Topic: Martin Amis

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.

You Deserve Nothing

A teacher devoted to his students becomes the object of more than academic interest.

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.

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.")

Is today's fiction irrelevant?

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

Authors rally against underworld death threat