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PW Picks: Books of the Week, January 20, 2014

By Gabe Habash | 01/17/2014 @ 05:00AM

This week, the Rapture, an alien probe at the bottom of Lake Michigan, and Hitchcockian suspense at a museum.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, January 13, 2014

By Gabe Habash | 01/10/2014 @ 05:00AM

This week, the true story that inspired Herman Melville, a pizza hotline, and a soldier's exorcism. Plus: a new translation of "The Human Comedy."
The 9 Best Books That Don't Exist

By Gabe Habash | 01/08/2014 @ 01:00AM

The world would certainly be a better place if they did exist (except #4 and probably #1).
PW Picks: Books of the Week, January 6, 2014

By Gabe Habash | 01/03/2014 @ 05:00AM

This week, 2014 gets a strong start with Chang-Rae Lee, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Gary Shteyngart. Plus: a book on a life spent reading.
The Crossword Puzzle Turns 100

By Michelle Arnot | 12/20/2013 @ 09:00AM

Do the world's first ever crossword puzzle!
5 Things You Didn't Know About Milk

By Kendra Smith-Howard | 12/19/2013 @ 05:00AM

The strange, the technological, and the cultural history of milk.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, December 9, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 12/06/2013 @ 05:00AM

This week, new Dean Koontz, the particle that holds the secrets of the universe, and a mystery with a truly unnerving ending.
5 Reasons Why Plato and Aristotle Still Matter Today

By Arthur Herman | 12/06/2013 @ 05:00AM

Are you an Aristotelian or a Platonist? The answer says more than you think.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, December 2, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 11/29/2013 @ 05:00AM

This week, a must-have anthology of one of literature's great characters, new Michael Connelly, and a doomed Arctic expedition. Plus: a man who's life goal is to bite his own elbow.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 25, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 11/22/2013 @ 05:00AM

This week, Tolstoy, a supernatural treasure hunt, and a book that sold two million copies in South Korea.
5 Writing Tips: Paul Harding

By Paul Harding | 11/22/2013 @ 05:00AM

Pay attention: Pulitzer winners don't share their secrets every day.
10 Books That Wouldn't Exist Without Flann O'Brien

By Neil Murphy and Keith Hopper | 11/15/2013 @ 05:00AM

Including Borges, Calvino, and Banville.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 18, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 11/15/2013 @ 05:00AM

This week, a miraculous memoir of survival, a novel about working class families impacted by war, and the science of football.
The Secret Life of Jonathan Swift

By Leo Damrosch | 11/08/2013 @ 05:00AM

The word "coffee" was code for something a bit dirtier in Swift's letters.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 11, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 11/08/2013 @ 05:00AM

This week, a Japanese retelling of Wuthering Heights, a history of the world in 12 maps, and Michael Jackson as a white girl. Plus: would FDR have become president had he not contracted polio?
PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 4, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 11/01/2013 @ 05:00AM

This week, a fascinating book about milk, a page-turning Victorian thriller from Charles Palliser, and Amy Tan's newest. Plus: why Druids are underrated.
Big Holiday Gift Books

By James H. Miller | 10/25/2013 @ 07:00PM

A guide for all tastes this season.
PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 28, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 10/25/2013 @ 05:00AM

This week, one of the best novels of 2013, the life of Johnny Cash, and the history of America in 101 objects.
The 10 Best Short Story Collections

By Carolyn Cooke | 10/25/2013 @ 05:00AM

Kafka, Munro, Tolstoy. Who else made the list?
PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 21, 2013

By Gabe Habash | 10/18/2013 @ 05:00AM

This week, Donna Tartt, Dan Simmons, and Bush and Cheney in the White House. Plus: Philip Roth analyzed.

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