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The 10 Best Books Shorter Than 150 Pages
Lispector, Conrad, Wharton, and more.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, January 12, 2015
This week: the true story of murder in a 19th-century convent, plus "The Shining" meets "The Abyss."
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, January 5, 2015
This week: surviving the Rapture, a haunted possum, and a Kafkaesque thriller.
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PW Staff: Our Favorite Books We Read in 2014
Staff favorites from the year in reading.
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The Power of Myth
"A myth runs in to fill the void."
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, December 8, 2014
This week, the masterpiece "The Wall," new Murakami, and "The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women."
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5 Tips for Writing a Memoir
Will Boast: "If fiction is the art of invention, memoir is the art of selection and arrangement."
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 24, 2014
This week: the final recollections of Charles Dickens, an eye-opening portrait of the South, and a punk rock memoir.
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How to Succeed at NaNoWriMo: Advice from Hugh Howey, Marissa Meyer, and Others
PW talked with a few authors whose published books originated in NaNoWriMo. Here's what it takes to succeed.
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5 Writing Tips: Lydia Millet
Pulitzer-finalist Lydia Millet shares her writing secrets.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 17, 2014
This week, the world's first digital weapon, and an ongoing investigation of men.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 10, 2014
This week, new Stephen King, the newest Nobel winner, and mapping the cosmos.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 3, 2014
This week: new Richard Ford, how music was captured, and classic children's books get gnarly.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 27, 2014
This week, Gaiman tackles Hansel and Gretel, plus more locked-room mysteries than you can shake a stick at.
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The 10 Best Ghost Stories
Lauren Oliver picks the creepiest and best.
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The 10 Best Mark Twain Books
"Huck Finn," "Tom Sawyer," and more.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 20, 2014
This week: the must read "Limonov," the crazy life of William Cushing, and the third of four titles in Stiefvater’s Raven Cycle.
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10 Best Detectives in Books
Holmes, Poirot, Marlowe, and more.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 13, 2014
This week, madness at the dawn of Hollywood, life in South Korea, and Kerry Howley's amazing "Thrown."
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5 Writing Tips: Jane Smiley
Writing tips from a Pulitzer winner.



