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  • Updike in love

    The author of "Rabbit, Run" picks the five greatest novels about romance.
  • The top 10 travel books of the century

    The Modern Library's nonfiction list egregiously ignores travel literature. We redress the oversight.
  • In the shadow of the screen

    Pauline Kael picks five favorite novels that have something to do with the movies.
  • Pushing the envelope

    "In Search of Adventure," a new anthology, is like any trip: A mix of sleepless nights and epiphanies.
  • True Gore

    Gore Vidal picks five favorite postwar novels, including one by ... Gore Vidal.
  • Passion and possibility

    Laurie Gough's "Kite Strings of the Southern Cross" poignantly depicts the pleasures and perils of wanderlust.
  • In play

    A legendary newspaperman picks five sports novels that really hit home.
  • Wanderings in the world of imagination

    The surreal tales in Barry Yourgrau's "Haunted Traveller" embody some hard-won real-world truths.
  • "Carpet" and other tales

    A magic carpet in a hotel room, a safari gone astray, a mysterious mission, a map mishap -- four excerpts take unexpected twists.
  • World English

    The author of "Gain" and "The Gold Bug Variations" picks five novels from the edge of a new language.
  • Expatriates on Japan

    In his new book, T.R. Reid follows a grand tradition: Western writers evoking and explaining daily life in their adopted home.
  • L.A. stories

    The author of "The Sea Came in at Midnight" recommends five great contemporary novels about Los Angeles.
  • Frances Mayes and the riches of Tuscany

    The poet-turned-memoirist talks about Italy, writing and how a bestseller changed her life.
  • Overlooked

    Five direly underappreciated U.S. novels >1960.
  • Lonely Planet's hidden passion

    Guidebook pioneer publishes Eric Newby collection, prepares to launch three new series.
  • Short list

    The author of "Bad Behavior" picks her five favorite short stories.
  • Better _ead than _uck

    New ABC books are breathing life into an old genre by making letters vanish, get lost and pop up in unexpected places.
  • Censorship and sensibility

    I used to tell my daughter she could read anything she wanted -- until she took me up on the offer.
  • The man who loved books in Turkey

    For Lisa Michaels, an encounter with a book-starved shopkeeper in Turkey provides a new perspective on literary packing.
  • Mothers who read

    Reading is the one thing worth staying up all night for -- but only if you find the right book.
  • Time for one thing: Time for the Times

    An ode to relaxing with the Sunday New York Times
  • Christmas Books

    The naughty, the nice and the nauseating. Snowed in by the spawn of The Christmas Box.
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