Guest Books - The Barnes & Noble Review

Guest Books

Displaying articles for: January 2010

February 1, 2010

Mark Bechtel

Improbable connections and unstoppable comedy.

January 25, 2010

Marian Keyes

The Irish author selects engrossing and inspiring works of fact and fiction Read more...

January 18, 2010

Rebecca Goldstein

The author recommends works of fiction that capture the mind, heart and soul in one fell swoop.

January 11, 2010

Mark Bittman

The author of How to Cook Everything and Food Matters recommends some literary nourishment.

January 4, 2010

James Patterson

The king of the page-turners on pages he loves to turn.

Daybook

June 20: Today is World Refugee Day, as designated by the United Nations in 2001. According to the renowned sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, the modern refugee problem should not be attributed to wars and despots but to a civilization that…

Previously in Daybook

In the Margin

Very few debut novels exhibit the charm, assurance, emotional depth and bravura fabulation which the lucky reader will discover in Helene Wecker's

Earlier Posts

The Long List

Books, CDs, DVDs to know about now

Big Brother

This emotionally taut novel of family dynamics and the limits of sacrifice presents a woman on the verge of giving up everything -- including her marriage -- to help her impassive brother fight his obesity.

Note to Self

A newly fired 20-something becomes an assistant to a filmmaker chronicling people’s failed ambitions in Alina Simone's sharp meditation on internet addiction, celebrity worship, and digital narcissism.

The New York Review Abroad

This new collection of some of the best of overseas reportage includes articles from Joan Didion, Tim Judah and Susan Sontag, with topics ranging from impromptu theater in conflict-ridden Sarajevo to a gravediggers’ strike in Liverpool.