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"An Evening with Harry, Carrie and Garp"
On August 1-2, join J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, and John Irving as they read their own work at Radio City Music Hall. Stephen King conceived of the benefit,
"Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell - Excerpt
In Blink, Malcolm Gladwell revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work?
"Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell - Excerpt
In Blink, Malcolm Gladwell revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work?
"Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell - Excerpt
In Blink, Malcolm Gladwell revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work?
"Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell - Excerpt
In Blink, Malcolm Gladwell revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work?
"Elizabeth Costello" - Excerpt
South African writer, J.M. Coetzee's latest novel,
"Elizabeth Costello" - Excerpt
South African writer, J.M. Coetzee's latest novel,
"Elizabeth Costello" - Excerpt
South African writer, J.M. Coetzee's latest novel,
"Elizabeth Costello" - Excerpt
South African writer, J.M. Coetzee's latest novel,
"Elizabeth Costello" - Excerpt
South African writer, J.M. Coetzee's latest novel,
"Guava" by Etgar Keret
"How to Speak a Book" by Richard Powers
In this lyrical article, Richard Powers conjures the history of spoken literature while praising the technology that frees him from his own keyboard. My only
"P" by Andrew Lewis Conn
You'll be getting a lot of art for your dollar when you buy a copy of P by Andrew Lewis Conn. Because creating a work of art in our times that is devoid of reference, influence, homage, and downright stealing is next to impossible Conn has chosen to embrace rather then deny his predecessors and create a work of ultimate reference. He has taken James Joyce's Ulysses as his model and created his own single day in the late 20th century over which the action of his story takes place.
"P" by Andrew Lewis Conn
You'll be getting a lot of art for your dollar when you buy a copy of P by Andrew Lewis Conn. Because creating a work of art in our times that is devoid of reference, influence, homage, and downright stealing is next to impossible Conn has chosen to embrace rather then deny his predecessors and create a work of ultimate reference. He has taken James Joyce's Ulysses as his model and created his own single day in the late 20th century over which the action of his story takes place.
"Scan This Book!" - The Digitized Book and the Universal Library
Wired Magazine's Kevin Kelly delivers an eye-opening cover story in today's New York Times Magazine.
"The Original Idea: The Heart of Your Story," Live-Tweets from the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Summer Conference
Bob Mayer's
"The Original Idea: The Heart of Your Story," Live-Tweets from the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Summer Conference
Bob Mayer's
"The Original Idea: The Heart of Your Story," Live-Tweets from the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Summer Conference
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#Quakebook : Twitter-Sourced eBook for Japan
Quakebook, a crowd-sourced effort of creativity and love, known by its Twitter hashtag as #Quakebook, and otherwise as 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the
$2 Rare Books, Cleveland, OH - Reader Stories: My Favorite Indie Bookstore
I found this place a few years ago on my one and only visit to Cleveland. It was winter and the place was frigid - couldn't have been more than 50 degrees inside! But it didn't stop me from browsing for almost 2 hours and walking out with a pile of books (which I had to fit into not-quite-enough suitcase space for the flight home).
'American Nerd' by Benjamin Nugent - Book Review of 'American Nerd'
In 'American Nerd,' Benjamin Nugent delves into the subculture and history of the nerd, from 'Pride and Prejudice' through the debate and anime nerds of the present day. Nugent walks a fine line between sociological study and personal memoir as he recalls the Dungeons and Dragons sessions of his youth. 'American Nerd' is an engaging exploration into the archetype, for those who care to make the trip.
'Out Backward' by Ross Raisin - Book Review of 'Out Backward'
'The Broken Window' by Jeffery Deaver - Book Review of 'The Broken Window'
Fastidious author Jeffery Deaver has his ace forensic specialist and consultant for the NYPD, Lincoln Rhymes, come up against a mastermind killer who has unlimited access to the world's most detailed bank of data on the people of the world. That's you and me, and the implication is clear: the possibility of our most personal information falling into the hands of a serial killer fills us with dread.
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10 Best Books from 2006 - A List of the Best Books from 2006
Looking for some good reading? The Ten Best works of Literature from 2006 will not fail you. Learn more about each book and each author by clicking on the review links.
10 Days of Giftmas Day Eight: The Serial Garden, The Complete Armitage Family Stories
Joan Aiken (The Wolves of Willoughby Chase) published her first story collection, All You've Ever Wanted, when she was just eighteen. This collection included
10 Days of Giftmas Day Five: On Reading
André Kertész began a career in photojournalism in 1912, when he was just eighteen years old, and continued to do so until he died in 1985. Kertesz traveled the
10 Days of Giftmas Day Four: State by State
In State by State, editors Matt Weiland, deputy editor of the Paris Review, and Sean Wilsey, editor-at-large for McSweeney's set out to create a book modeled on
10 Days of Giftmas Day Nine: Twilight
The release this year of Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga coincided with the release of the film version of the saga's first
10 Days of Giftmas Day Seven: Hallelujah Junction
John Adams is an icon of contemporary classical music, whose name is often mentioned alongside other composers similarly rooted in the minimalist movement such
10 Days of Giftmas Day Six: The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008
O. Henry wrote some 400 short stories in his lifetime and is often credited with popularizing short fiction. Eight years after his death in1910, friends and
10 Days of Giftmas Day Ten: Outliers: The Story of Success
In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell dissected the phenomena of social epidemics; and in Blink, he discussed the nature of split-second decision-making. In
10 Days of Giftmas: Holiday Gift Books 2008
Ah, the leaves are dropping and with them temperatures, Halloween has come and gone and Thanksgiving approaches. And with it, Black Friday, the day after
10 Days of GiftmasDay Three: The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture was born as a speech that professor Randy Pausch gave at Carnegie Mellon University. A beloved professor with a uniquely positive outloook on
10 Days of GiftmasDay Two: 1000 Artist Journal Pages
I found journaling in my early twenties and since that time have vacillated between devotedly keeping a daily written journal, dipping my toes in drawing
100 Most Influential Figures in British Reading
100 Most Influential Figures in British Reading
101 Bibliophile Resources!
The Online Education Database has a great list of resources for bibliophiles. Lots to peruse there, even if they didn't put LibraryThing in the Social Media
11/22/63 by Stephen King
11/22/63 by Stephen King
11/22/63 by Stephen King - Book Review
What if you could go back in time? Back to a November day in Dallas in 1963 to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy - that's the goal of English teacher Jake Epping, the protagonist in Stephen King's time travel novel, 11/22/63.
12 Questions for Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult speaks with the Guardian about her writing routine and gives advice to new writers.
15,000 Free Books Released Into the Wild
15,000 Free Books Released Into the Wild
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami - Book Review
A sexy assassin steps out of a traffic jam and into an alternative world which is seemingly being crafted by a young ghost writer in love with this shadowy heroine. Dual moons fille the sky, little people emerge from the mouth of a goat, and time and space bend altogether in Haruki Murakami's opus 1Q84.
1book140 Twitter Book Club Starts June 1
In the spirit of online reading groups like One Book, One Twitter and Infinite Summer, Jeff Howe (One Book, One Twitter founder) is partnering with The Atlantic
2003 National Book Festival
The third annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by Laura Bush, will be held on Saturday, October 4th, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 7th and 14th streets from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (rain or shine). This widely anticipated national cultural event is free and open to the public.
2003 National Book Festival
The third annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by Laura Bush, will be held on Saturday, October 4th, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 7th and 14th streets from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (rain or shine). This widely anticipated national cultural event is free and open to the public.
2003 National Book Festival
Finally - a governmental initiative we can ALL get behind! As a way to encourage people to pick up a book, the Library of Congress has created third annual
2003 World SCRABBLE Championship
102 players from 45 countries competed in the 7th World SCRABBLE Championship on October 19-24, 2003 in Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Panupol
2004 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
The Man Booker Prize, now in its 35th year, is awarded to the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of
2004 National Book Award Finalists
2004 National Book Award Finalists were announced yesterday. There are five finalists in each of the National Book Award genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry,
2005 Holiday Gift Books
Why spend all weekend mucking about at the mall when you can make friends and family happy with the gift of a good book to curl up with - and there are plenty
2005 Man Booker Prize Longlist
Yesterday, the judges for the 2005 Man Booker Prize for Fiction announced the longlist of 17 books for this year's prize. These 17 were chosen from 109
2005 Man Booker Prize Shortlist
The Man Booker Prize is awarded to the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. It is not only one of
2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction - March by Geraldine Brooks
On Monday, Geraldine Brooks' novel March was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. March is the story of a well-meaning Union army chaplain during the
2007 Best Books Countdown: A Thousand Splendid Suns
The history of Afghanistan is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief. And, yet, people find a way to survive, to go on. Ultimately, this is more than a
2007 Best Books Countdown: Body Surfing
At the age of 29, Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. Now she has answered an ad to tutor the teenage daughter of a well-to-do couple as
2007 Best Books Countdown: Heart-Shaped Box
Readers who enjoy frightening themselves will enjoy Joe Hill's debut novel, Heart-Shaped Box. The plot suffers from some holes, the writing is invisible more
2007 Best Books Countdown: Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu
As the most celebrated European to explore Asia, Marco Polo was the original global traveler and the earliest bridge between East and West. A universal icon of
2007 Best Books Countdown: On Chesil Beach
Ian McEwan's deceptively slim novel, On Chesil Beach, poignantly follows the uncomforatable wedding night of Edward and Florence, a virgin couple in 1963.
2007 Best Books Countdown: Psychogeography
55 essays culled from British author Will Self's eponymous Independent column and themed around an intimate acquaintance between Self and his environs. Review
2007 Best Books Countdown: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
A young Pakistani named Changez is living an immigrant’s dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by Underwood Samson, an elite
2007 Best Books Countdown: The Tin Roof Blowdown
As James Lee Burke's new novel, The Tin Roof Blowdown, begins, Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with
2007 Best Books Countdown: The Yiddish Policemens Union
In Michael Chabon's revisionist history in which Jewish refugees have thrived in the Alaskan panhandle for sixty years, homicide detective Meyer Landsman and
2007 Best Books Countdown: Then We Came to the End
Joshua Ferris's novel is like an episode of Seinfeld - an episode in which Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer all work for a big Chicago ad agency. Nothing
2008 Best Books - List of the Best Books of 2008
We've read a lot of great books in 2008, but best of 2008 proved most exceptional among all of them, topping our list of the year's must-reads.
2008 Best Books - List of the Best Books of 2008
What were your favorite books in 2008? Share your point of view!
2008 National Book Awards Finalists
271 titles were submitted in the Fiction category and the 5 National Book Awards Finalists in Fiction, announced today, are: Aleksandar Hemon, The
2009 Tournament of Books Titles Named Early
The Morning News officially announced the contenders this week for the fifth annual Tournament of Books. Sponsored by Powells.com, the Tournament of Books
2010 Giller Prize Shortlist Announced
98 books have been whittled down to a shortlist of five finalists for the 2010 Giller Prize which has, for the past 17 years, annually awarded the best English
2010 Man Booker Prize Contenders
The short list for the 2010 Man Booker Prize was announced last week. On it are the following six books: C by Tom McCarthy In a Strange Room by Damon
2010 New Book Releases - Books Coming in 2010
2010 has been an excellent year for books. Check out the titles released this year in each of the months below, and be sure to check out our Best Books of 2010 list below.
2011 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
2011 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
2011 New Book Releases - Books Coming in 2011
Annie Proulx, David Vann, Kevin Brockmeier, Kate Christensen, Ann Patchett, and Paul Theroux are just a handful of our best loved authors with new work in 2011. Unpublished work from David Foster Wallace and the English translation of Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 pile on top to make 2011 a banner year for literature.
2011 PEN Literary Awards Announced
2011 PEN Literary Awards Announced
2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Goes to Goon Squad
After winning the National Book Critics Circle Award and being hailed as a best book of 2010 by Publisher's Weekly, The New York Times, Time magazine among
2012 New Book Releases - Books Coming in 2012
2012 starts off with a bang, not a whimper, with new work from Ben Marcus, William Gibson, Geoff Dyer, and Katherine Boo. And then it just gets better. Alain de Botton's Religion for Atheists promises to be an interesting read as does Believer editor Heidi Julavits' The Vanishers. The absurd is well represented in March by Mark Leyner, Etgar Keret, and Adam Levin, and we are once again anchored back to reality with a collection of essays from Jonathan Franzen, short stories from Roberto Bolano, and journals from Susan Sontag. And lots lots more.
212 by Alafair Burke
Alafair Burke gets better each time out. Her new novel, 212, is far and away her best yet, placing her solidly among the masters of the thriller genre. This
212 by Alafair Burke - Review of Alafair Burke's 212
Alafair Burke gets better each time out. Her new novel, 212, is far and away her best yet, placing her solidly among the masters of the thriller genre. This is her sixth novel, the third in the series featuring Detective Ellie Hatcher; one hopes the series continues.
6-Word Science Fiction
For their November 2006 issue, Wired magazine asked science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers to take a stab at the six word story, a form inspired by
A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey
Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the first ever artifical satellite to be put into orbit around the Earth. Russians marked the event
A Book Release Party for the Masses - Literature: Contemporary
Last night, I joined the throngs of Harry Potter devotees who came out in droves, dressed in robes and bearing wands and brooms, for the world-wide party that was the release of
A Caring Man by Akira Arai
A Caring Man by Akira Arai
A Caring Man by Akira Arai - Book Review
An orphaned teen becomes the head of a terrorist cell that levels Tokyo Tower, and a tabloid photographer is swept into the media frenzy in this complex novel about the nature of terrorism and evil.
A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
Miriam Toews' darkly funny novel, A Complicated Kindness, is the world according to Nomi Nickel, a bewildered and wry sixteen-year-old trapped in a town governed by fundamentalist religion. In Nomi's droll, refreshing voice, we're told the story of her eccentric family as it falls apart, each member on a collision course with the only community they have ever known. It is a work of fierce humor and tragedy by a Canadian writer poised to take the American market by storm.
A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
Miriam Toews' darkly funny novel, A Complicated Kindness, is the world according to Nomi Nickel, a bewildered and wry sixteen-year-old trapped in a town governed by fundamentalist religion. In Nomi's droll, refreshing voice, we're told the story of her eccentric family as it falls apart, each member on a collision course with the only community they have ever known. It is a work of fierce humor and tragedy by a Canadian writer poised to take the American market by storm.
A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by Joseph Cornell
Inspired by Cornell's avian-themed boxes, and suspecting that they would be similarly (and diversely) inspiring to others, Jonathan Safran Foer began to write letters. From Joyce Carol Oates to Robert Pinsky, Rick Moody to Lydia Davis, twenty writers have generously contributed original pieces of prose and poetry that are as eclectic as they are imaginative. Accompanied by tipped-on plates, this volume is a soaring tribute - not only to the work of Joseph Cornell, but to the spirit of creation.
A Dirty Job
Death comes not often in the guise of a 7-foot tall black man in a mint green leisure suit, but when it does you can bet Christopher Moore's got something to do
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Charlie Asher is a beta male, one of the countless guys who survive in the gene pool by doggie paddling in the shallow end. A little neurotic, a bit of a hypochondriac, and a whole lot fearful, he doesn't take risks and he seriously hates change. But Charlie's safe life is about to take a really weird detour. On the day his daughter, Sophie, is born, he catches a tall black man in mint-green golf wear at the bedside of his wife -- minutes before she dies of a freak medical condition.
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Charlie Asher is a beta male, one of the countless guys who survive in the gene pool by doggie paddling in the shallow end. A little neurotic, a bit of a hypochondriac, and a whole lot fearful, he doesn't take risks and he seriously hates change. But Charlie's safe life is about to take a really weird detour. On the day his daughter, Sophie, is born, he catches a tall black man in mint-green golf wear at the bedside of his wife -- minutes before she dies of a freak medical condition.
A Genius In Flip-Flops: An Interview With Christopher Moore
Christopher Moore is in rare company in the funny business. How many novelists make a big splash with books that are not just witty but laugh-out-loud, tears-rolling-down-your-creeks funny? There's Kurt Vonnegut, John Steinbeck, Tim Sandlin and Carl Hiaasen on the American side, a short list indeed. On the other side of the Atlantic, there's Douglas Adams, who inspired Moore's first book, and a host of other funnymen like Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Terry Pratchett, among others.
A Genius In Flip-Flops: An Interview With Christopher Moore
Christopher Moore is in rare company in the funny business. How many novelists make a big splash with books that are not just witty but laugh-out-loud, tears-rolling-down-your-creeks funny? There's Kurt Vonnegut, John Steinbeck, Tim Sandlin and Carl Hiaasen on the American side, a short list indeed. On the other side of the Atlantic, there's Douglas Adams, who inspired Moore's first book, and a host of other funnymen like Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Terry Pratchett, among others.
A Genius In Flip-Flops: An Interview With Christopher Moore
Christopher Moore is in rare company in the funny business. How many novelists make a big splash with books that are not just witty but laugh-out-loud, tears-rolling-down-your-creeks funny? There's Kurt Vonnegut, John Steinbeck, Tim Sandlin and Carl Hiaasen on the American side, a short list indeed. On the other side of the Atlantic, there's Douglas Adams, who inspired Moore's first book, and a host of other funnymen like Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Terry Pratchett, among others.
A Genius In Flip-Flops: An Interview With Christopher Moore
Christopher Moore is in rare company in the funny business. How many novelists make a big splash with books that are not just witty but laugh-out-loud, tears-rolling-down-your-creeks funny? There's Kurt Vonnegut, John Steinbeck, Tim Sandlin and Carl Hiaasen on the American side, a short list indeed. On the other side of the Atlantic, there's Douglas Adams, who inspired Moore's first book, and a host of other funnymen like Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Terry Pratchett, among others.
A Genius In Flip-Flops: An Interview With Christopher Moore
Christopher Moore is in rare company in the funny business. How many novelists make a big splash with books that are not just witty but laugh-out-loud, tears-rolling-down-your-creeks funny? There's Kurt Vonnegut, John Steinbeck, Tim Sandlin and Carl Hiaasen on the American side, a short list indeed. On the other side of the Atlantic, there's Douglas Adams, who inspired Moore's first book, and a host of other funnymen like Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Terry Pratchett, among others.
A Genius In Flip-Flops: An Interview With Christopher Moore
Christopher Moore is no stranger to the strange. Ever since his 1992 debut, Practical Demonkeeping, Moore has entertained and delighted with his absurd tales of
A Heartbreaking Work
Dave Eggers explains in The Guardian how he came to write What is the What, his recent novel that tells the story of the Sudanese Lost Boys, and of one Lost Boy
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives. In A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line.
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives. In A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line.
A Man Without A Country by Kurt Vonnegut
A Man Without a Country is Kurt VonnegutÂ’s hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life, art, politics, and the condition of the soul of America today. Based on short essays and speeches composed over the last five years and plentifully illustrated with artwork by the author throughout, A Man Without a Country gives us Vonnegut both speaking out with indignation and writing tenderly to his fellow Americans, sometimes joking, at other times hopeless, always searching.
A Man Without A Country by Kurt Vonnegut
A Man Without a Country is Kurt VonnegutÂ’s hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life, art, politics, and the condition of the soul of America today. Based on short essays and speeches composed over the last five years and plentifully illustrated with artwork by the author throughout, A Man Without a Country gives us Vonnegut both speaking out with indignation and writing tenderly to his fellow Americans, sometimes joking, at other times hopeless, always searching.
A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
(million little pieces by james frey, james frey, little pieces, memoir,When James Frey checks himself into the world's oldest drug and alcohol treatment facility \(undoubtedly Hazelden, though Frey never says\), he is disfigured beyond recognition, has spent the preceding weeks in an alcohol and drug induced blackout, and is wanted in 3 states on a variety of charges. )
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
When James Frey checks himself into the world's oldest drug and alcohol treatment facility (undoubtedly Hazelden, though Frey never says), he is disfigured beyond recognition, has spent the preceding weeks in an alcohol and drug induced blackout, and is wanted in 3 states on a variety of charges.
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
When James Frey checks himself into the world's oldest drug and alcohol treatment facility (undoubtedly Hazelden, though Frey never says), he is disfigured beyond recognition, has spent the preceding weeks in an alcohol and drug induced blackout, and is wanted in 3 states on a variety of charges.
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
When James Frey checks himself into drug and alcohol treatment, he is disfigured beyond recognition, has spent the preceding weeks in a drug induced blackout,
A Million Little Pieces: Too bad to be true?
The veracity of James Frey's memoir, A Million Little Pieces, is being called into question in a detailed article posted Sunday on The Smoking Gun web site.
A Million Little Refunds
Yay! We're All Getting Our Money Back! Get this - as a result of several readers filing lawsuits against James Frey and his publisher, Random House, we're
A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles
A Moment in the Sun traces the opportunistic era around the turn of the twentieth century with impeccable research and captivating grace. John Sayles closely follows the lives of four men, but spares no side-plot as their stories seep across the American landscape.
A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles
A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles
A Must-Listen for Readers
If you happen to be among the many of us who consume at least some of our news via audio podcasts, let me recommend KCRW's Bookworm, one of the best available.
A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava
Sergio De La Pava originally self-published A Naked Singularity, the story of Casi, a young public defender caught in a surrealistically bizarre justice system in a postmodern novel that is garnering comparisons to Don DeLillo and David Foster Wallace.
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
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Like its predecessor, 'The Widow of the South,' Robert Hicks' 'A Separate Country' has its roots in the Civil War and is an interesting, if sometimes disjointed, fictional study of Confederate General, John Bell Hood.
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A Star Called Henry / Oh, Play That Thing by Roddy Doyle
With his sharp-edged wit, Roddy Doyle introduces Henry Smart--adventurer, IRA assassin, and lover. At once an epic and a prophetic portrait of Irish history, both past and present, A Star Called Henry is a tour de force. In Oh, Play That Thing, Henry makes his way across America, teeming with surprises. It is both a saga unto itself—full of epic adventures, and a magnificent follow-up to A Star Called Henry.
A Star Called Henry / Oh, Play That Thing by Roddy Doyle
With his sharp-edged wit, Roddy Doyle introduces Henry Smart--adventurer, IRA assassin, and lover. At once an epic and a prophetic portrait of Irish history, both past and present, A Star Called Henry is a tour de force. In Oh, Play That Thing, Henry makes his way across America, teeming with surprises. It is both a saga unto itself—full of epic adventures, and a magnificent follow-up to A Star Called Henry.
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
'A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again,' a collection of essays that David Foster Wallace wrote for various publications during the early 1990's. It's a mixed bag of compositions, two of which are absolute must-reads.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The history of Afghanistan is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief. And, yet, people find a way to survive, to go on. Ultimately, this is more than
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, Book Review
The history of Afghanistan is marked by death, loss and unimaginable grief. And, yet, people find a way to survive, to go on. Ultimately, this is more than a story of survival in the face of what seem to be insurmountable odds. It is a story of the unconquerable spirit of a people seen through the eyes of two indomitable women. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, is a must read for those who wish to understand the modern history (1964 - 2003) of Afghanistan.
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Read Dermot McEvoy's article about British poet, W.H. Auden who would have turned 100 today. New Yorkers may want to attend
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That's right. I finally read A Visit from the Goon Squad, and my only regret is that I waited so long. On the upside, my wait put me in the position to read
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A Visit from the Goon Squad is an utterly unique work of fiction in which Jennifer Egan extracts episodes from the lives of a colorful array of characters to weave an atemporal tapestry of narrative that stretches into both past and future.
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A few years ago Tony Horwitz found himself at Plymouth Rock amidst a gaggle of tourists who struck him as particularly unknowledgable of our nation's founding. Searching his own memory on the subject, he found an equally sizable chasm, prompting him to set off on a
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Acme Novelty Library #16 by Chris Ware
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Adverbs by Daniel Handler
Adverbs is a novel about love -- a bunch of different people, in and out of different kinds of love. At the start of the novel, Andrea is in love with David -- or maybe it's Joe -- who instead falls in love with Peter in a taxi. At the end of the novel, it's Joe who's in the taxi, falling in love with Andrea, although it might not be Andrea, and in any case it might not be the same Andrea, as Andrea is a very common name...
Adverbs by Daniel Handler
Adverbs is a novel about love - a bunch of different people, in and out of different kinds of love. At the start of the novel, Andrea is in love with David - or
Aesop's Mirror: A Love Story by Maryalice Huggins
In Aesop's Mirror, antiques restorer Maryalice Huggins sets out to track down the origins of an unusual rococo mirror, a quest that takes her on a mystery that
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In 'Aesop's Mirror,' antiques restorer Maryalice Huggins sets out to track down the origins of an unusual rococo antique mirror, a quest that takes her on a mystery that is all the more compelling because it is true.
Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon is known for the brilliant and complex novels that he wrote in the 1960's and 70's: V, The Crying of Lot 49, and Gravity's Rainbow. Pynchon devotees have waited a long time for the author's sixth novel, Against the Day, and want to know - is it brilliant, or just complex?
Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon is known for the brilliant and complex novels that he wrote in the 1960's and 70's: V, The Crying of Lot 49, and Gravity's Rainbow. Pynchon
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Agatha Christie's short stories, novels, and plays typically proceed in a linear fashion, from A to B to conclusion. Not so with her thought process, as John Curran reveals in Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks, his exploration of seventy-three private notebooks that Agatha Christie left behind after her death in 1976.
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Alan Hollinghurst was born in 1954 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. He studied English at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was friends with Andrew Motion, England's poet laureate since 1999. Hollinghurst earned an MA on the work of Ronald Firbank, EM Forster and LP Hartley, three gay writers. A gay English writer himself, Hollinghurst's novels largely concern the lives of uninhibitedly homosexual protagonists.
Aleph by Paulo Coelho
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In books like The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho speaks of following one's own Personal Legend. In Aleph, Coelho - as the protagonist of this novel - takes his own advice, setting out for a journey on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. But the journey is much larger than even Coelho at first perceives.
Alessandro Baricco
Alessandro Baricco was born in Turin in 1958. The author of three previous novels, he has won the Prix MĂ©dicis Ă©tranger in France and the Selezione Campiello, Viareggio, and Palazzo del Bosco prizes in Italy. His third novel,
Alexander and Alestria by Shan Sa
In Alexander and Alestria, Shan Sa (Empress, 2003) weaves her own mythology in order to create the back story for Alestria, a woman warrior who in battle
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In 'Alexander and Alestria,' Shan Sa weaves her own mythology in order to create the back story for Alestria, a woman warrior who in battle meets and falls in love with Alexander the Great, whose own mythology she expands upon.
Ali Smith
Ali Smith was born in Inverness, Scotland in 1962 and currently resides in Cambridge, England. After contracting chronic fatigue syndrome. left her job as a lecturer at Strathclyde University to focus on her writing. The Accidental (2005) was shortlisted for The Booker Prize and won the Whitbread Novel Award.
Alice Munro
Alice Munro is the author of eleven books, and is largely known and celebrated for her short stories exploring the inner lives of female protagonists. was born Alice Ann Laidlaw in Wingham, Ontario to a family of farmers. In 1998, Munro won Canada's Giller Prize for The Love of a Good Woman, and she won the 2004 Giller Prize for Runaway. Both are short story collections.
Alice Munro wins 2004 Giller Prize
Of the 94 books submitted by 35 Canadian publishers, Alice Munro's Runaway scooped the $25,000 award for the best Canadian novel or short story collection in
Alice Munro wins Booker International Prize
Today, Canadian short story writer Alice Munro won the third Man Booker International Prize, a ÂŁ60,000 award presented every two years to an author for an
Alice Sebold
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Edward P. Jones has filled this collection of stories with people who call Washington, D.C., home.
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Humorist Roy Blount Jr. collects a compendium of words alphabetically to explore their origins, spellings, pronunciations,and various other aspects in as unique and funny a writer's reference book imaginable.
Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace by David Lipsky
On March 5, 1996, David Lipsky, then a 30-year-old reporter for Rolling Stone Magazine, flew out to Bloomington, Illinois with his tape recorder in hand to accompany David Foster Wallace on the final leg of a two-week book tour. It was a seminal moment for Wallace who had just published Infinite Jest, his second novel, the one that
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NPR commentator Xeni Jardin reports on literary podcasting sites. Mentioned in the report are LibriVox and EscapePod, two of such sites where amateurs can
Amazon Becomes a Social Reading Player
With Amazon's recent purchase of Shelfari, the future of the various social networking avenues for book lovers remains unclear. I'm a Goodreads man myself, as
Amazon Buys Stanza eReader
Interesting eReader news: Amazon.com, who recently introduced a Kindle iPhone application allowing iPhone users to read Kindle books without shelling out the
Amazon De-Ranking
Writer Mark Probst noticed Saturday when his book, The Filly, lost its ranking on Amazon.com. By Sunday, hundreds of gay and lesbian books were de-ranked by the
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Amazon claims to hold the future of reading with an e-book reader called the Kindle. Kindle - as in kindle a fire, kindle your imagination. No, I'm not in love with the name either. Thankfully, Amazon invested more in the design of the product than they did in its naming.
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Yesterday, Amazon.com revealed their latest Kindle e-reader, scheduled to be released on August 27. It's smaller, lighter and, perhaps most significantly,
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Last week, Amazon.com released the e-book reader that they've had in the works for the past three years. It's called the Kindle, as in to kindle a fire, kindle
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This year's Nobel Prize in literature will be announced tomorrow, and bets are on as to who the winner will be. Horace Engdahl, the permanent secretary of the