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Inside Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson’s Epic Literary Feud

By Alex Beam | 12/02/2016 @ 05:00AM

How bad sex writing and professional jealousy soured Nabokov and Wilson’s literary bromance.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, December 5, 2016

| 12/02/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: inside the 'alien' brain of an octopus, and Siri Hustvedt's thought-provoking 'A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women.'
Staff Pick: 'The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down' by Haemin Sunim

by Emma Koonse | 11/18/2016 @ 11:07AM

Religion editor Emma Koonse recommends 'The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down' by Haemin Sunim, which combines philosophy with spiritual insight to address political differences and anger.
The Coolest Book of the Year is 'Moebius Library: The World of Edena'

By Mike Richardson | 11/18/2016 @ 05:00AM

A look inside this spectacular book from the legendary cartoonist.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 21, 2016

| 11/18/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: new novels from Paulo Coelho and Michael Chabon.
Staff Pick: 'My Marriage' by Jakob Wassermann

by Sebastian Boensch | 11/11/2016 @ 10:39AM

Copyeditor Sebastian Boensch recommends Jakob Wassermann's 'My Marriage,' a novel with a thin fictional facade over the story of Wassermann's marriage, finished but not published before his death in 1934.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 14, 2016

| 11/11/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: new books from Haruki Murakami and Zadie Smith.
The 10 Best Kurt Vonnegut Books

By Marc Leeds | 11/11/2016 @ 05:00AM

"Slaughterhouse-Five," "Breakfast of Champions," and more.
Staff Pick: 'Love Hurts' by Lodro Rinzler

by Seth Satterlee | 11/04/2016 @ 11:12AM

Reviews editor Seth Satterlee recommends 'Love Hurts' by Lodro Rinzler, a hilarious and touching Buddhist guide to dealing with life's ups-and-downs.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 7, 2016

| 11/04/2016 @ 10:00AM

This week: an epic whodunit that spans decades, and the true story of the American forgers who nearly broke the Bank of England.
5 Writing Tips: T.C. Boyle

By T.C. Boyle | 11/04/2016 @ 09:40AM

Including music and death.
Staff Pick: 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' by Marine Tasso and Thomas Baas

by Matia Burnett | 10/28/2016 @ 11:00AM

Children's assistant editor Matia Burnett recommends 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' by Marine Tasso and Thomas Bass, an adaptation and look into the dark history of the classic tale originally popularized by the Brothers Grimm.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 31, 2016

| 10/28/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: a brilliant espionage novel, and a look at the emotional turmoil veterans endure upon returning home from war.
Staff Pick: 'Occult Paris' by Tobias Churton

by Seth Satterlee | 10/21/2016 @ 11:11AM

Reviews editor Seth Satterlee recommends 'Occult Paris' by Tobias Churton, the history of an unjustly forgotten side of European art history.
10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Oscar Wilde

By Emer O'Sullivan | 10/21/2016 @ 05:00AM

Inside Wilde's scandalous court case and his tumultuous family life.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 24, 2016

| 10/21/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: Marina Abramovic's remarkable memoir, plus Nick Cave's tour diary.
Staff Pick: 'I Contain Multitudes' by Ed Yong

By Alex Crowley | 10/14/2016 @ 10:00AM

Reviews editor Alex Crowley recommends 'I Contain Multitudes' by Ed Yong, a fascinating 'biography' of the microbiome, the nearly invisible world of viruses and bacteria, of archaea and protists.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 17, 2016

| 10/14/2016 @ 05:00AM

This week: the Man Booker—shortlisted novel "His Bloody Project," plus an escape under the Berlin Wall.
Is Social Media Toxic to Writing?

By Rebecca Kauffman | 10/14/2016 @ 05:00AM

What happens when an author won't join social media?
Staff Pick: 'Going to the Dogs' by Erich Kastner

By Louisa Ermelino | 10/07/2016 @ 10:25AM

Reviews director Louisa Ermelino recommends 'Going to the Dogs' by Erich Kastner, a novel originally published in 1931, about an overeducated and underemployed young man bemoaning the advance of technology in Berlin.

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