Raymond Carver?s Life and Stories
Carol Sklenicka?s biography and a long-overdue ?Collected Stories? spotlight Carver?s growth as a writer and illuminate his poisonous relationship with the editor Gordon Lish. |
Andre Agassi?s Hate of the Game
Bracingly devoid of triumphalist homily, Andre Agassi?s is one of the most passionately anti-sports books ever written by a superstar athlete. |
My True Story
A history of memoir, from St. Augustine to James Frey. |
Haleh Esfandiari: Prisoner of Tehran
A love of Iran underlies a scholar?s memoir of surreal interrogation and solitary confinement in Tehran. |
Double Agency
In this novel, British and American spies clash in the buildup to the Beijing Olympics. |
Disturbing the Comfortable
Stories rooted in horror, fable and fairy tale, by the Russian writer Ludmilla Petrushevskaya. |
Taking No Prisoners
A historical novel about the ferocious Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest and the slaves who followed him. |
Return to Progress
Collected columns denouncing the Bush wars and tax cuts and recounting the fits of nerves that President Obama coolly overcomes. |
Into the West
A thorough, well-wrought political history of James K. Polk?s presidency and the triumph of Manifest Destiny. |
A Soldier?s Story
A writer revisits the 1918 battle that left its mark on his grandfather. |
Word Made Flesh
Questions for, quibbles with and tributes to the sometimes inscrutable protagonist of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. |
The Pain That Binds
In this novel, a girl?s disappearance sets off ripples of grief in a small South Dakota town. |
A Jaundiced View
The lives ? as well as the livers ? of the characters in Will Self?s beguiling linked stories are in very bad shape indeed. |
Fiction Chronicle
Books by Janet Skeslien Charles, Robert Hicks, Anita Diamant, N. M. Kelby and Rebecca Stott. |
Letters: Distress With Benefits
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Letters: Singing Praises
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Letters: Styron and the Bomb
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Letters: The Other He Who Must Not Be Named
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Letters: ?Wasp? Marches On
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Hardcover Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. UNDER THE DOME, by Stephen King
2. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown
3. FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham
4. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett
5. THE LACUNA, by Barbara Kingsolver |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. OPEN, by Andre Agassi
2. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom
3. A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS, by Mike Huckabee
4. SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
5. WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell |
Paperback Trade Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. PUSH, by Sapphire
2. BED OF ROSES, by Nora Roberts
3. SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM, by Uwem Akpan
4. THE SHACK, by William P. Young
5. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson |
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE ASSOCIATE, by John Grisham
2. CROSS COUNTRY, by James Patterson
3. BORN OF FIRE, by Sherrilyn Kenyon
4. YOUR HEART BELONGS TO ME, by Dean Koontz
5. TOM CLANCY?S SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION, by David Michaels |
Paperback Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE BLIND SIDE, by Michael Lewis
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
3. OUR CHOICE, by Al Gore
4. FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
5. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls |
Hardcover Advice
Top 5 at a Glance
1. DIVINE SOUL MIND BODY HEALING AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, by Zhi Gang Sha
2. IT'S YOUR TIME, by Joel Osteen
3. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2010, edited by Craig Glenday
4. THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS, by Ree Drummond
5. KNOCKOUT, by Suzanne Somers |
Paperback Advice
Top 5 at a Glance
1. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU?RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
2. NEW MOON, by Mark Cotta Vaz
3. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman
4. RACHAEL RAY'S BOOK OF 10, by Rachael Ray
5. MORE DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES, by Guy Fieri with Ann Volkwein |
Children's Books
Top 5 at a Glance
1. SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS, by Jane O?Connor
2. NUBS, by Brian Dennis, Mary Nethery and Kirby Larson
3. LEGO STAR WARS, by Simon Beecroft
4. THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER, adapted by Chris Schoebinger from the story by Glenn Beck
5. THE LION AND THE MOUSE, by Jerry Pinkney |
Graphic Books
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE BOOK OF GENESIS: ILLUSTRATED, by R. Crumb
2. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, by Nancy Butler and Hugo Petrus
3. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
4. MARVEL ZOMBIES 4, by Fred Van Lente and Kev Walker
5. BATMAN: CACOPHONY, by Kevin Smith and Walter Flanagan |
Crossroads: How Can We Help the World?s Poor?
Humanitarians are fiercely divided about what helps poor people. It?s clear that doing good is harder than it looks. |
TBR: Inside the List
I?m a sucker for tales of extreme weather, so my curiosity was piqued by Linda Howard?s ?Ice,? new at No. 8 on the hardcover fiction list. |
Up Front: Stephen King
Raymond Carver?s fiction wasn?t a major influence on Stephen King when he first read it, he said, ?but rereading it for the Book Review piece made a huge impression.? |
Editors? Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest. |
Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest. |
