Book List
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Lionel Shriver's 6 favorite books
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Christopher Bram's 6 favorite books
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David Vann's 6 favorite books
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Jeffery Deaver's 6 favorite espionage books
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Richard Schickel's 5 favorite books
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Best books ... chosen by Kate Mosse
feature Kate Mosse is the author of the international best-seller Labyrinth and co-founder of the prestigious Orange Prize, which honors the best novels in English written by women. This year’s prize will be announced on June 9.
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Best books ... chosen by Gail Sheehy
feature Gail Sheehy put a fresh frame around life’s challenges with her international best-seller Passages. Below, she recommends titles for families grappling with the ‘predictable crisis’ that is the subject of her new book
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Best books ... chosen by Yann Martel
feature Yann Martel is the author of the novel Life of Pi, winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Beatrice and Virgil, his third novel, was published last month by Spiegel & Grau.
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Best books ... chosen by Bill McKibben
feature Renowned environmentalist and author Bill McKibben names his all-time favorite reads
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Best books ... chosen by Hilary Mantel
feature Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, the winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize, has just been released in paperback. Below, Mantel names six works of historical fiction that have inspired her across her long career.
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Best books … chosen by Maria Semple
feature Former Arrested Development writer and producer Maria Semple is the author of This One Is Mine, a new novel about broken couples in L.A. It has just been published by Little, Brown.
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Best books … chosen by Bryan Burrough
feature The author and Vanity Fair correspondent has just published his fourth book, The Big Rich, a chronicle of the rise and fall of Texas’ greatest oil fortunes.
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Best books … chosen by David Hare
feature Playwright and director David Hare has written for Broadway, film, and the London stage since 1970. His screenplay for The Reader has just been nominated for an Academy Award.
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Best books … chosen by Lynda Resnick
feature Philanthropist Lynda Resnick is the marketing guru behind Fiji Water and POM Wonderful. Her new book on branding, Rubies in the Orchard, was co-authored by The Week’s Francis Wilkinson.
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