The White Tiger
Our review of the just-announced Man Booker Prize winner — first run on June 16, 2008.
Barnes & Noble Reads
Salman Rushdie Spins a Yarn
Salman Rushdie discusses the Mughal Empire, Machiavelli, and the storytelling that animates his new novel.
City of Thieves
A story of the siege of Leningrad, a dozen eggs, and a quest for survival itself.
The Sum of Our Days
In her new memoir, the author of Paula returns to chronicle the emotional tumult of family life.
The Lazarus Project
A shooting in Chicago prompts a European odyssey — a century later.
Theodore Sorensen: Counselor
Ted Sorensen, JFK’s chief counselor, talks about campaigns past and present.
The Story of a Marriage
A family in the aftermath of World War II, from the author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli.
A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade
A group portrait of one of America’s most eccentric — and influential — circles of friends.
The Plague of Doves
A century-old storm of violence haunts the descendants — white and Native American — of those first caught in its…
Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey through His Son’s Meth Addiction
A father maps his son?s harrowing ordeal as a methamphetamine addict.
American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work
The author argues that the creation of the WPA was one of the most enduring achievements of FDR’s New Deal.
Nicholson Baker: Human Smoke
We talk with Nicholson Baker about his new book, Human Smoke, World War II, and the grain of events.
Olive Kitteridge
A new collection of linked tales from the author of Amy and Isabelle maps the life of an imposing character.
The Stone Gods
The author of Written on the Body visits a future Earth, damaged by humanity.
Unaccustomed Earth
A new collection of short stories from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies.
The Impersonal Personal of Elizabeth Bishop
Liz Rosenberg looks at a comprehensive new collection of her poems and prose.
True West: Wallace Stegner’s Life and Letters
Two new volumes unearth the life and correspondence of the author of Angle of Repose
The Silver Swan
The unshakably inquisitive pathologist Quirke returns, in the latest from novelist John Banville’s alter ego.
The Soul Thief
A haunted, haunting tale of tormented love and the soul’s vulnerable places.
Richard Price: Lush Life
James Mustich talks with Richard Price about realism, project housing, and his new novel, Lush Life.