All Books
- 4 audiobooks with a sense of place From N.J. to Japan, here are four stories rich in ambience.
- 'In the Wolf's Mouth' is a beatifully written tragicomedy set in North Africa and Sicily during World War II
The third novel of acclaimed novelist Adam Foulds follows the fortunes of characters who meet in a small Sicilian town.
- 'Top 10 Clues You're Clueless' echoes Nancy Drew, 'The Breakfast Club,' and Meg Cabot
Six teens are confined in a room. One of them stole $10,000. But who? The clock is ticking....
- My New Year's resolution: read more John Updike
How about you? Is there an author you'd like to read, from start to finish, in 2015?
- 5 vintage authors I'm happily remembering on New Year's Eve
Ring out the old? Not if it involves forgetting my favorite authors!
- 'Splitting an Order' offers poetry that outshines dark days
Wisdom, compassion, and dignity continue to mark the poems of Ted Kooser.
- 'Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life' is a biography that includes a large element of the absurd
Fitzgerald was a late bloomer who turned her stoic middle-class background into the engine of unforgettable fiction.
- 10 excellent books you might have missed in 2014
Which 2014 books were so good that a critic would gladly read them again on his own time? Danny Heitman shares his list.
- Bestselling books the week of 1/1/15, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.