LIT LISTS

Mika Brzezinski is co-host, with Joe Scarborough, of the MSNBC program Morning Joe , and author of the new memoir, All Things at Once . She ...

For the Guardian , John Mullan named ten of the best pairs of glasses in literature. One novel on the list: Lord of the Flies by William Go...

Honor Blackman is best-known as Cathy Gale in The Avengers and Pussy Galore in the James Bond movie, Goldfinger . For the Daily Express ...

Tiffany Murray 's first novel Happy Accidents was shortlisted for the Bollinger/Wodehouse prize for comic writing. Diamond Star Halo , ...

Elizabeth Kostova is the author of The Historian and The Swan Thieves . She recently told The Daily Beast about her favorite books. One ...

Vera Farmiga is an actor who co-starred with George Clooney in Up in the Air . She told O, The Oprah Magazine about a few books that made ...

Pete Dexter, whose novel Paris Trout (1988) won the National Book Award, is the author, most recently, of Spooner . For the Wall Street Jou...

For the Guardian , John Mullan named ten of the best visits to Venice in literature. One novel on the list: The Comfort of Strangers by Ian...

Duff McDonald is the author of Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase (Simon & Schuster, 2009). For the Wall S...

Amy Wilentz is the author of several books, including The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier . She teaches journalism at UC Irvine in Calif...

At Mother Nature Network, Jessica Knoblauch came up with a list of the top ten environmental books of 2009. One book on the list: Cold: Ad...

The Guardian asked a group of food lovers and food writers about the best food books of the last decade. One title on the list: Kitchen Con...