Salon: Books

Salinger: "Recluse" with an ugly history of women

Mikki Halpin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:20:00 PST

How we've all found a convenient way of avoiding the truth about his troubled past

"The Whale": 500 days of blubber

Jed Lipinski — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:01:00 PST

A new book probes the romantic appeal -- and surprisingly kinky sex life -- of whales

"Voodoo Histories": When smart people believe dumb things

Thomas Rogers — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:20:00 PST

From 9/11 to the moon landing, how conspiracy theories have changed history -- and why we must fight back

Why is braille dying?

Stephen Towey and Helen Cota — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:30:00 PST

In an age of audiobooks, only 10 percent of blind kids learn it. But listening isn't the same as reading

"Checklist Manifesto": Healthcare reform rock star

Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:20:00 PST

Talking medicine, checklists and alternative music with New Yorker staff writer and surgeon Atul Gawande

"Eternity Soup": Dying for eternal youth

Thomas Rogers — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:01:00 PST

How our desperate desire to stop aging has created an industry fueled by questionable science and outright greed

"The Catcher in the Rye": A story in covers

Salon staff — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:29:00 PST

A slide show of the most memorable jackets for J.D. Salinger's best-known book

"Catcher in the Rye" author J.D. Salinger dies

HILLEL ITALIE, Associated Press — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:11:00 PST

Legendary American writer, recluse passes away at 91

Audio: Intro to "A People's History of the United States"

Salon staff — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:29:00 PST

Zinn reads the introduction to his best-known book

Goodbye to people's historian Howard Zinn

Gabriel Winant — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:29:00 PST

His work taught us that history doesn't just belong to the powerful -- and that it's ours to shape

Poet wins U.K.'s Costa Book of the Year

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:33:00 PST

Christopher Reid receives prize recognizing the "most enjoyable book" from the British Isles

"The Professor and Other Writings": A critic gets personal

Jed Lipinski — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:20:00 PST

Terry Castle discusses her sexually charged new memoir -- and why Susan Sontag stayed in the closet

The man who rediscovered Africa

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:01:00 PST

How Achebe's novels captured the soul of a continent -- and helped me discover my own history

Wall Street Journal: This week's top books

The Associated Press, Associated Press — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:25:00 PST

Ranking the most popular titles in fiction, non-fiction and more

Robert B. Parker: Farewell to a tough-guy writer

Steven Axelrod — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:21:00 PST

How the crime novelist taught me to stand up for myself and taught my son about the carnal pleasures of reading

"The Hidden Brain": Behind your secret racism

Thomas Rogers — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:20:00 PST

The author of a new book talks about the brain's hidden impulses, and why you're more biased than you think

"The Trauma Myth": The child betrayed

Thomas Rogers — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:01:00 PST

Susan Clancy discusses her controversial theory, and how an industry designed to help children may hurt them

Stead, Pinkney win top children's book awards

HILLEL ITALIE, Associated Press — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:19:00 PST

Books inspired by Aesop and Madeleine L'Engle earn Caldecott and Newbery honors

Gloomy nevermore? Portrait shows cheerful Poe

BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:06:00 PST

"It actually represents Poe as he appeared to his contemporaries -- a handsome young man on the rise"

Publisher's Weekly: Top books (January 14)

The Associated Press, Associated Press — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:23:00 PST

Ranking the most popular titles in fiction, non-fiction and more

Barnes and Noble: Textbooks for rent

MAE ANDERSON, Associated Press — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:37:00 PST

The bookseller will allow college students to borrow course volumes for a fee