A memoirist searches for the truth about a fatal shooting in 1960s Phoenix
By Laura Miller Nov 8, 2009
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Controversy about Publishers Weekly's year-end list has the Internet up in arms
By Laura Miller
November 5, 2009
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The author of "Ghost Story" and "Koko" talks about the fine art of literary terror
By Laura Miller
October 30, 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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Can a hundred Neil Gaiman-imitating twitterers produce anything worth reading?
By Laura Miller
October 22, 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 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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Stephen Kotkin's fascinating "Uncivil Society" presents a revisionist account of Communism's failure
By Laura Miller
October 14, 2009
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Meet the "vook," the latest "book of the future"
By Laura Miller
October 6, 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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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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At a time when Americans are wallowing in consumer debt, let's reconsider the joys of penny pinching
By Laura Miller
September 10, 2009
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Forget the latest from J.J. Abrams. The six-part miniseries "The Lost Room" is a cult hit waiting to happen
By Laura Miller
September 9, 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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A huge culture shock awaits Sterling Cooper. Here's a look at the "creative revolution" that hit the ad world
By Laura Miller
August 11, 2009
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Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link and other writers reimagine fairy tales from the villain's point of view
By Laura Miller
August 5, 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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Michelle Forbes was born to play this vampire drama's menacing Marianne
By Laura Miller
July 31, 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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Much of what we're taught has been twisted to suit someone's needs
By Laura Miller
July 9, 2009
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The spirit of the Vampire Slayer lives on in the kickass young heroines of urban fantasy fiction
By Laura Miller
June 23, 2009
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What is the deal with Western men's erotic obsession with the East?
By Laura Miller
June 16, 2009
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A Christian group hopes to set fire to library copies of Francesca Lia Block's novel about a gay boy coming of age.
By Laura Miller
June 16, 2009
Investigating his father's murder
Peter Straub on how to scare readers
Memo to grammar cops: Back off!
Crowdsourcing "Coraline"
Elizabeth Taylor: How to Be a Movie Star
Why the Berlin Wall fell
Do readers really want video-book hybrids?
The murder she didn't commit
America, the beautiful (America, the ugly)
Dan Brown swaps pseudohistory for pseudoscience
Can cheap be sexy?
The best sci-fi series you've never heard of
Critics' Picks: Magic for grown-ups
Will the swinging '60s crush our "Mad Men"?
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Pynchon lights up
Critics' Picks: "True Blood's" queen of chaos
Must read: "Glover's Mistake"
Why we say yes to drugs
History is bunk after all
A guide to vampire fiction with real bite
White male seeking sexy Asian women
A teen book burns at the stake
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