Caroline Leavitt

Is This Tomorrow's author on suburban crimes, broken hearts, and bygone eras.

 

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Sophie Kinsella

The Wedding Night author on tales of love and matrimony.

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Meg Wolitzer

Compelling picks from the author of The Interestings.

 

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Anna Stothard

The author of The Pink Hotel recommends five beloved books.

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Roger Ebert: Reading and Remembrance

The groundbreaking critic, and three of his favorite works of fiction.

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Tupelo Hassman

The author of Girlchild on novels which share the freewheeling spirit of her own.  

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Bruce Levine

The Civil War historian on great books illuminating the epic battle.

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Francesco Pacifico

The Story of My Purity's author on dark humor, high expectations, and the Seinfeld of the eighteenth century.

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Sam Lipsyte

Fun picks from the author of The Fun Parts.

 

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Charlie LeDuff

The author of Detroit: An American Autopsy praises great reads on his beloved city.

 

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Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman

The authors of Top Dog champion five works on winning (and losing).

 

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Graham Swift

Imaginative classics from the novelist's bookshelf.

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Melanie Benjamin

The author of The Aviator's Wife on three beloved books.

 

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Thomas Mallon

The author of Watergate recommends three classic novels about the pursuit of power.

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Will Self

Inspiring tales of psychology and old Britain from the author of Umbrella.

 

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Hari Kunzru

The novelist highlights three modern classics from around the world.

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Adriana Trigiani

Three wide-ranging reads from the novelist's shelves.

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Leigh Stein

The author of The Fallback Plan shares three favorites.

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Favorites of 2012: Jami Attenberg

The author of The Middlesteins on her favorite reading of the year.

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Anne Lamott

The author of Help, Thanks, Wow  on the books she's loved -- and lied about.

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David Abrams

The Fobbit author picks three comic favorites from the American South.

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Melissa Walker

Three favorites from the YA novelist's shelves.

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Jon Meacham

The author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power recommends books that illuminate American history.

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Scares for Scribes

Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and others recommend chilling reads for the season.

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Victor LaValle

The author of The Devil in Silver picks three haunting favorites.

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Michael Ennis

Three favorites from the historical novelist's shelves.

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Will Schwalbe

The author of The End of Your Life Book Club picks three favorites about love.

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Salman Rushdie

A master storyteller's favorite memoirs.

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Susan Straight

Books about fierce mothers and their children from the novelist's shelves.

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Katie Roiphe

The author of In Praise of Messy Lives picks three favorites.

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May 18: Parade, the "first modern ballet," premiered in Paris on this day in 1917. The production was a collaboration of some of modernism's most famous -- music by Erik Satie, scenario by Jean Cocteau, costumes by Picasso,…

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin

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Books, CDs, DVDs to know about now
Minotaur

This newly reissued Cold War classic profiles an Israeli spy obsessed with an English girl half his age, and his attempts to win her love without ever revealing his true identity.

The Innocence Game

Three Chicago journalism students attend an “innocence” seminar that will teach them how to release the wrongfully accused from prison. But as innocents are jailed, a killer roams free, and the students are next on the hit list.

Little Green

Walter Mosley's suave detective Easy Rawlins is back among the living after a literal cliffhanger of a car crash, in pursuit of a  LSD-addled boxer roaming Los Angeles, 1967.