Books

Jonathan Safran Foer

Jonathan Safran Foer's beef with factory farms

The polarizing author and vegetarian discusses his new book, "Eating Animals," and the hefty cost of cheap food
Jessica Roy
Horror

Peter Straub on how to scare readers

The author of "Ghost Story" and "Koko" talks about the fine art of literary terror
Laura Miller
Recommended books

Memo to grammar cops: Back off!

A new book on the history of "proper" English says you're just stuck up
Laura Miller
Publishing News

A 10-best books list without women?

Controversy about Publishers Weekly's year-end list has the Internet up in arms
Laura Miller
Recommended books

Archaeologists behaving badly

Mystery and conspiracy plague a dig at the site of ancient Sparta in "The Hidden"
Laura Miller

More in Books

Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 00:00 PST

Obama's half brother recalls their abusive father

By WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press
Friday, Oct 23, 2009 15:24 PDT

"Chronic" overachiever: Interview with Jonathan Lethem

The writer talks about his new novel's ambivalent take on New York, and how cultural obsession can lead to madness Video
By Kerry Lauerman
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 17:23 PDT

Crowdsourcing "Coraline"

Can a hundred Neil Gaiman-imitating twitterers produce anything worth reading?
By Laura Miller
Monday, Oct 19, 2009 00:15 PDT

Elizabeth Taylor: How to Be a Movie Star

A new biography of the most beautiful woman in the world says her greatest talent lay in being famous
By Laura Miller
Friday, Oct 16, 2009 00:07 PDT

Richard Dawkins: God among atheists

The scientist talks about his guide to evolution, his own fame and why it's pointless to argue with creationists Video
By Thomas Rogers
Thursday, Oct 15, 2009 00:07 PDT

Edmund White comes out swinging

The gay literary lion talks about his juicy memoir, same-sex marriage -- and his beef with Gore Vidal Video
By Thomas Rogers
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 00:06 PDT

Why the Berlin Wall fell

Stephen Kotkin's fascinating "Uncivil Society" presents a revisionist account of Communism's failure
By Laura Miller
Tuesday, Oct 6, 2009 00:07 PDT

Do readers really want video-book hybrids?

Meet the "vook," the latest "book of the future"
By Laura Miller
Monday, Oct 5, 2009 00:07 PDT

The murder she didn't commit

A reformed alcoholic learns she's innocent of the crime that changed her life in "Blame"
By Laura Miller
Thursday, Sep 24, 2009 03:30 PDT

John Maynard Keynes: Don't call it a comeback

The legendary economist has been dead for 60 years but still managed to help us avoid a second Great Depression
By Andrew Leonard
Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 03:22 PDT

America, the beautiful (America, the ugly)

This masterly literary history from co-editor Greil Marcus does justice to our country's best and worst moments
By Laura Miller
Saturday, Sep 19, 2009 04:11 PDT

Is the Internet melting our brains?

No! The author of "A Better Pencil" explains why such hysterical hand-wringing is as old as communication itself
By Vincent Rossmeier
Tuesday, Sep 15, 2009 13:15 PDT

Dan Brown swaps pseudohistory for pseudoscience

With "The Lost Symbol," his "Da Vinci" follow-up, Brown spins a wild Freemason conspiracy -- then never solves it
By Laura Miller
Saturday, Sep 12, 2009 03:10 PDT

Glenn Beck is the future of literary fiction

A handful of right-wing bestsellers have recast mundane cultural dislocation into riveting epics of paranoia
By Steve Almond
Thursday, Sep 10, 2009 03:17 PDT

Can cheap be sexy?

At a time when Americans are wallowing in consumer debt, let's reconsider the joys of penny pinching
By Laura Miller
Thursday, Sep 3, 2009 03:20 PDT

The journalist, the murderer and the Adderall

Author Stephen Elliott talks about the grisly trial, and the prescription dependency, he could not shake
By Joe Coscarelli
Tuesday, Sep 1, 2009 03:32 PDT

People like Lorrie Moore are the only people here

The celebrated author's "A Gate at the Stairs" is aggressively clever, meticulously crafted -- and exhausting
By Stephanie Zacharek
Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 03:26 PDT

My best frenemy

Lucinda Rosenfeld talks about the dark side of female friendships and plants a stiletto in sisterhood clichés
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 03:25 PDT

Where the streets have no shame

Blog turned book, "The Sartorialist" finds beauty in passersby and strikes a blow against boring "celebrity style"
By Stephanie Zacharek
Friday, Aug 21, 2009 03:21 PDT

Binger turned food critic

Former New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni on his torturous lifelong relationship with food Video
By Kerry Lauerman
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009 03:19 PDT

The first Mafia don's reign of terror

Before there was Al Capone, there was Giuseppe Morelli. Author Mike Dash talks about his legacy -- and his violence
By Vincent Rossmeier
Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009 03:17 PDT

Will the swinging '60s crush our "Mad Men"?

A huge culture shock awaits Sterling Cooper. Here's a look at the "creative revolution" that hit the ad world
By Laura Miller
Monday, Aug 10, 2009 03:20 PDT

The beauty and terror of science

Romantic poets and scientists tapped the marvels of nature and sounded a clarion alarm that can transform us today
By Kevin Berger
Thursday, Aug 6, 2009 03:20 PDT

Sacrificial virgins of the Mississippi

Archaeologists are slowly unearthing the ghastly secrets of Cahokia, an ancient city under the American heartland
By Andrew O'Hehir
Wednesday, Aug 5, 2009 03:20 PDT

Prep school casualty

The author of young-adult memoir "Everything Sucks" talks about drugs, anorexia and why "Gossip Girl" gets it wrong
By Judy Berman