Topic: Ian McEwan
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3 good new coming-of-age novels
From a 20th-century Jane Eyre to a Pakistani-American immigrant, three protagonists grow up and learn about life.
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Bestselling books the week of 3/24/11, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of March 17, 2011, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Barnes & Noble refuses to sell Amazon-published books
In the latest salvo in the war between the book giants, Barnes & Noble says it won't sell books published by Amazon in its stores.
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3 good new coming-of-age novels
From a 20th-century Jane Eyre to a Pakistani-American immigrant, three protagonists grow up and learn about life.
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Christopher Hitchens was militant pundit and humanist
He was a most engaged, prolific and public intellectual who wrote numerous books, was a frequent television commentator and a contributor to Vanity Fair, Slate and other publications. He became a popular author in 2007 thanks to 'God is Not Great,' a manifesto for atheists.
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Finally – a Booker Prize win for Julian Barnes
His fourth time nominated was the charm for British novelist Julian Barnes, winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize.
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Still no great 9/11 novel?
Not yet, says our critic. But while we wait for the standout still to come, here are a few near misses.
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Bestselling books the week of 3/24/11, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of March 17, 2011, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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The Best American Essays 2010
The essays in this year's anthology – edited by Christopher Hitchens – are both varied and bold.
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Is today's fiction irrelevant?
The blogosphere debates: Are today's novels merely clever where they should be deep?
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Bestselling books the week of 5/13/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/6/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/29/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/15/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/8/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Guest blog: John Grisham tackles children's books
With John Grisham taking aim at kids, will other big names follow suit?
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Beyond "Harry Potter": 5 interesting tales of plagiarism
J.K. Rowling is only one of many well-known authors to face charges of plagiarism.
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Top book picks for 2010
The experts tell us what they are excited about reading in 2010.
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The bets are on for the 2009 Nobel prize for literature
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A Gate at the Stairs
Family, race, and religion mingle in Lorrie Moore's incisive coming-of-age novel about a college girl disillusioned by what she sees of adult life.
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The most celebrated novel of the past 15 years? The award goes to....
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Classic book review: Atonement
The extraordinary range of "Atonement" suggests that there's nothing Ian McEwan can't do.
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What are Americans really reading?
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Authors rally against underworld death threat
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On Chesil Beach
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Books that go to the Oscars
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