The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Cinderella as Parisian concierge in an international bestseller.
Barnes & Noble Reads
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
The idiosyncratic novelist tells the true story of his long-running race against his own body’s limits.
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72
Fresh off his hallucinogenic chronicle of Las Vegas, the founder of Gonzo journalism staggered his way through a presidential election…
The Turnaround
Race-baiting, a wrong turn, and the complex aftermath of violence in the latest from a socially conscious crime novelist.
Palace Council
The author of The Emperor of Ocean Park pens a story of political intrigue in the era of Watergate.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
A voiceless young man and his canine companions are the center of a reimagined Hamlet.
An Email Conversation with Jonathan Franzen
The author of The Corrections shares his thoughts about fiction in the Internet age and much, much more.
The Forger’s Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
How a con man with a paintbrush pulled one over on the art world ?- and the Nazis.
The White Tiger
Our review of the just-announced Man Booker Prize winner — first run on June 16, 2008.
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.