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PW Picks: Books of the Week, March 16, 2015
This week: Ayn Rand's connection to the 2008 financial collapse, America's youngest serial killer, and a modern retelling of "Madame Bovary."
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, March 9, 2015
This week: Erik Larson's account of the 'Lusitania,' and a coming-of-age novel about a girl...who's also a cannibal.
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The Fall of Language in the Age of English
The fate of national languages when English has become the world’s dominant “universal” language.
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Staff Pick: ‘The Smell of Other People’s Houses’ by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Associate children's books editor Natasha Gilmore recommends ‘The Smell of Other People’s Houses’ by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock; set in the Fairbanks of the 1970s, the 'masterful novel' follows the lives of four very different teens.
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Who’s the Greatest Unreliable Narrator in Literature?
Jeremy M. Davies and Colin Winnette debate and settle it once and for all (maybe).
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, March 2, 2015
This week: new Kazuo Ishiguro, and the controversial "The Bunker Diary."
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Why James Baldwin's FBI File Was 1,884 Pages
The weird, secret world of FBI files as literary criticism.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, February 23, 2015
This week: Umberto Eco tells you how to write a thesis.
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10 Best Historical Romance Novels
Beverly Jenkins picks her favorites.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, February 16, 2015
This week: an account of the scandal and obsession behind Monopoly, which many readers will find more entertaining than the game itself.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, February 9, 2015
This week: a superhero named Mann Man (who has the powers of Thomas Mann).
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The Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2015
The big books of the season.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, February 2, 2015
This week, a cult classic waiting to happen, God's bankers, and an early bid for best graphic novel of 2015.
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The 10 Most Anticipated Book Adaptations of 2015
Giant whales, "Paper Towns," and, of course, "50 Shades of Grey."
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The 10 Best Horror Books You've Never Read
Diamonds in the rough for fright fans.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, January 26, 2015
This week, an animal uprising, an argument over cheese, and cryptocurrency.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, January 19, 2015
This week: an unreliable narrator and her missing daughter, a crime novel that's like watching a slow-motion train wreck, and a biography of PTSD.
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The 10 Best Books Shorter Than 150 Pages
Lispector, Conrad, Wharton, and more.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, January 12, 2015
This week: the true story of murder in a 19th-century convent, plus "The Shining" meets "The Abyss."
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, January 5, 2015
This week: surviving the Rapture, a haunted possum, and a Kafkaesque thriller.