“The Pinecone”: Forgotten genius
Sarah Losh and the strange, beautiful, "pantheistic" church she built in an obscure corner of 19th-century England
Sunday, Jan 13, 2013 10:30 PM UTCEntertainment Books, Nonfiction, Biography
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“Tenth of December”: Bard of the wage slaves
George Saunders' new book offers savagely satirical tales from the viewpoint of the downtrodden Everyman
Monday, Jan 7, 2013 2:00 AM UTC 15Entertainment Books, Editor's Picks, Fiction
“Jungleland”: In search of a lost city
The true story of a journalist seeking fabled ruins in a Central American jungle is a pulp adventure come to life
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 2:00 AM UTCEntertainment Books, Editor's Picks, Nonfiction
“The Lost Carving”: Meditations on the creative life
While restoring a damaged masterpiece, a woodcarver offers wisdom to artists of every kind
Monday, Dec 24, 2012 2:00 AM UTCEntertainment Books, Nonfiction, Art, England
What To Read Awards: Our hunger for truth
Laura Miller on what links top novels and nonfiction
Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 3:55 PM UTCEntertainment What To Read Awards
Laura Miller’s best books of 2012
Tomorrow, we'll roll out our first What To Read Awards critics poll. As a sneak peek, here's our critic's list
Saturday, Dec 22, 2012 9:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books, What to Read
“The Rise of Ransom City”: Steampunk Western
Felix Gilman's fantasy of a roving frontier inventor captures the dangerous delusions of the American Dream
Sunday, Dec 16, 2012 11:00 PM UTCEntertainment The Rise of Ransom City
“The Great Pearl Heist”: True crime in Edwardian London
An elegant crime boss, a mild-mannered detective and the world's most valuable necklace make for a ripping yarn
Sunday, Dec 2, 2012 11:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books, Crime, Nonfiction
Great graphic novels from 2012
Ten illustrated tales of love, war, crime, politics and sex, not to mention ghosts and mermaids SLIDE SHOW
Monday, Nov 26, 2012 1:00 AM UTCEntertainment Joe Sacco, Graphic Novels
“The $60,000 Dog”: Animal attraction
A master memoirist on the human-beast connection, from pampered pets and hated pests to girls and their horses
Sunday, Nov 18, 2012 10:00 PM UTCEntertainment Lauren Slater, dogs, Memoir, nature
“Magnificence”: The adulteress’s lament
A cheating widow inherits a mansion full of taxidermy animals and secrets in Lydia Millet's new novel
Monday, Nov 12, 2012 12:00 AM UTCEntertainment Books, Fiction, What to Read
“Hallucinations”: Seeing what isn’t there
Oliver Sacks explores the strange world of hallucinations, and says they're far more common than we realize
Monday, Nov 5, 2012 2:00 AM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Nonfiction
“The Stockholm Octavo”: Powdered wigs, poisoned fans and a lively deck of cards
Scheming aristocrats, gamblers and fortune-tellers enliven this satisfying historical thriller set in Sweden
Sunday, Oct 21, 2012 11:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books, Fiction
“Master of the Mountain”: The real truth about Thomas Jefferson
Forget Sally Hemings -- a historian discovers the ugliest side of a founding father in his ledgers
Sunday, Oct 14, 2012 10:00 PM UTC 60Entertainment Founding Fathers, slavery
“Fever Season”: Revelations of a plague year
A history of Memphis's yellow fever epidemic shows that heroes (and cowards) are where we least expect them
Sunday, Oct 7, 2012 11:00 AM UTCEntertainment public health, Disease
“The Scientists”: A family curse
A young intellectual searches for the truth about his father's life -- and death
Sunday, Sep 23, 2012 10:00 PM UTCEntertainment The Scientists, Editor's Picks
“Life After Death”: Surviving death row
Damien Echols of the falsely convicted West Memphis Three tells his story in a riveting new memoir
Sunday, Sep 16, 2012 10:00 PM UTC 10Entertainment What to Read, Paradise Lost
“This Is How You Lose Her”: A cheater in love
Junot Diaz's irresistible new book traces a womanizer's rocky journey to maturity
Sunday, Sep 9, 2012 10:00 PM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Books
“A Wilderness of Error”: The murder in question
The director of "The Thin Blue Line" challenges the conviction of Jeffrey MacDonald
Sunday, Sep 2, 2012 9:00 PM UTC 62Entertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction
“NW”: Zadie Smith’s neighborhood
In the first novel in seven years from the author of "On Beauty," three people try to escape their roots
Sunday, Aug 26, 2012 10:00 PM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Books, Fiction
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