Author readings

Authors read excerpts from their books

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Literary Boston neighborhoods

Literary Boston neighborhoods

The authors who have captured the sights and sounds of Boston over several hundred years did not limit themselves to downtown.
Literay magazines

New England's 'zines

A round-up of the top 10 literary magazines in the area.
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Off the Shelf
Boston-area writer readings, Nov. 29-Dec. 5 TODAY: Aaron Santos discusses “How Many Licks?,” at 6:30 p.m.,...

best sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. Going Rogue

By Sarah Palin. HarperCollins.

2. What the Dog Saw

By Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown.

3. Open

By Andre Agassi. Knopf.

4. True Compass

By Edward M. Kennedy. Twelve.

5. When the Game Was Ours

By Larry Bird and Earvin Johnson. Houghton Mifflin.

Hardcover Fiction

1. The Help

By Kathryn Stockett. Putnam.

2. The Lacuna

By Barbara Kingsolver. Harper.

3. The Lost Symbol

By Dan Brown. Doubleday.

4. Under the Dome

By Stephen King. Scribner.

5. I, Alex Cross

By James Patterson. Little, Brown.

Review

A feast of facts in Baker's 'Thanksgiving'

Former director of research at Plimoth Plantation James Baker knows the holiday inside and out and shares with readers how Thanksgivig has changed over the years.
Review

'Mother' starts strong but leaves the reader unbelieving

Every great whodunit has the ability to elicit something like "Of course, that's who did it and of course, that's why and how he or she did it." There are no "of courses" in "The Wrong Mother."
G Force | Mo Lotman
Mo Lotman

Harvard Square: an illustrated history in food

Mo Lotman's illustrated book shows an area in which continuity and change go together like ivy and brick.
Music gift guide Music gift guide -- Books about music (Boston Globe)
Music gift guide | our pick Music gift guide -- our pick for the top music book (Boston Globe)
BOOK REVIEW Ancient Rome’s intrigue comes to life in ‘Cleopatra’s Daughter’ (By Lylah M. Alphonse, Globe Staff)
THREE TO SEE Harvard center salutes ACT UP in New York during the ’80s AIDS crisis (By Hannah Martin, Globe Correspondent)
BOOK REVIEW Silverglate, in a book, indicts federal prosecutors (By Steve Weinberg, Boston Globe)
A fresh view of Abigail Adams (By Paul C. Nagel, Globe Correspondent)
THE FIND Art that’s more than kids’ play (Boston Globe)
On Crime Whodunits with depth (By Hallie Ephron, Globe Correspondent)
Shelf Life Up an ugly river (By Jan Gardner, Globe Correspondent)
Solid attributes but not quite characters (By Richard Eder, Globe Correspondent)
Short Takes (By Barbara Fisher, Globe Correspondent)
BOOK REVIEW From a man’s mind come a girl’s thoughts in ‘Mathilda Savitch’ (By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent)

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