Author, critic, and New York Times bestselling ghostwriter.

Adam Szetela is the author of That Book Is Dangerous! and A Conspiracy of Laughter, both from MIT Press and Penguin Random House. He earned his Ph.D. in English at Cornell University and writes for The Washington Post, The Guardian, Newsweek, Vice, Slate, and more.

Books

MIT Press · Penguin Random House

New · Coming March 9, 2027

A Conspiracy of Laughter

How Ivy League Elites Got to Dictate What’s Funny

Out now · August 12, 2025

That Book Is Dangerous!

How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing

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