A new book says: Fiction is dead, long live the age of autobiography
By Laura Miller Nov 15, 2009
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A memoirist searches for the truth about a fatal shooting in 1960s Phoenix
By Laura Miller
November 8, 2009
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A new book on the history of "proper" English says you're just stuck up
By Laura Miller
October 25, 2009
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A new biography of the most beautiful woman in the world says her greatest talent lay in being famous
By Laura Miller
October 19, 2009
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A reformed alcoholic learns she's innocent of the crime that changed her life in "Blame"
By Laura Miller
October 5, 2009
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Mystery and conspiracy plague a dig at the site of ancient Sparta in "The Hidden"
By Laura Miller
November 1, 2009
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A gripping new account captures the October Revolution's great intellectual facing doom (and feeding bunnies)
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 1, 2009
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This masterly literary history from co-editor Greil Marcus does justice to our country's best and worst moments
By Laura Miller
September 22, 2009
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With "The Lost Symbol," his "Da Vinci" follow-up, Brown spins a wild Freemason conspiracy -- then never solves it
By Laura Miller
September 15, 2009
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The celebrated author's "A Gate at the Stairs" is aggressively clever, meticulously crafted -- and exhausting
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 1, 2009
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Blog turned book, "The Sartorialist" finds beauty in passersby and strikes a blow against boring "celebrity style"
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 25, 2009
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"The Magicians" is a ravishing adult novel that shines a new light on the fantasy tales we read as kids
By Laura Miller
August 12, 2009
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Romantic poets and scientists tapped the marvels of nature and sounded a clarion alarm that can transform us today
By Kevin Berger
August 10, 2009
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An eye-opening collection of essays revisits the legendary campaign-trail moment
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 10, 2009
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Archaeologists are slowly unearthing the ghastly secrets of Cahokia, an ancient city under the American heartland
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 6, 2009
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The famed author is back with a tale of drugs, hippies and paranoia -- and you don't need a decoder ring to read it
By Laura Miller
July 31, 2009
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From "Harriet the Spy" to "A Wrinkle in Time," girl-centric novels of the past come to life in "Shelf Discovery"
By Joy Press
July 28, 2009
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A lovelorn schoolteacher uses the Internet to exact his romantic revenge in Nick Laird's chilling tale
By Laura Miller
July 23, 2009
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Resistance to mind-altering substances is futile, according to a new "Secret History of Getting High in America"
By Laura Miller
July 20, 2009
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Everyone loves a bargain, but a new book illuminates the dangers of cheap stuff
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 12, 2009
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Much of what we're taught has been twisted to suit someone's needs
By Laura Miller
July 9, 2009
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A controversial new history of Communism suggests that most everything we think we know about it is wrong
By Andrew O'Hehir
July 3, 2009