Wasted Land
Nick Reding?s unnerving portrait of Oelwein, Iowa, depicts a catastrophe of Chernobylish dimensions, precipitated by the loss of jobs and the rise of methamphetamines. |
Unreal Estate
In ?Busted,? The Times?s Edmund L. Andrews explains why he bought a house he couldn?t afford. In ?Our Lot,? Alyssa Katz chronicles how home lending was upended in the first place. |
Past-Prime Crisis
In this novel, a septuagenarian East Village couple wrestle with real estate, terrorism, real estate, an ailing dog and real estate. |
Goddess of Mischief
A lively, harrowing biography of the glamorous Idina Sackville, celebrated and reviled as a ringleader of the British colonial scene in 1920s Africa. |
God and Man at National Review
An engaging memoir of a young man basking in, and at times trying to escape, the aura of his famous mentor, William F. Buckley Jr. |
The Baby-Industrial Complex
A new father?s memoir of modern parenting, from Buy Buy Baby to Dr. Ferber. |
Misery Loves Company
In this novel, middle-aged American women with major relationship problems flee to Mexico in search of repair and romance. |
Paper Trail
This admiring but not uncritical biography makes a strong case for I. F. Stone?s relevance to our own time. |
Over There
A new condensed history of World War I, from the map rooms to the trenches to the tombs. |
Princes and Imams
A Times reporter?s funny, perceptive take on the Middle East and why reform there is so difficult. |
Maternity Tests
The women of Amanda Eyre Ward?s stories navigate the glories and tolls of love and motherhood. |
Addicted to Intervention
An antsy mother and her bipolar heroin-addict son narrate this first novel. |
Fiction Chronicle
Novels and stories by Eric Bogosian, Dennis Cooper, J. C. Hallman and Chuck Palahniuk. |
Hardcover Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. FINGER LICKIN? FIFTEEN, by Janet Evanovich
2. THE DOOMSDAY KEY, by James Rollins
3. KNOCKOUT, by Catherine Coulter
4. OMEN, by Christie Golden
5. THE ANGEL?S GAME, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. CATASTROPHE, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
2. LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin
3. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell
4. HORSE SOLDIERS, by Doug Stanton
5. THE END OF OVEREATING, by David A. Kessler |
Paperback Trade Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. MY SISTER?S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult
2. THE SHACK, by William P. Young
3. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson
5. OLIVE KITTERIDGE, by Elizabeth Strout |
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. MY SISTER?S KEEPER, by Jodi Picoult
2. FEARLESS FOURTEEN, by Janet Evanovich
3. DEAD UNTIL DARK, by Charlaine Harris
4. SAIL, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
5. FROM DEAD TO WORSE, by Charlaine Harris |
Paperback Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. GLENN BECK?S ?COMMON SENSE?, by Glenn Beck
2. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
3. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, by David Sedaris
4. BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell
5. AN INCONVENIENT BOOK, by Glenn Beck |
Hardcover Advice
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
2. ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey with Denene Millner
3. EXCUSES BEGONE!, by Wayne W. Dyer
4. MASTER YOUR METABOLISM, by Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst
5. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne |
Paperback Advice
Top 5 at a Glance
1. COOK YOURSELF THIN, by the staff of Lifetime Television
2. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU?RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
3. THE LOVE DARE, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough
4. HUNGRY GIRL 200 UNDER 200, by Lisa Lillien
5. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman |
Children's Books
Top 5 at a Glance
1. GOLDILICIOUS, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann
2. TEA PARTIES, by Jane O??Connor
3. LISTEN TO THE WIND, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth
4. EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE!, by Jane O?Connor
5. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder |
Essay: No Rest for the Wealthy
Forget Thorstein Veblen?s leisure class. In today?s money culture, to be idle is to be irrelevant. |
Crime: Hard-Bitten
Mystery novels by Richard Lange, Jennifer McMahon, Thomas H. Cook and Robert Goddard. |
Up Front: Tom Vanderbilt
Tom Vanderbilt admits he has hardly been immune to the siren song of the real estate bubble. |
TBR: Inside the List
The astronaut Buzz Aldrin?s new memoir, ?Magnificent Desolation,? enters the hardcover nonfiction list this week at No. 8. |
Editors? Choice
Recently reviewed books of particular interest. |
Paperback Row
Paperback books of particular interest. |
