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The Night Sartre Became Famous

By Ronald Aronson | 05/31/2013 @ 12:00AM

Despite police, heat, and fainting spells, Jean-Paul Sartre delivered a lecture on October 29, 1945 that changed the rest of his life.
PW Picks: The Best New Books for the Week of May 27, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 05/24/2013 @ 05:00AM

This week, Richard Scarry for grown-ups, the tireless work of translators, and the final novel from a Nobel laureate. Plus: talking with the last survivors of WWI.
The World's Most Famous Literary Pub...Almost

By Pete Brown | 05/24/2013 @ 05:00AM

How Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Dickens (almost) made the George Inn the planet's most famous literary drinking hole.
PW Picks: The Best New Books for the Week of May 20, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 05/17/2013 @ 05:00AM

This week, waking up in an asylum, the randy side of WWII, and an electrifying, true plane crash story. Plus: Khaled Hosseini's latest.
How the World's Most Difficult Code Was Cracked

By Margalit Fox | 05/17/2013 @ 12:00AM

Meet Linear B. Think you can solve it?
The 10 Worst Mothers in Books

By Jennifer Gilmore | 05/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

In honor of Mother's Day, Jennifer Gilmore picks the worst mothers you'll find in literature.
PW Picks: The Best New Books for the Week of May 13, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 05/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

This week, a near masterpiece of a novel, strong short story collections, and engrossing histories. Plus: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's latest.
PW Picks: The Best New Books for the Week of May 6, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 05/03/2013 @ 12:00AM

This week, dismantling psychiatry, gaming in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and a "mojo bag." Plus: this year's biggest book about werewolves.
How To Be a Grown-Up in 10 Steps

By Kelly Williams Brown | 05/03/2013 @ 12:00AM

10 easy steps to get you started on being a successful adult.
10 Things You Didn't Know About Yellowstone

By W. Andrew Marcus, James E. Meacham, Ann W. Rodman, and Alethea Y. Steingisser | 05/03/2013 @ 12:00AM

The country's best national park has some amazing and little-known facts.
Anthony Marra on Writing the Only Novel on the Chechen Wars

By Martha Schulman | 05/02/2013 @ 12:00AM

The author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena talks about the inspiration for his novel.
How Becoming a Librarian Saved Me

By Josh Hanagarne | 04/26/2013 @ 12:00AM

Josh Hanagarne, author of the quirky new memoir The World's Strongest Librarian, talks about the importance of working in a library.
How H.P. Lovecraft Was Made Into a Graphic Novel

By I.N.J. Culbard | 04/26/2013 @ 12:00AM

The story behind one of Lovecraft's great stories, "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward."
PW Picks: The Best New Books for the Week of April 29, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 04/26/2013 @ 12:00AM

This week, Frank Bidart's latest, Eve Ensler gets personal, and the biological roots of crime. Plus: a memoir by Edna O'Brien.
10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Willa Cather

By Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout | 04/19/2013 @ 12:00AM

The Selected Letters of Willa Cather, despite the author's wish for her correspondence to remain unpublished, finally sees the light of day this month. The editors of the book, Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout, take us inside the private life of a great American writer.
Books I Love: Edith Grossman

By Edith Grossman | 04/19/2013 @ 12:00AM

One of the world's most renowned translators shares her favorite books.
PW Picks: The Best New Books for the Week of April 22, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 04/19/2013 @ 12:00AM

This week, Michael Pollan's latest, Mo Willems's latest, and a white-knuckle WWII true story. Plus: why time is "the heart of nature."
PW Picks: The Best New Books for the Week of April 15, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 04/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

This week, a mischievous book about a crumbling mansion, 100 years done in 100 pages, and the truth about dinosaurs. Plus: the best book about Rhode Island...ever?
The American Cult: A History

By Peggy Riley | 04/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

Peggy Riley's debut novel Amity & Sorrow is a fierce but compassionate look at nature vs. nurture through the lens of a polygamous cult. Riley, who took inspiration from a photograph of a burning wooden church, walks us through the history of the American cult.
The 10 Best Book Endings

By Jessica Soffer | 04/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

Hemingway, Woolf, Márquez. What other authors gave us unforgettable endings?

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