| 1. | Book roundup: 'Agent 6' and more mysteries/ thrillers
Four great novels from Walter Mosley, Tom Rob Smith, Howard Gordon and Taylor Stevens. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 25th January, 2012 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 2. | 'The Real Romney' gets the gist of Mitt
A balanced biography by two 'Boston Globe' reporters casts a new light on the candidate. |
| | USA Today ~ Tuesday, 17th January, 2012 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 3. | Book roundup: Kids can cozy up with these winter tales
During the cold months, new picture books offer indoor entertainment for young readers. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 4th January, 2012 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 4. | P.D. James among weekend picks for book lovers
Britain's grand doyenne of crime fiction is in fine form with 'Death Comes to Pemberley.' Or turn to Charles Dickens or Catherine the Great. |
| | USA Today ~ Saturday, 10th December, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 5. | Book roundup: 'The Maid' and more historical fiction
In addition to the novel about Joan of Arc is Stella Tillyard's first novel, Philippa Gregory's latest and Carolly Erickson's story about Jane Seymour. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 7th December, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 6. | Christmas gift books linger in writers' memories
Authors from Laura Bush to James Patterson to Snooki fondly remember the best book they ever got for Christmas. |
| | USA Today ~ Saturday, 3rd December, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 7. | Check out four holiday books for young readers
Christmas and Hanukkah traditions, old and new, are celebrated in four picture books recommended by USA TODAY's Bob Minzesheimer. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 30th November, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 8. | Gift ideas for the comic-book fan
Looking for gifts for the comic-book fan? We have graphic novels perfect for giving, plus bonus ideas for comics related to the holiday. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 30th November, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 9. | Give thanks for 'Gabby,' other new audiobooks
Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly's 'Gabby' and Newt Gingrich's 'The Battle of the Crater' will help make holiday travel a little easier. |
| | USA Today ~ Tuesday, 22nd November, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 10. | Sue Grafton is back with a 'Vengeance'
Plus, a gentleman detective at sea; a Texas police chief battles a Mexican cartel; and a Scandinavian noir |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 16th November, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 11. | Eco's 'Prague Cemetery' is a dark place to go
The author's latest is rife with fabrications, conspiracy theories, espionage and political drama, and it's already drumming up controversy. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 16th November, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 12. | Writers are stars of the story in four new bios
Vonnegut, Tolstoy, Woolf and Dickens come to life in words of Charles Shields, Alexandra Harris, Rosamund Bartlett and Claire Tomalin. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 9th November, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 13. | Roundup: The best of 'the best of'
Let top literary editors (and our critics) be your guide to the year's top anthologies. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 2nd November, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 14. | A creepy but gore-free Halloween for young readers
Not all stories featuring ghosts, skeletons and monsters need be gory, as Bob Minzesheimer found in four picture books for young readers. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 26th October, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 15. | Goldie Hawn, other authors are here to help
Hawn's '10 Mindful Minutes' is refreshingly sensible. Plus: A Dale Carnegie update and titles from Chris Hardwick and Priscilla Warner. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 19th October, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 16. | Book roundup: 'Luck,' 'Atticus' and more memoirs
A look at four new autobiographical titles by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Tom Ryan, Jeanne Darst and Colby Buzzell. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 12th October, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 17. | Book roundup: 'Apothecary,' 'Glow,' more young-adult novels
Brother and sister Colin Meloy (Wildwood) and Maile Meloy (The Apothecary) have two of the new titles. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 5th October, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 18. | John Lithgow, Hal Holbrook tell it like it is, and was
Two new auitobiographies are out from Hollywood leading men. And what both saw in the rear-view mirror wasn't always pretty. |
| | USA Today ~ Saturday, 1st October, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 19. | New fiction: Jacquelyn Mitchard's 'Second Nature'
Plus: Russell Banks' 'Lost Memory of Skin,' Miriam Toews' 'Irma Voth: A Novel' and Anna Solomon's 'The Little Bride' |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 21st September, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 20. | Ellen Sussman's 'French Lessons' teaches from the heart
Ellen Sussman's novel follows three pairs of French tutors and their American students over one day in Paris. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 21st September, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 21. | Books roundup: Mysteries
Great fall novels of mystery and suspense from Denise Hamilton, Laura Lippman, Laurie R. King and Ruth Rendell. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 14th September, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 22. | Book roundup: 'To the Moon' and more romance novels
Jill Mansell, Carly Phillips, Susan Donovan and Carla Neggers explore modern love. |
| | USA Today ~ Wednesday, 7th September, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 23. | 'Private Life': Jane Fonda in all her complexity
In an engrossing biography, Patricia Bosworth examines a daughter of Hollywood who continues to vex and intrigue into her golden years. |
| | USA Today ~ Tuesday, 30th August, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 24. | Tom Perrotta's 'The Leftovers' is a tasty treat
In the author's new satirical novel, the specter of 9/11 is evoked as millions disappear in the Rapture -- or is that what it was? |
| | USA Today ~ Monday, 29th August, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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| 25. | Every font has a story to tell.
Book review on "Just My Type" by Simon Garfield |
| | USA Today ~ Monday, 29th August, 2011 | Subscribe to USA Today • |
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