Stephen King?s Glass Menagerie
When an enormous transparent dome settles over a small town in Maine in Stephen King?s new novel, it?s just fine with Big Jim, the local tyrant-in-waiting, and his pet goon squad. |
The Critic?s Critic
A valuable new biography of Samuel Johnson, the most eminent of all literary critics. |
Barbara Kingsolver?s Artists and Idols
This novel, about a boy?s consequential bonds with Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky, is a call to conscience and connection. |
Animal Planet
Amy Gerstler?s poems ? skillful in every kind of comedy, yet deeply serious ? show a fondness for animals without sentimentalizing them. |
Happy Days
An argument that can-do optimism has hardened into a suffocating force that bears little relation to genuine happiness. |
Her Royal Century
This official biography chronicles the parties, the games, the trips, the charitable causes ? and the trouble thanks to Edward VIII. |
Master of Disaster
John Irving?s new novel follows a father and son through 50 years in ?a world of accidents.? |
She Did Go Home Again
A wonderfully intelligent and frank memoir about the Mennonite upbringing Rhoda Janzen returned to after an emotional and physical crisis. |
Short Cuts
The life of Robert Altman, told in interviews with nearly 200 of his friends, colleagues and family members. |
Forecast: Self-Serving
A guide to using game theory to divine and shape the future, based on the premise that people do what?s best for them. |
Deadly Summit
An American climber recounts some of the most dramatic attempts on the peak of K2. |
Heavy Lifting
A candid memoir from the multitalented wrestler Hulk Hogan. |
Children?s Books: Field Guides to Fairies
A recent crop of fairy-themed novels and reworked fairy tales is proving the resilience of an age-old genre. |
Children?s Books: Whale Riders
A tightly paced young adult novel set in a steampunk version of the First World War. |
Children?s Books: Foreign Aid
This lovely picture book tells a true story about Masai villagers who bestow a heartfelt gift after 9/11. |
Children?s Books: Boys at War
A young adult novel about an 18-year-old American soldier struggling under the weight of his experience in Iraq. |
Children?s Books: Blowin? in the Wind
Two young adult histories and a graphic novel about the worst ecological disaster in American history. |
Children?s Books: Everyday Weirdness
This illustrated collection of surreal tales features water buffalo, stick figures and rivers of unread poetry. |
Children?s Books: Snow Zone
Books about a squirrel waiting for winter; a bunny having a snow day; and Santa getting ready for Christmas. |
Children?s Books: Color Schemes
An illustrated poem about the seasons; a story about a penguin searching for new colors; and a collection of classic fairy tales with vivid pictures. |
Children?s Books: Poached, Then Coddled
A duck discovers a huge speckled egg in ?The Odd Egg?; readers free a frog by opening the pop-up book ?Big Frog Can?t Fit In.? |
Children?s Books: When Bulldozers Roamed the Earth
A book imagining trucks as dinosaurs, and other explorations of the primal place of machines in the lives of small children. |
Children?s Books: GRRRR!!! Oops!
This beautifully illustrated retelling of the classic fable has only seven words, all sound effects. |
Children?s Books: The Art of Sound
A pop-up romp through cubism and futurism, and a lesson in early-20th-century modernist formalism. |
Children?s Books: Family Circle
A journey in pictures and verse from an unexplored beach to a busy music-filled family room and into a tranquil, moonlit night. |
Hardcover Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE GATHERING STORM, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
2. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown
3. TRUE BLUE, by David Baldacci
4. LAST NIGHT IN TWISTED RIVER, by John Irving
5. PURSUIT OF HONOR, by Vince Flynn |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE BOOK OF BASKETBALL, by Bill Simmons
2. SUPERFREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
3. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom
4. WHAT THE DOG SAW, by Malcolm Gladwell
5. ARGUING WITH IDIOTS, written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others |
Paperback Trade Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. BED OF ROSES, by Nora Roberts
2. PUSH, by Sapphire
3. SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM, by Uwem Akpan
4. THE SHACK, by William P. Young
5. OLIVE KITTERIDGE, by Elizabeth Strout |
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE ASSOCIATE, by John Grisham
2. THE UNTAMED BRIDE, by Stephanie Laurens
3. DEADLOCK, by Iris Johansen
4. CROSS COUNTRY, by James Patterson
5. HOT ON HER HEELS, by Susan Mallery |
Paperback Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
3. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max
4. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls
5. BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell |
Hardcover Advice
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS, by Ree Drummond
2. KNOCKOUT, by Suzanne Somers
3. THE CONSCIOUS COOK, by Tal Ronnen
4. REINVENTING THE BODY, RESURRECTING THE SOUL, by Deepak Chopra
5. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2010, edited by Craig Glenday |
Paperback Advice
Top 5 at a Glance
1. NEW MOON, by Mark Cotta Vaz
2. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU?RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
3. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman
4. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough
5. THE POWER OF NOW, by Eckhart Tolle |
Children's Books
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER, adapted by Chris Schoebinger from the story by Glenn Beck
2. LEGO STAR WARS, by Simon Beecroft
3. JULIE ANDREWS?S COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS, AND LULLABIES
4. WADDLE!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder
5. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, by Barb Bersche and Michelle Quint |
Graphic Books
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE BOOK OF GENESIS: ILLUSTRATED, by R. Crumb
2. FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS, by Geoff Johns and George Perez
3. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ, by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young
4. ULTIMATUM, by Jeph Loeb and David Finch
5. THE WALKING DEAD, BOOK 1, by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard |
Essay: Is Technology Dumbing Down Japanese?
E-mail and cellphone novels may be making the language easier ? even for the Japanese. |
Fiction Chronicle
Novels by Mattox Roesch, Nick Cave, H. M. Naqvi and Sam Savage. |
Up Front: James Parker
James Parker has written on everything from slasher films to SpongeBob SquarePants. |
TBR: Inside the List
Hulk Hogan?s memoir enters the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 12. Another former grappler, John Irving, hits the fiction list at No. 4. Do I smell a matchup? |
Editors? Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest. |
Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest. |
Letters: ?Stripping Bare the Body?
An exchange between Mark Danner and George Packer. |
Letters: Achilles? Back Story
To the Editor:. |
