Topic: Jim Harrison

3 novels about home and estrangement

Robert Frost once defined home as “the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” In this week's fiction roundup, three men estranged from their families find out if he was right.

Bestselling books the week of 2/10/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at bookstores across America?

Bestselling books the week of 2/3/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at bookstores across America?

Bestselling books the week of 1/31/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 1/24/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 10/13/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Man With a Pan

Stories from dads who cook, by fathers from Mario Batali to Stephen King.

Mark Sanford can relax about impeachment, but others are in a snit

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces censure, not impeachment, after his summertime disappearance to consort with his mistress. Some lawmakers are having a hard time becoming reconciled to that outcome.

Bestselling paperback books, according to IndieBound*

Indie Next poetry bestseller list

"The writer must remain invisible"

Elmore Leonard spells out his 10 cardinal rules for good writing.

Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Good Writing

Leave out adverbs, skip description, and keep the writer out of sight.