Complete book coverage for Nov. 22, 2009
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The reasons why one writer’s self-explorations take fictional form.
Nov. 22, 2009
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Interested in more than what the U.S. children’s market has to offer? Here are new imports from British, Dutch and French authors.
Nov. 22, 2009
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The Nobel Prize-winning author and self-proclaimed ‘Istanbul boy,’ feels a familiar bond with Los Angeles’ old-fashioned urban scape.
Nov. 22, 2009
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Multiple levels of meaning and identity figure in the author’s new novel about a dying man remembering his student days.
Nov. 22, 2009
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The New Yorker writer’s sense of curiosity burns bright in this collection of essays.
Nov. 22, 2009
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The story of Freud’s early collaboration with an older colleague and how it led to the invention of psychoanalysis.
Nov. 22, 2009
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The author’s daunting task -- to dissect this universal constant -- is too far ranging and hobbled by a topic that’s difficult to define.
Nov. 22, 2009
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The immigrant experience in contemporary America.
Nov. 22, 2009
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Plus: ‘On Thin Ice’ by Richard Ellis and ‘Little Fingers’ by Filip Florian
Nov. 22, 2009
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Fiction Weeks on list1.The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam: $24.95) The lives of a maid, a cook and a college graduate become intertwined as they change a Mississippi town. 24 2.The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper: $26.99) A writer’s escapades encompassing 1930s Mexican artist communities and Cold War America. 1 3.Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel ( Henry Holt: $27) The rise of Henry VIII’s advisor Thomas Cromwell.2 4.Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown : $27.99) An LAPD detective travels to Hong Kong to solve the murder of a Chinese immigrant. 55.The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (Doubleday: $25.99) Harvard professor Robert Langdon uses his symbology skills to find a missing Freemason in Washington, D.C. 96.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $13.95) Greg desires to spend summer vacation indoors despite his mother’s wishes for outdoor family fun.57.Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving (Random House: $28) A father and son on the run in 1950s Northeast logging communities. 28.The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor: $29.99) Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, attempts to unite kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. 39.Ford County by John Grisham (Doubleday: $24) A collection of short stories set in the same locale as “A Time to Kill.”1 10.Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby (Riverhead: $25.95) A woman acquaints herself with the songwriter whose album caused the breakup of her recent relationship. 5 11.Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn (Atria: $27.99) Two counterterrorism operatives deal with the fallout from a deadly terrorist attack. 5 12.Blood’s a Rover by James Ellroy (Knopf : $28.95) A bank heist sets off an escapade through ‘60s L.A. with run-ins with the mob, the FBI and Howard Hughes. 7 13.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules by Jeff Kinney (Amulet : $12.95) Greg navigates middle school while trying to keep his brother from revealing a secret.2 14.The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk (Knopf: $28.95) An Istanbul bourgeois pursues a shopgirl, collecting objects associated with her. 1 15.The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (Knopf: $25.95) A hacker implicated in two murders must revisit her past to prove her innocence. 13Nonfiction 1.What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown: $27.99) A collection of the author’s writings of everyday and extraordinary people. 3 2.SuperFreakonomics by Steven D.
Nov. 22, 2009
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Fiction 1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson ($14.95) 2.
Nov. 22, 2009
