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  • Writers we love: Tim Cahill

    As adventurous stylistically as physically, this writer-explorer takes us places we've never dared to go.
  • What children know

    The editor of the Threepenny Review selects her five favorite novels about childhood.
  • Writers we love: Jan Morris

    This Welsh writer creates masterful, idiosyncratic illuminations of the world
  • Smart and sexy

    The author of "Fear of Flying" selects six novels for those who believe that the brain is the most important erogenous zone.
  • Celebrating the Grand Canyon

    A new anthology helps a visitor appreciate the vast complexities of one of Earth's most spectacular sights.
  • "This is it!"

    The author of "The Blue Flower" picks five novels that rocked her world.
  • Back to the '50s

    Five favorite novels from a decade that was wilder than you think.
  • The wild side

    The author of "The Hours" picks five books from the edge that belong in the center.
  • Unrequired reading

    Publishing jobs turn the pleasure of reading into a chore. Here's what editors read in their fantasies.
  • The art of survival and other stories

    Two new books offer tips and tales from the wild wide world.
  • Peerless

    The author of "Oscar and Lucinda" picks five very original works of fiction
  • The grace of danger in our lives

    A new anthology presents a heart-pumping array of survivors' tales.
  • My private Riviera

    "Tender Is the Night" transports me to my own version of the French Côte d'Azur.
  • Hard boiled

    Five great noir novels from the post-Chandler generations.
  • More best books of the century

    Readers recommend their favorite works of travel fiction and nonfiction.
  • Other pasts, other places

    The author of "Possession" recommends five unforgettable historical novels.
  • Heart of darkness

    An accomplished writer journeys deep into the twisted plight of the orangutans of Borneo -- and the humans who would save them.
  • Tough lessons

    An interview with firebrand educator Esmi Raji Codell.
  • Navel-gazing raised to an art

    Five great contemporary books about self-consciousness.
  • Favorite guidebooks old and new

    A selective sampling of the gleaming books that beckon summer travelers.
  • Editor's pick

    Michael Korda, editor of Jacqueline Susann and Tennessee Williams, picks his five favorite novels of the past 40 years.
  • Entangled

    Reading "Charlotte's Web" with the clarity of an adult inspires tears, smiles and tenderness.
  • Call me Ishmael, dammit!

    New research shows we can internalize fiction.
  • Paris on my mind

    Why Ernest Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast" is great literary comfort food.
  • The top travel books

    What are the best travel books of the century? The readers respond.
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