All Books
- Reinventing Bach
Paul Elie's serious and inventive book asks: How has Bach in our time become a Godlike being whose center is everywhere?
- Reader recommendation: Lucky Girl
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- National Book Awards go to 'The Round House' and 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers'
The National Book Awards were given to writers Louise Erdrich and first-time author Katherine Boo in the fiction and nonfiction categories, respectively, while William Alexander and David Ferry were awarded the young people's literature and poetry prizes.
- Elsewhere
Richard Russo's memoir of life with his mother is a vivid if devastating portrait of the complicated relationship that overshadowed his life.
- Reader recommendation: The Lieutenant
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- Oxford American Dictionary's word of the year: 'GIF'
The word 'GIF,' which has been ever-present in pop culture, beat out other terms like 'Eurogeddon' and 'super PAC.'
- World Book Night returns to the US
After reading celebration World Book Night debuted in America for the first time last year, it will be held again this April.
- Thomas Jefferson
Biographer Jon Meacham captures Thomas Jefferson as a person, not just a historical figure.