Friday, Dec 14, 2012 3:25 PM UTC
How Christopher Hitchens proved that nothing is sacred
The late author's now-classic "The Missionary Position," a takedown of Mother Teresa, resonates even louder today
The late author's now-classic "The Missionary Position," a takedown of Mother Teresa, resonates even louder today
A master memoirist on the human-beast connection, from pampered pets and hated pests to girls and their horses
S.L. Wisenberg's virtuosic, poignant book documents her battle with cancer and the malignant culture of dishonesty
The Pulitzer winner and early Obama backer felt blacks had become invisible to him. The result: "Telegraph Avenue"
Our favorite nonfiction spanned centuries and the world, and told stories of writers, princesses and great thinkers
In a stellar year for the novel, these five books stood above all others
The story of how Ahmad Chalabi bamboozled the U.S. into Iraq is like a great spy novel. Too bad the blood is real
In Lydia Millet's brilliant new novel, a skeptical tax man follows a runaway millionaire to Latin America
An in-depth look at the Mexican cartels that have killed thousands and threaten the government itself