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Staff Pick: 'The Name of the Rose' by Umberto Eco

By Peter Cannon | 07/22/2016 @ 11:00AM

Senior reviews editor Peter Cannon recommends 'The Name of the Rose' by Umberto Eco, a Sherlock Holmes-like murder mystery set in a secluded Italian monastery.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 25, 2016

| 07/22/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: new books from Megan Abbott, Jules Feiffer, and Liz Moore.
5 Writing Tips: Donald Ray Pollock

By Donald Ray Pollock | 07/22/2016 @ 12:00AM

The author of the delightfully twisted new novel, "The Heavenly Table," shares five writing tips.
Staff Pick: 'Pond' by Claire-Louise Bennett

By Seth Satterlee | 07/15/2016 @ 10:50AM

Reviews editor Seth Satterlee recommends 'Pond' by Claire-Louise Bennett, featuring an unnamed, slightly unhinged narrator who has sheltered herself into a cottage in the countryside.
10 Best Whodunits

By John Verdon | 07/15/2016 @ 05:00AM

Shakespeare, le Carré, and more.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 18, 2016

| 07/15/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: hired assassins chasing Hemingway's papers, plus Alejandro Zambra's book of fiction disguised as a standardized test.
Staff Pick: 'Sunny' by Taiyo Matsumoto

By Matt White | 07/08/2016 @ 10:35AM

Layout and production assistant Matt White recommends 'Sunny' by Taiyo Matsumoto, a manga about the lives of misfit adolescents at the Star Kids Home in 1970s suburban Japan.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 11, 2016

| 07/08/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: Amie Barrodale delivers one of the best short story collections of 2016, and Ben H. Winters's masterful combination of "Invisible Man" and "Blade Runner."
Was Philip K. Dick a Madman or a Mystic?

By Kyle Arnold | 07/08/2016 @ 05:00AM

In February of 1974, Philip K. Dick had a profound, life-changing vision. Was it a psychotic break or a religious experience?
Staff Pick: 'Art in the Blood: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure' by Bonnie MacBird

Peter Cannon | 06/24/2016 @ 10:15AM

Senior reviews editor Peter Cannon recommends 'Art in the Blood: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure' by Bonnie MacBird, featuring a vulnerable, fallible, more modern Holmes who must recover a kidnapped boy.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 27, 2016

| 06/24/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: two must-read debut novels, plus a search for one's identity in the Arctic Circle.
Staff Pick: 'The Man with the Golden Typewriter' by Ian Fleming

Everett Jones | 06/17/2016 @ 11:15AM

Reviews editor Everett Jones recommends 'The Man with the Golden Typewriter' by Ian Fleming, a selection of the author's James Bond-related correspondence.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 20, 2016

| 06/17/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: a horror novel worthy of Stephen King, plus a history of class in America.
Staff Pick: Penryn and the End of Days Trilogy by Susan Ee

Drucilla Shultz | 06/10/2016 @ 10:45AM

Assistant editor Drucilla Shultz recommends the Penryn and the End of Days Trilogy by Susan Ee, a refreshingly dark YA love story set during an angel apocalypse.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 13, 2016

| 06/10/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: Annie Proulx's epic masterpiece, Emma Cline's big debut, and more.
10 Essential Spanish-Language Books

Daniel Saldaña París, translated from the Spanish by Lizzie Davis | 06/10/2016 @ 05:00AM

Bolaño, Aira, and more.
Staff Pick: 'The Pocket-Size God' by Robert F Griffin

Seth Satterlee | 06/03/2016 @ 11:05AM

Reviews editor Seth Satterlee recommends 'The Pocket-Size God' by Robert F Griffin, a collection of columns from the Notre Dame cleric between 1972 and 1994.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 6, 2016

| 06/03/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: new Stephen King, the hatred of poetry, and the definitive Diane Arbus biography.
8 Novels on Women in the Wild

By Alexis M. Smith | 06/03/2016 @ 05:00AM

Margaret Atwood, Marilynne Robinson, and more.
Staff Pick: 'Central Station' by Lavie Tidhar

Carolyn Juris | 05/27/2016 @ 10:50AM

Features editor Carolyn Juris recommends 'Central Station' by Lavie Tidhar, a set of linked short stories in a post-singularity world.

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