All Books
- 'Moonglow' is a magic family epic, told with magnificent disregard for the facts
Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon blurs family history and fiction in his captivating new novel.
- 'The Marches' follows a British politician traveling his country by foot
Rory Stewart walks the length of Hadrian's Wall, drawing some surprising conclusions about his fellow citizens as he goes.
- 'Millennium' is full of gratitude for the staggering advances of 1,000 years
One of the most bracing aspects of 'Millennium' is the breadth of factors it covers, from food production to sanitation conditions to the Christian Church Militant to the development of firearms to radical changes in transportation of both people and products.
- 'Judas' debates the founding of Israel in twisting, searching conversations
Amos Oz’s melancholy new novel suggests that the real tragedy of humankind is that the persecuted yearn to be persecutors.
- Bestselling books the week of 11/24/16, according to IndieBound What's selling best at independent bookstores across America?
- How am I grateful for books? Let me count the ways
This writer's debt of gratitude to books begins with 'Curious George.'
- First LookWilliam Trevor, one of the world's great short story writers, remembered
The eminent Irish novelist and short story writer passed on this week at the age of 88.
- 'Absolutely on Music' listens as Haruki Murakami, Seiji Ozawa discuss music
This strange and delightful book follows Murakami and Ozawa sipping hot hojicha tea, snacking on persimmons, and discussing works by Mahler, Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms, and many others.
- 'The Platinum Age of Television' sees 'The Sopranos' as the start of a new era
NPR television critic Bianculli traces the evolution of 18 genres and subcategories of TV shows while tracking the revolution that began with 'The Sopranos.'
- 'Rogue Heroes' traces the wild WWII theatrics of Britain's Special Air Services
The author of 'Agent Zigzag' and 'A Spy Among Friends' turns to the history of Britain's unconventional, improvisational paratroopers.
- 'All the Light We Cannot See': Why it's still on the bestseller lists
The 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning novel about a French woman and a German man living during World War II with poetic and moral themes around music and science continues its streak on the bestseller list.