http://dir.salon.com/topics/books/?source=rss&aim=books en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST Smart, timely books articles and book reviews, from independent online magazine Salon. By Jessica Roy Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/11/06/jonathan_safran_foer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/11/06/jonathan_safran_foer/index.html?source=rss The polarizing author and vegetarian discusses his new book, "Eating Animals," and the hefty cost of cheap food By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/05/pw_10_best/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/05/pw_10_best/index.html?source=rss Controversy about Publishers Weekly's year-end list has the Internet up in arms By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/30/straub_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/30/straub_interview/index.html?source=rss The author of "Ghost Story" and "Koko" talks about the fine art of literary terror By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/10/25/lexicographers_dilemma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/10/25/lexicographers_dilemma/index.html?source=rss A new book on the history of "proper" English says you're just stuck up By Kerry Lauerman Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/10/23/lethem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/10/23/lethem/index.html?source=rss The writer talks about his new novel's ambivalent take on New York, and how cultural obsession can lead to madness By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/01/the_hidden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/01/the_hidden/index.html?source=rss Mystery and conspiracy plague a dig at the site of ancient Sparta in "The Hidden" By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/22/twitter_story/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/22/twitter_story/index.html?source=rss Can a hundred Neil Gaiman-imitating twitterers produce anything worth reading? By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/10/19/elizabeth_taylor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/10/19/elizabeth_taylor/index.html?source=rss A new biography of the most beautiful woman in the world says her greatest talent lay in being famous By Thomas Rogers Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/10/16/richard_dawkins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/10/16/richard_dawkins/index.html?source=rss The scientist talks about his guide to evolution, his own fame and why it's pointless to argue with creationists By Thomas Rogers Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/10/15/edmund_white_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/10/15/edmund_white_interview/index.html?source=rss The gay literary lion talks about his juicy memoir, same-sex marriage -- and his beef with Gore Vidal By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/14/uncivil_society/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/14/uncivil_society/index.html?source=rss Stephen Kotkin's fascinating "Uncivil Society" presents a revisionist account of Communism's failure By Amy Benfer Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/08/herta_muller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/08/herta_muller/index.html?source=rss Meet Herta Mueller, the best German writer you've never heard of ... until now By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/06/vooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/06/vooks/index.html?source=rss Meet the "vook," the latest "book of the future" By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/10/05/blame/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/10/05/blame/index.html?source=rss A reformed alcoholic learns she's innocent of the crime that changed her life in "Blame" By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/01/trotsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/01/trotsky/index.html?source=rss A gripping new account captures the October Revolution's great intellectual facing doom (and feeding bunnies) By Andrew Leonard Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/24/keynes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/24/keynes/index.html?source=rss The legendary economist has been dead for 60 years but still managed to help us avoid a second Great Depression By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/22/literary_history/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/22/literary_history/index.html?source=rss This masterly literary history from co-editor Greil Marcus does justice to our country's best and worst moments By Vincent Rossmeier Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/09/19/better_pencil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/09/19/better_pencil/index.html?source=rss No! The author of "A Better Pencil" explains why such hysterical hand-wringing is as old as communication itself By Lynn Harris Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/18/nurtureshock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/18/nurtureshock/index.html?source=rss "NurtureShock" says too much praise is bad, teen lying is normal and baby-genius toys could make your kids dumber By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/16/frankly_my_dear/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/16/frankly_my_dear/index.html?source=rss A new book illuminates why "Gone With the Wind" endures, on the page and on film By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/15/dan_brown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/15/dan_brown/index.html?source=rss With "The Lost Symbol," his "Da Vinci" follow-up, Brown spins a wild Freemason conspiracy -- then never solves it By Steve Almond Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/12/rightwing_bestsellers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/12/rightwing_bestsellers/index.html?source=rss A handful of right-wing bestsellers have recast mundane cultural dislocation into riveting epics of paranoia By Tommy Wallach Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/11/gourmet_rhapsody/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/11/gourmet_rhapsody/index.html?source=rss Muriel Barbery's follow-up to "Hedgehog" makes for a delicious meal: One part novel, one part foodie fantasia By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/10/cheap_miller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/10/cheap_miller/index.html?source=rss At a time when Americans are wallowing in consumer debt, let's reconsider the joys of penny pinching