Topic: David Grossman

David Grossman talks about "To the End of the Land"

Grossman's own son was killed during 2006 fighting between Israel and Lebanon, a painful reality which gives his award-winning novel "To the End of the Land" an even deeper resonance.

NBCC award finalists: the best fiction of 2010

All those book critics – the ones who devour several books a week – what did they like best last year? Here's your chance to find out. The National Book Critics Circle Awards are sort of the Golden Globes of the book world – lower profile, perhaps, than the National Book Awards but very prestigious, nonetheless. The winners will be announced in March.

Reader recommendation: To the End of the Land

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

3 more 2010 novels that you don't want to miss

Two private investigators are forced to deal with the aftermath of a case that has haunted them for more than a decade, Herman Melville sets sail, and an Israeli mother goes for a very long walk in this month’s roundup of new fiction.

Best books of 2010: fiction

In 2010 Monitor reviewers critiqued hundreds of books. Here's a list of the 11 fiction titles they considered the most outstanding. To assist you with your holiday shopping, each title here has a link that allows you to purchase the book – even as you help to support The Christian Science Monitor

Bestselling books the week of 10/21/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of Oct. 14, 2010, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of Sept. 30, 2010, according to IndieBound*

In Egypt, a year-old controversy over book burning is sparked anew

Good ways to deliver bad news

Open talk, empathetic listening make staff cuts more than a cold exercise in cost saving.