LIT LISTS

Jonathan Miles is the author, most recently, of The Dangerous Otto Katz: The Many Lives of a Soviet Spy . For the Wall Street Journal , he n...

At the Observer , Kate Kellaway named the finest picture books for youngsters. One title on the list: The Cat in the Hat Dr Seuss (1957) Dr ...

At the Guardian , John Mullan named ten of the best fishing trips in literature. One book on the list: The Shipping News by Annie Proulx Qu...

Patrick Porter is a Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department. His first book is Military Orientalism: Eastern War through Western ...

Avi Steinberg's memoir is Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian . In The Week magazine he named six books...

Elmore Leonard picked his ten favorite books for a special feature on the audible.com website called “A Life in Books: Authors & the Lit...

The actor Christopher Timothy is best known for starring as vet James Herriot in the hit TV drama All Creatures Great And Small . He named ...

At the Guardian , John Mullan named ten of the best spas in literature. One title on the list: The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford This Edw...

Salman Rushdie's most recent novel is Luka and the Fire of Life . He named a five best list of fantasy novels not just for the young. ...

At The Daily Beast , novelist Pat Conroy ( My Reading Life ) tagged his six favorite contemporary Southern novelists. One entry on his list:...

Vanora Bennett is the author of two works of nonfiction, Crying Wolf: The Return of War to Chechnya and The Taste of Dreams: ...

The Independent lined up a panel to select the fifty best winter reads. One title to make the grade: The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylo...