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55-Nov-Dec-2011

By jonMon, 11/14/2011 - 21:38

Our Nov/Dec 2011 issue is now available!

Contents:

  • Best Books of 2011
  • Life Stages, Vol. 3: Careers
  • Jeffrey Eugenides, Book by Book
  • Reader Picks, Book Group, more
  • Comprehensive New Books Guide: Almost 50 New Books Reviewed!

Buy it now!


Book Author Rating

A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers

 		Michael Holroyd four-stars

Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy

 		John Julius Norwich three-and-half-stars

Birds of Paradise: A Novel

 		Diana Abu-Jaber four-stars

Blood Red Road

 		Moira Young three-and-half-stars

Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Fiction

 		Elissa Schappell four-stars

Busy Monsters: A Novel

 		William Giraldi three-and-half-stars

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness

 		Alexandra Fuller three-stars

Dead End in Norvelt

 		Jack Gantos four-stars

Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius

 		Sylvia Nasar three-and-half-stars

India: A Portrait

 		Patrick French three-and-half-stars

Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion

 		Janet Reitman four-stars

Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman

 		Patricia Bosworth four-stars

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts

 		Simon Garfield four-stars

Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller

 		Tracy Daugherty three-and-half-stars

Ladies and Gentlemen

 		Adam Ross three-and-half-stars

Luminarium

 		Alex Shakar four-stars

Ready Player One

 		Ernest Cline four-stars

Reamde: A Novel

 		Neal Stephenson four-stars

Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America

 		Cameron McWhirter four-stars

Rules of Civility: A Novel

 		Amor Towles three-and-half-stars

SKYJACK: The Hunt for D. B. Cooper

 		Geoffrey Gray three-and-half-stars

Small Town Sinners

 		Melissa Walker three-and-half-stars

The Art of Fielding: A Novel

 		Chad Harbach four-stars

The Buddha in the Attic

 		Julie Otsuka four-stars

The Cut

 		George Pelecanos three-and-half-stars

The Devil All the Time

 		Donald Ray Pollock three-and-half-stars

The Family Fang: A Novel

 		Kevin Wilson four-stars

The Fragrance of Grass

 		Guy de la Valdène four-stars

The Hypnotist: A Novel

 		Lars Kepler three-and-half-stars

The Killer Is Dying: A Novel

 		James Sallis three-and-half-stars

The Last Werewolf

 		Glen Duncan three-and-half-stars

The Leftovers

 		Tom Perrotta three-stars

The Magician King: A Novel

 		Lev Grossman three-and-half-stars

The Map of Time

 		Félix J. Palma four-stars

The Most Dangerous Thing

 		Laura Lippman three-and-half-stars

The Night Circus

 		Erin Morgenstern three-and-half-stars

The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

 		Daniel Yergin three-and-half-stars

The Submission: A Novel

 		Amy Waldman four-stars

Train Dreams: A Novella

 		Denis Johnson four-stars

We Others: New and Selected Stories

 		Steven Millhauser four-stars

We the Animals: A novel

 		Justin Torres four-stars

Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants

 		Richard Mabey three-and-half-stars

Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein

 		Julie Salamon three-and-half-stars

What It Is Like to Go to War

 		Karl Marlantes four-stars

Wonderstruck

 		Brian Selznick four-and-half-stars

You Against Me

 		Jenny Downham four-stars