Books

Tearing apart the Washington press

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

Palin starts work on her next book

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

The hidden science of choice

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

Inside the twisted world of couples therapy

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

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

Book optioned by James Cameron is halted

Publisher cancels publication of Hiroshima book because author "was not able" to answer concerns

RIP: The novel

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

You're smarter than you think

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

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Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 10:12 EST

'Little Billy's Letters' at a glance

Advice to a fictional ten-year-old from Janet Reno, OJ Simpson's attorney and others
Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 09:59 EST

Author assumes guise of 10-year-old to punk famous

In new book, Bill Geerhart's grade schooler alter ego gets advice from celebrities of all stripes
Monday, Mar 1, 2010 21:53 EST

Author Barry Hannah dies at 67 in Mississippi

Writer of "Geronimo Rex" died of natural causes
Sunday, Feb 28, 2010 19:01 EST

"Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History"

The real-life "Ocean's Eleven"-style caper that plundered a supposedly impenetrable vault
Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010 20:20 EST

"We've Got Issues": Big Pharma might not be lying

Judith Warner's brave new book upends the myth that our children are being overmedicated
Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010 20:20 EST

A reader's advice to writers

A word to the novelist on how to write better books
Monday, Feb 22, 2010 21:01 EST

"What Darwin Got Wrong": Taking down the father of evolution

A new book dares to attack the theory of natural selection by using -- surprise! -- science
Sunday, Feb 21, 2010 21:01 EST

"The Surrendered" by Chang-Rae Lee

A fierce woman and a beautiful man come to terms with the price they paid to survive
Sunday, Feb 21, 2010 15:01 EST

"This Book Is Overdue!": Hot for librarian

The author of a new book talks about the secret lives of America's favorite -- and endangered -- disciplinarians
Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 20:20 EST

"The Routes of Man": Roads that are changing the world

Ted Conover talks about the world's dangerous roadways and what they say about our progress -- and failures
Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 20:20 EST

Plagiarism: The next generation

A 17-year-old novelist defends herself in the latest copycat scandal. Are we just too old to understand?
Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 21:01 EST

"The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them"

You don't have to love Tolstoy to fall for these charming and hilarious tales from the literary fringe
Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010 20:20 EST

"The Bag Lady Papers": How to lose money and alienate people

Alexandra Penney had her savings stolen by Bernie Madoff -- so why do so many people hate her?
Monday, Feb 8, 2010 20:20 EST

Salinger: "Recluse" with an ugly history of women

How we've all found a convenient way of avoiding the truth about his troubled past
Sunday, Feb 7, 2010 21:01 EST

"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"

The true story of a woman whose enormous gift to science was shamefully repaid
Saturday, Feb 6, 2010 21:01 EST

"The Whale": 500 days of blubber

A new book probes the romantic appeal -- and surprisingly kinky sex life -- of whales
Wednesday, Feb 3, 2010 20:20 EST

"Voodoo Histories": When smart people believe dumb things

From 9/11 to the moon landing, how conspiracy theories have changed history -- and why we must fight back
Wednesday, Feb 3, 2010 12:30 EST

Why is braille dying?

In an age of audiobooks, only 10 percent of blind kids learn it. But listening isn't the same as reading
Tuesday, Feb 2, 2010 20:20 EST

"Checklist Manifesto": Healthcare reform rock star

Talking medicine, checklists and alternative music with New Yorker staff writer and surgeon Atul Gawande
Monday, Feb 1, 2010 20:20 EST

Kindle killer

Amazon's behind-the-scenes battle with publishers shows how the iPad is already making its mark
Sunday, Jan 31, 2010 21:01 EST

"The Hypochondriacs: Nine Tormented Lives"

Darwin, Warhol and Proust -- what history's greatest worrywarts got out of being "sick"
Saturday, Jan 30, 2010 21:01 EST

"Eternity Soup": Dying for eternal youth

How our desperate desire to stop aging has created an industry fueled by questionable science and outright greed
Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 20:29 EST

"The Catcher in the Rye": A story in covers

A slide show of the most memorable jackets for J.D. Salinger's best-known book
Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 15:29 EST

J.D. Salinger: Voice of America

What the creator of Holden Caulfield taught a nation of readers and writers
Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 13:11 EST

"Catcher in the Rye" author J.D. Salinger dies

Legendary American writer, recluse passes away at 91

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