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Edward M. Kennedy, True Compa…
The late Sen. Kennedy commits his vastly lived life to paper in an honest… more »
Janet Evanovich, One for the …
Like Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Milhone, Janet Evanovich’s Stephani… more »
Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the S…
Lorrie Moore’s first novel in more than a decade finds her lacing h… more »
John Kennedy Toole, A Confede…
Simply put: among the funniest books ever written An obese, flatulent 30 … more »
Michael Connelly, The Scarecr…
The epitome of the contemporary thriller, Michael Connelly’s 20th b… more »
Ellen Ruppel Shell, Cheap…
How low, low prices destroyed the middle class There may be no such thing… more »
Jane Mayer, The Dark Side…
How the Bush Administration created new laws to fight a new kind of war H… more »
Vince Flynn, Separation of Po…
The third in a series of political thrillers starring CIA counterterroris… more »
Patricia Cornwell, The Body F…
Dr. Kay Scarpetta is a chief medical examiner and a loner with a knack fo… more »
The Armchair Traveler’s…
Though there’s no substitute for the travel experience, reading abo… more »
Peter Rock, My Abandonment…
A compelling tale of a deeply strange family forever on the run In this s… more »
Nancy Garden, Annie on My Min…
The first YA novel to address homosexuality in honest terms This groundbr… more »
Sue Grafton, A Is for Alibi…
The first in Sue Grafton’s long-running alphabetically titled detec… more »
Young Adult Books Adults Will…
Sure, your dog-eared Sweet Valley Highs were thrilling in middle school, … more »
M.T. Anderson, The Astonishin…
A riveting thriller that also explores profound philosophical questions. … more »
Interview: Frank Portman
Tom Henderson finds a certain irony in the fact that Catcher in the Rye … more »
Eric Idle, Monty Python…
The ideal initiation into the cult of Monty Python — dead parrots, … more »
Mary Gaitskill, Veronica…
A masterful, meditative novel about beauty, youth and regret. In this mas… more »
Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak…
An eloquent, incisive meditation on an outcast teen. Anderson perfectly c… more »
Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl…
High school hell recast in a charming, affecting allegory. Rather than re… more »
Angela Johnson, The First Par…
A young teenage couple deals with unexpected pregnancy in this warm and l… more »
Madeleine L’Engle, A Wr…
An important touchstone for fantasy readers and writers A book that actua… more »
Frank Portman, King Dork…
The clever debut novel by the founder of the punk-pop band Mr. T Experien… more »

