Rob Spillman reviews Rafael Yglesias's novel "Dr. Neruda's Cure For Evil".

James Marcus reviews Prince's album "Chaos and Disorder".

Phil Leggiere reviews Paul Berman's book "A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968".

Charles Taylor reviews Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters' book "Hit & Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood".

Elizabeth Pincus reviews James Lee Burke's crime novel "Cadillac Jukebox".

Stephanie Zacharek reviews Marly Swick's novel "Paper Wings".

David Futrelle reviews Stephen Fenichell's book "Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century".

The following highly subjective selections, which were released over the past year, reflect the preferences of a pianist who loves orchestras, welcomes new ideas about classics and always hunts for something offbeat. If you've never listened to classical music, any of these titles might draw you in -- there's no secret handshake. Go nuts.

Stephanie Zacharek reviews Jill Ciment's memoir "Half A Life".

Edward Neuert reviews Robert F. Jones' novel "Tie My Bones To Her Back".

James Marcus reviews Mary Morrissey's novel "A Lazy Eye".

Zev Borrow reviews De La Soul's fourth album "Stakes is High".

Megan Harlan reviews Carolyn Burke's biography "Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy".

Susan Shapiro reviews Keith Haring's book "Journals".

Paul Tullis reviews "Imagineering Atlanta" by Charles Rutheiser.

Dwight Garner reviews Jennifer Belle's "Going Down", Keith Haring's "Journals", and Charles Rutheiser's "Imagineering Atlanta".

Richard Gehr reviews Tom De Haven's book "Derby Dugan's Depression Funnies."

James Marcus reviews Walter Mosley's novel "A Little Yellow Dog".

Sharps and Flats is a daily music review.

Milo Miles reviews Theodore Gracyk's book "Rhythm and Noise: The Aesthetics of Rock".

A. Scott Cardwell reviews Susan Straight's fourth novel "The Gettin' Place".

Andrew Ross reviews "The World at Night" by Alan Furst.