200 years of Charles Dickens: A visual history
February 7, 2012, at 7:00 AMA look at the beloved storyteller's life and legacy on his bicentennial birthday
Books
Dylan Ratigan's 6 favorite books
February 3, 2012, at 9:47 AMThe passionately anti-"bankster" MSNBC host recommends authors who propose solutions for how Americans can improve their lives and nation
Christopher Bram's 6 favorite books
January 27, 2012, at 11:20 AMThe award-winning novelist recommends six groundbreaking works written by gay authors
Henry Alford's 6 favorite books
January 20, 2012, at 11:38 AMThe humorist and award-winning author has diverse tastes, from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Jon Stewart to James Beard
Elizabeth Hand's 6 favorite books
January 13, 2012, at 10:23 AMThe celebrated novelist recommends stories of Icelandic outlaws, drug-dealing surfers, and murdered teen campers
Wade Davis' 6 favorite books about World War I
December 16, 2011, at 2:11 PMNational Geographic's explorer-in-residence recommends works by Robert Graves, Vera Brittain, and T.E. Lawrence
Dagoberto Gilb's 6 favorite books
December 9, 2011, at 10:24 AMThe award-winning author is a long-time champion of Texas-Mexican literature
One writer's journey from dyslexia to poetry
December 9, 2011, at 10:01 AMThey laughed at my struggle to read, says Philip Schultz, but fighting back made me into a writer
Did Jane Austen die of arsenic poisoning?
December 7, 2011, at 7:20 AMCrime novelist Lindsay Ashford was conducting research in Austen's hometown when a series of clues surrounding the late author's death caught her eye
Jack Jacobs' 6 favorite books about war
December 2, 2011, at 1:51 PMThe author and Medal of Honor recipient recommends histories of World War I, Vietnam, and the Battle of Gettysburg
Brooke Hauser's 6 favorite books about immigrants
November 25, 2011, at 9:05 AMThe journalist recommends works by by Dave Eggers, Henry Roth, and Junot Díaz
Ann Beattie's 6 favorite books
November 18, 2011, at 12:03 PMThe author of Mrs. Nixon says works by James Joyce and Tennessee Williams are among her biggest influences
Mark Whitaker's 6 favorite memoirs
November 11, 2011, at 10:09 AMThe former Newsweek editor recommends the life stories of journalists Joan Didion, Joseph Lelyveld, and Helene Cooper
Howard Jacobson's 5 favorite literary heroines
November 4, 2011, at 9:56 AMThe Man Booker Prize-winning author recommends books by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and Leo Tolstoy
Chris Matthews' 6 favorite JFK reads
October 28, 2011, at 11:21 AMThe Hardball host recommends books that inspired President John F. Kennedy, including titles by Winston Churchill and Ian Fleming
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