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'The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet'
Reif Larsen talked to The Globe about his debut novel.
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Literary tour of Boston
Boston has been the backdrop for many books — plan your tour with our guide.
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Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Outliers
By Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown.
2. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
By Steve Harvey. Amistad.
3. The Last Lecture
By Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow. Hyperion.
4. The Girls From Ames
By Jeffrey Zaslow. Gotham.
5. The Third Reich at War
By Richard J. Evans. Penguin.
Hardcover Fiction
1. Scarecrow
By Michael Connelly. Little, Brown.
2. Eclipse
By Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown.
3. The Last Olympian
By Rick Riordan. Disney Hyperion.
4. Breaking Dawn
By Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown.
5. Pygmy
By Chuck Palahniuk. Doubleday.
100 New England books
How many have you read? "Charlotte's Web" makes our list. Browse the other 99, rate the titles, and see how your reading list stacks up.
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Restrictive gateway to land of the free
Vincent J. Cannato's "American Passages" looks at immigration restrictions at Ellis Island.
Literary Boston neighborhoods (Globe Staff)
Lions of Victorian theatre (By Richard Eder, Boston Globe)
Short Takes (By Barbara Fisher, Boston Globe)
From a rare friendship, a book club for the homeless is born (By Jenna Russell, Globe Staff)
Author readings and book signings in and around Boston (By Judith Maas, Boston Globe)
Separation anxiety (By Joe Rosenbloom, Boston Globe)
Zaslow’s book celebrates women’s friendships (By Michael J. Crumb, Associated Press)
BOOK REVIEW ‘How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ’n’ Roll’ looks beyond the pop charts (By Carlo Wolff, Globe Correspondent)
THREE TO SEE Authors to talk about books dealing with suicide, the Beatles, and Satchel Paige (By Jim Concannon, Globe Staff)
The sijo poetry form captures a Harvard professor’s imagination (By Irene Sege, Globe Staff)
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