Topic: A.S. Byatt

10 novels to watch for in 2012

Here are 10 must-read novels coming at you in early 2012.

"Cloud Atlas" gets an A-list cast

The well-received but challenging novel "Cloud Atlas" has actors Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, and Hugh Grant lined up to star in its film adaptation, due to be released next fall.

Reader recommendation: The Blindness of the Heart

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

Bestselling books the week of 8/26/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Is today's fiction irrelevant?

The blogosphere debates: Are today's novels merely clever where they should be deep?

Are readers of fiction few in numbers these days?

Recent reader surveys suggest that few of today's readers of the Monitor's print version are interested in fiction.

Best books of 2009: fiction

What we here at the Monitor liked best in 2009.

No women in PW's top 10 best books of 2009?

The Pattern in the Carpet

Margaret Drabble’s memoir takes a powerful, disquieting look at the ways we attempt to stave off depression.

Bestselling hardcover books, according to IndieBound*

The Children's Book

In her best novel since “Possession,” A.S. Byatt spins a tale from details of the life of children’s book author Edith Nesbit.

The bets are on for the 2009 Nobel prize for literature

Classic book review: Possession

A.S. Byatt's stunning novel about books and their readers.

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

This debut novel blends the history of the Salem witch trials with the tale of a 1991 Harvard student who makes some surprising discoveries about her family’s past.

The most anticipated books of 2009

Classic book review: Possession

This improbably buoyant novel combines Shakespearean romance, suspense, satire, and a pastiche of styles.

Can't women write 'large'?

When Robert Frost met Khrushchev

This genre-bending bio-novel views Frost’s life through the lens of his last year and his 1962 trip to Russia.

When Robert Frost met Khrushchev

This genre-bending bio-novel considers Frost's life through the lens of his last year and his 1962 trip to Russia.