Novels about working on Wall Street and for the Secret Service, tales of wannabe American bohemians in Prague, a mystery set in ancient Greece and more in the month's best fiction.
Thursday, Jun 20, 2002 2:40 PM UTCFor the year's merriest month, books that celebrate the absurd delights of romantic and family love in the best of May fiction.
Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:58 PM UTCA literary bouquet of (mostly) first novels, featuring a great impostor, an English-mangling Ukrainian translator and a philandering homicidal derelict.
Friday, Apr 26, 2002 4:19 PM UTCA roundup of recent CDs from Uncle Tupelo, Alanis Morissette, Clinic and more.
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2002 8:00 PM UTCMarch fiction takes a walk on the dark side with new novels about crime, punishment and the Cuban Missile Crisis from Ian McEwan, Edna O'Brien and more.
Thursday, Mar 21, 2002 5:25 PM UTCDoris Lessing's scathing indictment of the '60s left, a Pynchonesque tale of two rival weapons physicists and more in the month's best fiction.
Thursday, Feb 21, 2002 11:32 PM UTCFrom political skulduggery to scientific discovery to the Zen of parking, the month's best fiction will make you laugh and think.
Thursday, Jan 24, 2002 10:19 PM UTCFrom Victorian erotic drawings to toy spaceships to eloquent animal portraits, there's a sumptuous gift book to please even the most persnickety person on your list.
Friday, Dec 21, 2001 9:29 PM UTCFrom Hanif Kureishi's tale of a rock 'n' roller's kid to the latest from V.S. Naipaul, reviews of the best books from a troubled season.
Thursday, Dec 6, 2001 4:35 PM UTCOur critics spotlight the season's cheap (and not so cheap) thrills and single out a few bestselling stinkers (paging Jackie Collins!).
Monday, Jul 16, 2001 7:54 PM UTCA hard-boiled fantasia from Neil Gaiman, a smart, sexy new frolic from David Lodge, tales from country music maestro Steve Earle and more
Friday, Jun 22, 2001 5:13 PM UTCRichard Russo's masterly comic epic of small-town life; a thriller about the science of near-death experiences; randy, E-tarded Edinburgh lads from the author of "Trainspotting"; and more.
Monday, May 21, 2001 7:00 PM UTCLouise Erdrich's tale of a Catholic priest who's secretly a woman, Haruki Murakami's story of a vanished lover, a hilarious debut novel about a fake feng shui master who cons New York society and more.
Thursday, Apr 19, 2001 7:07 PM UTCAllegra Goodman's hilarious tale of promiscuous spiritual seeking, Pat Barker's tough-minded look at a child who murders, Nuala O'Faolain's searing novel of middle-aged sexuality and more.
Thursday, Mar 15, 2001 7:55 PM UTCAmy Tan is back in "Joy Luck" territory, Don DeLillo gets metaphysical, Julian Barnes tackles the eternal triangle and more.
Wednesday, Feb 21, 2001 7:20 PM UTCJuicy new novels by A.S. Byatt and Peter Carey, love and death in a Bombay apartment house, impolite stories from a young literary light and more.
Thursday, Jan 11, 2001 6:56 PM UTCWhat we're reading, what we're liking
Monday, Dec 11, 2000 7:35 PM UTCRun away to the circus, to a haunted Indian village, to a secret-filled Scottish island and more with the season's best fiction.
Wednesday, Nov 22, 2000 10:57 PM UTCHunting a Tasmanian tiger, denouncing the '60s generation, loving Graham Greene and unveiling family secrets in the best fall fiction.
Monday, Oct 23, 2000 8:19 AM UTCFrom a surreal, carnal coming-of-age set on Coney Island to a wicked, gossipy story of the literary life, our critics pick the best books.
Wednesday, Sep 13, 2000 8:02 AM UTCPage 2 of 3 in Salon's critics
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Beltway scandal machine breaks, knows nothing about America
Inhofe and Coburn: Red state hypocrites
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