Topic: Lorrie Moore

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.

"Game of Thrones," episode 2: Will women be tuning in?

A New York Times review of the first episode sparked a conflagration by suggesting that most women wouldn't naturally like the series.

Bestselling books the week of 1/6/2011, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 12/16/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 12/9/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 12/2/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at independent booksellers across America.

Bestselling books the week of 11/23/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 11/18/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

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

What's selling best in independent bookstores all across America.

Bestselling books the week of 10/28/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

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*

Bestselling books the week of 9/23/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 9/16/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

• Published Thursday, September 16, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 12, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org

Bestselling books the week of 9/9/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 9/2/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Is today's fiction irrelevant?

The blogosphere debates: Are today's novels merely clever where they should be deep?

Three "beautiful" Orange Prize finalists

Barbara Kingsolver's "The Lacuna" was one of "three beautiful daughters" agonized over by this year's Orange Prize judges.

Barbara Kingsolver wins the Orange Prize for "The Lacuna"

Barbara Kingsolver's sixth novel – a book that moves between Mexico and the cold war-era US – wins the Orange Prize for fiction.

Bestselling books, week of 1/14/10, according to IndieBound*

1/14/10 bestseller lists based on reporting from independent bookstores

Bestselling hardcover books, according to IndieBound*

Bestselling hardcover books, according to IndieBound*

Bestselling hardcover books, according to IndieBound*

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.