Selected from the wide-reaching oral history project StoryCorps, 49 voices tell their own wildly diverse true stories. Read more...

A Navy psychologist's tour of
duty, trying to heal the terrible
inner wounds of war. Read more...

Novelist Kate Christensen revists the deceptively entertaining prose of a gimlet-eyed observer of human nature.

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Wisecracking swordsmen wander the ancient world in Chabon's take on armchair adventure. Read more...

Tove Jansson's charming, world-famous creations bring their whimsy and playful satire to America at last. Read more...

From the preeminent master of the short story in English, 12 new tales shadowed by death. Read more...

The celebrated and prolific novelist and critic collects eight years' worth of essays. Read more...

The author of Awakenings turns his attention to the strange intersection of melody and mind. Read more...

Paul DiFilippo unlocks The Chain of Chance, a boundary-breaking tale of detection and conspiracy by the Polish maestro of speculative fiction. Read more...

A shipwrecked matinee idol finds his way into island solace -- and scandal. Read more...

A reader revisits Tolstoy's masterpiece in a new translation by Pevear and Volokhonsky. Read more...

The author of Backlash finds a return to an age-old myth in the response to September 11th. Read more...

A series of unanswered letters, and a journey down the rabbit hole of one woman's mind. Read more...

A law professor speaks to the anxieties of the Too Much Information age.
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The mythic road-tripper and friends, real names restored. Read more...

A sleeping family is the audience for a mother's midnight confession. Read more...

A historian reflects upon the strange afterlife -- and multiple uses -- of her most famous insight. Read more...

The legendary -- and laconic -- guitarist writes of a life consumed by artistic hunger and other cravings. Read more...

Love, the classroom, and the culture wars, from the author of Little Children. Read more...

New editions of the influential critic demonstrate the role he played in making American letters -- and the American scene -- truly modern.

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The pundit-parodist offers a version of his hit show in print. Read more...

The braided histories of two small-town boys are spun into a tale of class and destiny by the author of the celebrated Empire Falls. Read more...

Can a biographer illuminate the mystery at the heart of an enigmatic partnership? Read more...

Can a biographer illuminate the mystery at the heart of an enigmatic partnership? Read more...

The hero of The Ghost Writer and The Counterlife returns, and departs. Read more...