Topic: Edith Wharton

Bestselling books the week of 4/5/12, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

The Deep Blue Sea: movie review

A director’s touch and precision acting give life to 'The Deep Blue Sea.'

2011 fiction quiz: Can you recognize the opening line?

Can you match the opening lines to the titles of the best novels of 2011?

4 excellent adventure books for young readers

4 excellent adventures for young readers

5 classic novels that beautifully explore the dark side of life in New York City

The city that never sleeps may hide behind the logo of a shiny Big Apple, but for some life in New York is as spikey and lethal as a ball of nails. Here are 5 classic novels that wonderfully reveal both the dark and the light in the experiences of New Yorkers throughout the decades.

A Voice from Old New York

Louis Auchincloss shares glimpses of his remarkable life – both as a writer and a highly privileged New Yorker.

Summer reading gets plug from US officials to keep kids sharp

The ‘Let’s Read. Let’s Move’ campaign is designed to combat the learning loss that can occur during the summer. Two cabinet secretaries touted summer reading at an event in Washington Wednesday.

Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Harding: It's like being hit by a 'tidal wave'

The 5/4/10 Monitor books podcast includes an interview with Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Tinkers."

Louis Auchincloss: "Last of the Old Guard"

Prolific writer and close class observer Louis Auchincloss dies at the age of 92.

Desperately seeking Austen

Classic review: The Blind Assassin

Margaret Atwood's "The Blind Assassin" is a killer novel, all right, but it can see exactly where it's going.

Last of the Old Guard

Louis Auchincloss’s 65th novel finds relevance in Wall Street attorneys of a bygone era.

Keeping up with the Jameses

A 'House of Wits' that dazzled even as it disappointed.

Do granite countertops mask our emptiness?

My hunch is that we're fixated on perfecting our home interiors because we don't want to work on ourselves.

Literary landmarks you've always wanted to see