When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays
The author of Gilead and Home collects essays marked by the spirit of her Western upbringing.
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"The Past is a Negotiation": Jeanette Winterson
The author of Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? talks about the consequences of “spiritual damage.”
Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
The story of the computer’s creation.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
A lonely boy finds hope in friendship.
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
A journalist unveils the hidden history of Russia’s prime minister.
Barney Rosset, 1922-2012
The publisher of Grove transformed American literature with courage — and savvy.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
An award-winning reporter’s “uncompromising and important” new look at daily life in a Mumbai slum.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Eight new stories from an emerging master of the form seek “the narrow strait between hilarity and heartwreck.”
"We Revel in a Crowd of Any Kind": Dickens the Journalist
The great novelist, in love with the life of the streets.
The Orphan Master’s Son
The story of a professional kidnapper’s life takes on a surreal edge in the appropriately nightmarish world of North Korea.
Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners
How many languages can one human mind master?
Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books
The tangible value of the book, in the eyes of a diverse collection of writers.
Does Seeing Your Roommate Weep Help Dry Your Own Tears? A Conversation with Wiley Cash
It’s sometimes hard to remember that A Land More Kind Than Home (Discover, Summer ’12) is actually a first novel,…
Raylan
A writer famed for his chattering crooks turns again to his close-mouthed lawman.
Michael Ondaatje
Talking Mailer, Kipling, and Tranströmer with the author of The Cat’s Table.
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War
A doomed plan with a momentous legacy.
The Sisters Brothers
Patrick deWitt’s blackly comic western outdraws the competition.