http://dir.salon.com/topics/books/?source=rss&aim=books en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST Smart, timely books articles and book reviews, from independent online magazine Salon. By Mikki Halpin Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/08/jd_salinger_and_the_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/08/jd_salinger_and_the_women/index.html?source=rss How we've all found a convenient way of avoiding the truth about his troubled past By Andrew Leonard Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2010/02/08/hank_paulson_on_the_brink/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2010/02/08/hank_paulson_on_the_brink/index.html?source=rss "On the Brink" gets panned for lack of insight. If you have stupid questions that need answering, try The Baffler By Laura Miller Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/02/07/immortal_life_of_henrietta_lacks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/02/07/immortal_life_of_henrietta_lacks/index.html?source=rss The true story of a woman whose enormous gift to science was shamefully repaid By Jed Lipinski Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/06/philip_hoare_the_whale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/06/philip_hoare_the_whale/index.html?source=rss A new book probes the romantic appeal -- and surprisingly kinky sex life -- of whales By Amy Benfer Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2010/02/05/ariel_gore_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2010/02/05/ariel_gore_interview/index.html?source=rss Author Ariel Gore talks about the subject everyone can disagree on -- women and happiness By Thomas Rogers Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/03/david_aaronovitch_conspiracy_theories/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/03/david_aaronovitch_conspiracy_theories/index.html?source=rss From 9/11 to the moon landing, how conspiracy theories have changed history -- and why we must fight back By Stephen Towey and Helen Cota Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/03/why_is_braille_dying_open2010/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/03/why_is_braille_dying_open2010/index.html?source=rss In an age of audiobooks, only 10 percent of blind kids learn it. But listening isn't the same as reading By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2010/02/02/atul_gawande_checklist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2010/02/02/atul_gawande_checklist/index.html?source=rss Talking medicine, checklists and alternative music with New Yorker staff writer and surgeon Atul Gawande By Laura Miller Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/02/01/macmillan_vs_amazon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/02/01/macmillan_vs_amazon/index.html?source=rss Amazon's behind-the-scenes battle with publishers shows how the iPad is already making its mark By Laura Miller Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/01/31/hypochondriacs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/01/31/hypochondriacs/index.html?source=rss Darwin, Warhol and Proust -- what history's greatest worrywarts got out of being "sick" By Thomas Rogers Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/30/greg_critzer_eternity_soup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/30/greg_critzer_eternity_soup/index.html?source=rss How our desperate desire to stop aging has created an industry fueled by questionable science and outright greed By Salon staff Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/28/catcher_in_the_rye_covers_slideshow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/28/catcher_in_the_rye_covers_slideshow/index.html?source=rss A slide show of the most memorable jackets for J.D. Salinger's best-known book By Laura Miller Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/01/28/salinger_obit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/01/28/salinger_obit/index.html?source=rss What the creator of Holden Caulfield taught a nation of readers and writers By Salon staff Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/28/howard_zinn_audio_introduction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/28/howard_zinn_audio_introduction/index.html?source=rss Zinn reads the introduction to his best-known book By Gabriel Winant Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/28/howard_zinn_obituary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/28/howard_zinn_obituary/index.html?source=rss His work taught us that history doesn't just belong to the powerful -- and that it's ours to shape By Laura Miller Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/01/26/book_trailers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/01/26/book_trailers/index.html?source=rss Why promoting books with movie-style trailers is a silly idea By Jed Lipinski Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/25/interview_terry_castle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/25/interview_terry_castle/index.html?source=rss Terry Castle discusses her sexually charged new memoir -- and why Susan Sontag stayed in the closet By Laura Miller Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/01/24/iou/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/01/24/iou/index.html?source=rss John Lanchester's new book is the most fun you'll ever have learning about worldwide economic collapse By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/23/chinamanda_adichie_chinua_achebe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/23/chinamanda_adichie_chinua_achebe/index.html?source=rss How Achebe's novels captured the soul of a continent -- and helped me discover my own history By Laura Miller Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/01/20/jane_austen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/01/20/jane_austen/index.html?source=rss Great novelist, chick-lit pioneer, vampire. Will the real Miss Austen please stand up? By Steven Axelrod Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/20/robert_parker_eulogy_open2010/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/01/20/robert_parker_eulogy_open2010/index.html?source=rss How the crime novelist taught me to stand up for myself and taught my son about the carnal pleasures of reading By Thomas Rogers Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2010/01/19/hidden_brain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2010/01/19/hidden_brain/index.html?source=rss The author of a new book talks about the brain's hidden impulses, and why you're more biased than you think