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By NELL FREUDENBERGER
Reviewed by MOHSIN HAMID
In Nell Freudenberger's second novel, a Bangladeshi woman and American man meet online and, though they barely know each other, agree to marry.
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By LAURENT BINET. Translated by SAM TAYLOR.
Reviewed by ALAN RIDING
Laurent Binet's novel goes inside the assassination of the SS general Reinhard Heydrich.
Written and illustrated by ALISON BECHDEL
Reviewed by KATIE ROIPHE
In a new graphic memoir, a sequel to "Fun Home," Alison Bechdel turns her gaze on her distant and complicated mother.
By T. M. LUHRMANN
Reviewed by MOLLY WORTHEN
Evangelicals draw on the insights of modern psychotherapy and ancient traditions of spiritual formation to learn to pray.
By ROSS DOUTHAT
Reviewed by RANDALL BALMER
Ross Douthat laments America's departure from its "Christian center."
By CHRISTOPHER TILGHMAN
Reviewed by FERNANDA EBERSTADT
Christopher Tilghman's latest novel delves further into the history of a Chesapeake Bay estate.
By JESSIE KLEIN
Reviewed by DAVE CULLEN
What drives one teenager to torture another?
By CRAIG TIMBERG and DANIEL HALPERIN
Reviewed by DENNIS ROSEN
Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin offer warnings on how to fight the spread of AIDS in Africa.
By MADELINE MILLER
Reviewed by DANIEL MENDELSOHN
Madeline Miller retells the "Iliad" from the point of view of Achilles' inseparable companion, Patroclus.
By PATRICK FLANERY
Reviewed by ALEXANDRA FULLER
In this first novel, an aging author and her biographer revisit old grievances in post-apartheid South Africa.
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The former secretary of state and author of a new memoir about her childhood, "Prague Winter," once wore a mustache in a high school production of "Pride and Prejudice."
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By SUSAN CAIN
How the author of "Quiet" overcame her retiring personality to deliver a rousing speech at the TED conference.
By GREGORY COWLES
You have to look closely for the dark edges in the songwriter Carole King's humble, earnest memoir, which is at No. 11 in its second week on the list.
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
By IHSAN TAYLOR
Paperback books of particular interest.
This week, Nell Freudenberger discusses "The Newlyweds," her new novel; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; T. M. Luhrmann talks about how evangelical Christians relate to God; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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