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Book Title   /   Author Article Title   /   Author  Date
Loneliness as a Way of Life 
by Thomas Dumm
All Alone: Two New Books on Loneliness
by CHRISTOPHER LANE
 Sep 30, 2008
The Alcoholic 
by Jonathan Ames
Jonathan Ames Gets Real in a Graphic Novel
by DAN AVERY
 Sep 30, 2008
The Flying Troutmans 
by Miriam Toews
Drowning in the Desert: Miriam Toews's 'The Flying Troutmans'
by LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES
 Sep 29, 2008
Philanthrocapitalism 
by Matthew Bishop and Michael Green
The New Face of Philanthropy
by RICHARD TOFEL
 Sep 26, 2008
Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds 
by Joel L. Kraemer
The Great Rambam: Joel Kraemer's 'Maimonides'
by STEVEN NADLER
 Sep 24, 2008
A Universal History of the Destruction of Books 
by Fernando Báez
Book-Burning and Other Bibliocausts
by ERIC ORMSBY
 Sep 24, 2008
Résistance: A Woman's Journal of Struggle and Defiance in Occupied France 
by Agnès Humbert
Agnès Humbert's Wartime Diary 'Résistance'
by SIMON KITSON
 Sep 24, 2008
The Brass Verdict 
by Michael Connelly
The Crime Scene: A Great Pair
by OTTO PENZLER
 Sep 24, 2008
The Culture of War 
by Martin van Creveld
Why We Fight: Martin van Creveld's 'The Culture of War'
by VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
 Sep 24, 2008
The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel 
by William Goldbloom Bloch
A Universe of Books: Borges's 'Library of Babel'
by ALBERTO MANGUEL
 Sep 24, 2008
The Hemingses of Monticello 
by Annette Gordon-Reed
A Peculiar Association: Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
by ADAM KIRSCH
 Sep 24, 2008
Hitler's Private Library 
by Timothy W. Ryback
Timothy Ryback's 'Hitler's Private Library'
by IAN KERSHAW
 Sep 24, 2008
Helena, or the Sea in Summer 
by Julián Ayesta
The Novel as Idyll: Julián Ayesta's 'Helena, or the Sea in Summer'
by BENJAMIN LYTAL
 Sep 24, 2008
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 
by Stieg Larsson
Swedish Intrigue on an Isle: 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'
by MARTHA MERCER
 Sep 22, 2008
The Collected Lyric Poems of Luís de Camões 
by Luís de Camões
The Laureate of Hard Luck: 'The Collected Lyric Poems of Luís de Camões'
by ERIC ORMSBY
 Sep 17, 2008
Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature 
by John Mullan
Hiding Behind the Spines: 'Anonymity' by John Mullan
by DENIS DONOGHUE
 Sep 17, 2008
People Who Walk in Darkness 
by Stuart Kaminsky
The Crime Scene: Russian Front
by OTTO PENZLER
 Sep 17, 2008
The Terezin Album of Marianka Zadikow  Against Oblivion: 'The Terezin Album of Marianka Zadikow'
by ADAM KIRSCH
 Sep 17, 2008
Antoine's Alphabet: Watteau and His World 
by Jed Perl
In Search of Watteau: Jed Perl's 'Antoine's Alphabet'
by JAMES PANERO
 Sep 17, 2008
Benjamin Disraeli 
by Adam Kirsch
The Making of Benjamin Disraeli: Adam Kirsch's New Biography
by TODD M. ENDELMAN
 Sep 17, 2008
Kieron Smith, boy 
by James Kelman
Boy Wonder: James Kelman's New Novel
by BENJAMIN LYTAL
 Sep 17, 2008
The Feminine Mystique 
by Betty Friedan
Reconsiderations: Betty Friedan's 'The Feminine Mystique'
by CHRISTINA HOFF SOMMERS
 Sep 17, 2008
Ms. Hempel Chronicles 
by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum
Her So-Called Life: Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum's 'Ms. Hempel Chronicles'
by LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES
 Sep 15, 2008
Infinite Jest 
by David Foster Wallace
What David Foster Wallace Left Behind
by BENJAMIN LYTAL
 Sep 15, 2008
The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-2008 
by Bob Woodward
A Few of the President's Men: Woodward's 'The War Within'
by NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT
 Sep 11, 2008
Left in Dark Times 
by Bernard-Henri Lévy
The God That Failed: 'Left in Dark Times' by Bernard-Henri Lévy
by ADAM KIRSCH
 Sep 10, 2008
Nothing To Be Frightened Of 
by Julian Barnes
The Naked and the Dead: Julian Barnes's 'Nothing To Be Frightened Of'
by MICHAEL WOOD
 Sep 10, 2008
The Proof of God: The Debate That Shaped Modern Belief 
by Larry Witham
The World Inside My Head: Larry Witham's 'Proof of God'
by ERIC ORMSBY
 Sep 10, 2008
Small Lives 
by Pierre Michon
Mourning and Melancholia: Pierre Michon's 'Small Lives'
by BENJAMIN LYTAL
 Sep 10, 2008
Indignation 
by Philip Roth
Back to School: Philip Roth's 'Indignation'
by RUTH FRANKLIN
 Sep 10, 2008
Novel About My Wife 
by Emily Perkins
Navel-Gazing: Emily Perkins's 'Novel About My Wife'
by LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES
 Sep 8, 2008
The Secret Life of Words 
by Henry Hitchings
English, the Omnivorous Tongue: Henry Hitchings's 'Secret Life of Words'
by CALEB CRAIN
 Sep 4, 2008
Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe 
by Mark Mazower
An Empire of Blood: How the Nazis Ruled Europe
by ADAM KIRSCH
 Sep 3, 2008
Syncopations: Beats, New Yorkers, and Writers in the Dark 
by James Campbell
The Voice of Fiction: James Campbell's 'Syncopations'
by ERIC ORMSBY
 Sep 3, 2008
The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington 
by Jennet Conant
The Fantasic Mr. Dahl: Jennet Conant's 'The Irregulars'
by ROBERT WINDER
 Sep 3, 2008
Home 
by Marilynne Robinson
Housekeeping: Marilynne Robinson's 'Home'
by BENJAMIN LYTAL
 Sep 3, 2008
Rock Crystal 
by Adalbert Stifter
The Magic Mountain: Adalbert Stifter's 'Rock Crystal'
by ADAM KIRSCH
 Aug 29, 2008
The Thing Itself 
by Richard Todd
The Real Thing: Richard Todd's Meditation on Authenticity
by SIMON BLACKBURN
 Aug 27, 2008
The Forger's Spell 
by Edward Dolnick
The Forger as Huckster: Two Books on Han van Meegeren
by ERIC ORMSBY
 Aug 27, 2008
The Other Half 
by Tom Buk-Swienty
How Jacob Riis Lived: Tom Buk-Swienty's 'The Other Half'
by ADAM KIRSCH
 Aug 27, 2008
A Night in the Cemetery 
by Anton Chekhov
The Crime Scene: Anton Chekhov's Crime Fiction
by OTTO PENZLER
 Aug 27, 2008
Stories 
by Doris Lessing
Beyond Politics: The Stories of Doris Lessing and D.H. Lawrence
by BENJAMIN LYTAL
 Aug 27, 2008
The New Urban Renewal: The Economic Transformation of Harlem and Bronzeville 
by Derek Hyra
The Way We Gentrify Now: Derek Hyra's 'New Urban Renewal'
by EDWARD GLAESER
 Aug 27, 2008
Selected Stories 
by D.H. Lawrence
Beyond Politics: The Stories of Doris Lessing and D.H. Lawrence
by BENJAMIN LYTAL
 Aug 27, 2008
American Wife 
by Curtis Sittenfeld
When Bookish Girl Meets Party Boy: Curtis Sittenfeld's 'American Wife'
by LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES
 Aug 25, 2008
Something To Tell You 
by Hanif Kureishi
Tales from Londonistan: Hanif Kureishi's 'Something To Tell You'
by BENJAMIN LYTAL
 Aug 20, 2008
The Turnaround 
by George Pelecanos
The Crime Scene: George Pelecanos' 'The Turnaround'
by OTTO PENZLER
 Aug 20, 2008
Leningrad: State of Siege 
by Michael Jones
Under Siege: Michael Jones' 'Leningrad'
by RICHARD J. EVANS
 Aug 20, 2008
Lincoln at Peoria 
by Lewis E. Lehrman
When Lincoln Became Lincoln: Lewis Lehrman's 'Lincoln at Peoria'
by HAROLD HOLZER
 Aug 20, 2008
Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel 
by Julia Keller
A Man and His Gun: 'Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel'
by ERIC ORMSBY
 Aug 20, 2008

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