Topic: Marcel Proust

Life Sentences: Literary Judgments and Accounts

In 'Life Sentences,' author and critic William H. Gass entrances the reader with his lilting prose and skilled literary criticism.

The top 10 books of all time

Readers of books love lists. That's why book-review editor J. Peder Zane asked 125 writers – everyone from Norman Mailer to Jonathan Franzen to Margaret Drabble – to pick their very favorite books of all time. Out of all the books in the world, here are the 10 most selected by Zane's illustrious group.

(You can see this and other book lists in Zane's book "The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books.")

Jennifer Egan plays with time, wins Pulitzer

Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel about the passage of time set in the digital upending of the music industry.

Reader recommendation: Rembrance of Things Past

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

The Hare with Amber Eyes

An artist traces a century of heartbreaking family history by pursuing the path of a group of tiny, beloved objets d’art.

Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris

A magnificent stroll through Parisian lives.

Amazon sometimes issues patches for Kindle e-books. Is that a good thing?

Amazon reserves the power to issue revised versions of certain Kindle e-books. Some books, however, aren't meant to be revised to death.

The e-book, the e-reader, and the future of reading

As stone tablets gave way the codex, the future of reading is digital – but will the e-reader and the e-book change the nature of how we read?