'Salinger,' a biography of the reclusive author, by David Shields and Shane Salerno
The Bad and the Beautiful
Amy Tan's 'The Valley of Amazement,' on a courtesan's life
Havisham by Ronald Frame
'The Silkworm,' by Robert Galbraith a.k.a. J.K. Rowling
Book World: 'Empire of Mud,' by J.D. Dickey
James Gavin's 'Is That All There Is?' reveals a talented but tormented Peggy Lee
The B-Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song
Gore Vidal's 'Thieves Fall Out,' Where Pulp Fiction and Hard Reality Met
'It Starts With Trouble,' by Clark Davis
Stephen Witt's 'How Music Got Free' explains just that
'The King and Queen of Malibu,' a History of Paradise
A refugee in Israel seeks his own kind of justice in the masterful 'City of Secrets'
Clive James as Latecomer, Finding Succor in Reruns
Laurie Halse Anderson Brings Her Revolutionary War Trilogy to a Close
Paulo Coelho's 'Spy' uncovers the life of Mata Hari
In Julia Glass's new novel, a famous children's author leaves a mess in his wake
It's Christmas. Let the murder begin.
Examining the broad reach of depression
