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p3"><strong><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/riddick/review/617571">THR</a>: <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="p5" style="padding-left: 30px;"> "While 'Chronicles' was a full-blown space opera, the current iteration is beset by unremarkable CGI effects and tethered to limited locations."</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Overall, it's fun, campy, and everything that will keep the cult-following of the original film happy, should leave happy.</strong><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/2013/09/04/review-sturdy-diesel-lousy-dialogue-riddick/UTvS5dYGHUL31sQJEsnwwI/story.html" target="_blank">AP</a>:</strong></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;">"The bald and beefy Diesel, whose sturdy commercial appeal is proven again and again with the huge success of the ''Fast &amp; Furious'' franchise, is always fun to watch." <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p8"><strong><a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/04/riddick-review">IGN</a>:</strong></p>
<p class="p8" style="padding-left: 30px;">"It's precisely the movie I thought it would be: an overly macho Vin Diesel killing monsters and scumbags. Predictable and pedestrian, sure, but are you not getting exactly what you pay for? This is a Riddick movie not a Harold Pinter drama."</p>
<p class="p5"><strong><a href="http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-riddick-1200597570/">Variety</a>:  </strong></p>
<p class="p7" style="padding-left: 30px;">"And where 'Chronicles' overdosed on cartoonish CGI, 'Riddick' returns to the 'Pitch Black' formula of mixing animated elements with practical effects and puppetry, creating a tactile otherworldly environment that ranges from the sets to the props to the creatures (designed by the great Patrick Tatopoulos) themselves."</p>
<p class="p7"><strong>Overall Consensus: </strong>If you're a fan of the series, and Vin Diesel, see it. </p>
<p class="p7">The film clearly knows its audience. We're not worried about its box-office performance this weekend. The film is the fan favorite for the weekend on Fandango - not that that's a great feat. There honestly isn't much else out, unless a <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/salinger/" target="_blank">poorly reviewed documentary on J.D. Salinger</a> ("Catcher in the Rye" author) sounds appealing. </p>
<p class="p7">Check out a trailer for the film:</p>
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