Topic: Jhumpa Lahiri

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.

Literary Brooklyn: The Writers of Brooklyn and the Story of American City Life

From Walt Whitman to Jonathan Safran Foer, Brooklyn holds a unique place in America’s literary history.

Reader recommendation: Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

How foreign writers make it to US bookshelves

They have to fight to overcome one glaring statistic: Only 3 percent of the books published in the US each year are books in translation.

The Namesake (reader recommendation)

Was 2009 the year of the short story?

Some outstanding collections have drawn attention, but doubts remain as to how many actually get read.

Bestselling paperback books, according to IndieBound*

Bestselling paperback books, according to IndieBound*

Bestselling paperback books, according to IndieBound*

IndieBound* paperback bestseller list 8/27/09

IndieBound* paperback bestseller list 8/20/09

IndieBound* paperback bestseller list 8/13/09

IndieBound* paperback bestseller list

IndieBound* paperback bestseller list 7/30/09

IndieBound* paperback bestseller list 7/23/09

IndieBound* paperback bestseller list 7/16/09

IndieBound* paperback bestseller list 7/9/09

IndieBound* paperback bestseller list 7/1/09

The Walking People

When two sisters leave Ireland for New York in the 1950s, nothing turns out as they expect.

Bestselling paperback books

IndieBound paperback bestseller list

Who will win the Pulitzer Prize?

The Red Convertible

This collection of short pieces by Louise Erdrich is a rich sampler of her writing at its best.

2008: A good year for fiction?

Best short stories of 2008