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This 'Wimpy Kid' was made, not born
The movie version of 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' opens Friday. Here's how the filmmakers brought an illustrated book to the big screen.
Five questions for author Kelly Corrigan
Her 2008 best seller, 'The Middle Place,' dealt with the year she and her father were both diagnosed with cancer.
Book Buzz: Chelsea Handler off with a 'Bang'
The late-night comedy host follows 'Vodka'; Jodi Picoult has her own app; and a new novel arrives from the late Donald E. Westlake.
William Peter Blatty's 'Dimiter' possessed with suspense
The author of 'The Exorcist' is out with his first full-length novel in more than 25 years. But don't expect head-spinning demons.
'Dog Boy' unleashes a haunting, heartfelt tale
Eva Hornung's story about a feral child adopted by a pack of stray dogs is beautifully written.
| Seven Days In Seven Lives: 'A Week In December'
Sebastian Faulks' satirical novel is a weeklong tour of modern London, woven together in Dickensian style. Dickens' 19th century characters dealt with class conflict, wealth, poverty and true love. Faulks' contemporary characters deal with terrorism, greed, the Internet and — because some things never change — true love.
'So Much' For Paradise: Battered By Bad Insurance
Lionel Shriver's novel So Much for That tells the story of Shep Knacker, who is about to retire to a tropical island when his wife gets diagnosed with cancer. To keep his insurance, Shep has to keep his hated job, but he soon discovers that even the full coverage of the fully employed may not be enough to keep him afloat.
Elif Shafak's New Book Reviewed
Turkish novelist Elif Shafak's new novel, The Forty Rules of Love, takes us into the life of a middle-aged Jewish woman from central Massachusetts, who as a reader for a literary agent, has just picked up a copy of a novel by a modern Sufi mystic.
Karl Rove 'In The Fight' Again With New Memoir
The book by the conservative strategist is called Courage and Consequense: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight. Rove tells Fresh Air the decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 was not based on wrong information from the Bush administration, but was based on wrong information from the intelligence community.
Two Westerners Under Taliban Rule In Kandahar
U.S. military officials are preparing to attempt to take control of Kandahar away from the Taliban later this year. Two young Western residents of the city, Felix Kuehn and Alex Strick van Linschoten, describe what it's like to live and work under Taliban rule.
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New York Times Book News
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Book Reviews
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Books of The Times: ‘Backing Into Forward’: Jules Feiffer’s Ink-Stained Memoir
The cartoonist Jules Feiffer traces the roots of his subversive stance in this funny, revealing and often biting memoir.
Arts & Leisure Preview: Reading and the Web: Texts Without Context
How the Internet and mash-up culture change everything we know about reading.
New Books by Seth Grahame-Smith, Jo Nesbo and Chloë Schama
Books by Seth Grahame-Smith, Jo Nesbo, Carol Goodman, Simon Lelic, Marina Endicott and Chloë Schama.
Books of The Times: A Call for the Commonweal: Tony Judt’s ‘Ill Fares the Land’
Tony Judt’s new book is a dying man’s sense of a dying idea: the notion that the state can play a significant role in its citizens’ lives without imperiling their liberties.
Emory University Saves Rushdie’s Digital Data
As research libraries and archives are discovering, “born-digital” materials are much more complicated and costly to preserve than anticipated.
Books of The Times: Lisa Grunwald’s ‘Irresistible Henry House’: A Charmer’s Tale
Ms. Grunwald’s book is pragmatic and plain-spoken, yet it manages to be steadily baffling about its overall intent.
Books of The Times: Michael Lewis’s ‘Big Short’: Investors Foresaw Meltdown
Michael Lewis’s book does not attempt a macro view of the financial crisis, but instead proposes to open a small window on the calamities.
Arts, Briefly: Judi Dench Memoir Is Set for October
St. Martin’s Press said it had acquired a memoir from Ms. Dench, called “And Furthermore,” that described her professional and private lives.
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Top 5 Best Sellers
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Hardcover Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult
2. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett
3. FANTASY IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb
4. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, by Seth Grahame-Smith
5. WORST CASE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Hardcover Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. NO APOLOGY, by Mitt Romney
2. LIFT, by Kelly Corrigan
3. GAME CHANGE, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
4. NOT WITHOUT HOPE, by Nick Schuyler and Jeré Longman
5. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot
Paperback Trade Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave
2. A RELIABLE WIFE, by Robert Goolrick
3. THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks
4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson
5. THE 8TH CONFESSION, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks
2. DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks
3. FIRST FAMILY, by David Baldacci
4. SHUTTER ISLAND, by Dennis Lehane
5. LONG LOST, by Harlan Coben
Paperback Nonfiction
Top 5 at a Glance
1. A PATRIOT'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen
2. THE LOST CITY OF Z, by David Grann
3. THE BLIND SIDE, by Michael Lewis
4. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
5. THE SURVIVORS CLUB, by Ben Sherwood
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