Books

Fiction

Tearing apart the Washington press

A Pulitzer winner talks about the newspaper world she happily left behind -- and what it's doing wrong
Jed Lipinski
Sarah Palin

Palin starts work on her next book

The former Alaska governor is now writing "a celebration of American virtues and strengths"
HILLEL ITALIE
Nonfiction

The hidden science of choice

Coke or Pepsi? Love or money? Why America's decision-obsession isn't always for the best
Thomas Rogers
Nonfiction

Inside the twisted world of couples therapy

Laurie Abraham spent a year watching people fight to keep their marriages. It wasn't pretty
Thomas Rogers
Nonfiction

When Mom wants to die

Zoe FitzGerald Carter talks about the question no one wants to face: How to help your mother plan her own suicide
Nelle Engoron
Nonfiction

Book optioned by James Cameron is halted

Publisher cancels publication of Hiroshima book because author "was not able" to answer concerns
HILLEL ITALIE
Writers and Writing

RIP: The novel

A book that defends plagiarism, champions faked memoirs and declares fiction dead has the literary world up in arms
Laura Miller
What to Read

You're smarter than you think

A new book persuasively argues that extraordinary intelligence and talent are not genetic gifts
Laura Miller

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