On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
By ROBERT A. CARO Reviewed by BILL CLINTON
The fourth volume of Robert Caro's series on Lyndon Johnson starts shortly before the 1960 presidential election and ends a few months after John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Also in the Book Review
By D. J. TAYLOR Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BENFEY
Myriad hopes and schemes rest on the performance of a champion racehorse in D. J. Taylor's satire.
By ANNE TYLER Reviewed by JULIA GLASS
For the middle-aged widower of Anne Tyler's latest novel, mourning is both a rite of passage and a process of discovery.
By WILLIAM BOYD Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER
William Boyd's characters are entangled in personal and political issues.
By CHARLOTTE ROGAN Reviewed by SARAH TOWERS
Charlotte Rogan's first novel centers on the survivors of a shipwreck.
By LIZZIE COLLINGHAM Reviewed by TIMOTHY SNYDER
How food contributed to World War II: its origins, its outcome and its aftermath.
By SUSAN GUBAR Reviewed by ELSA DIXLER
A feminist scholar faces cancer straightforwardly.
By JOYCE TYLDESLEY Reviewed by JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
An Egyptologist illuminates the life, reign and death of King Tut.
By TOM BISSELL Reviewed by GARTH RISK HALLBERG
In essays, Tom Bissell explores the artistic process.
By GEORGE DYSON Reviewed by WILLIAM POUNDSTONE
A group portrait of the mathematicians and engineers who midwifed America's postwar technological order.
By CAROLE DESANTI Reviewed by NANCY KLINE
The heroine of Carole DeSanti's novel comes of age in 19th-century France.
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The author of "Coraline," which celebrated its 10th anniversary last month, read C. S. Lewis as a child and thought, "When I am a writer, I shall do parenthetical asides."
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By MARY MORRIS
Getting to know the crusading publisher Barney Rosset, on his terms.
By GREGORY COWLES
The former New York Times Op-Ed columnist Anna Quindlen, whose latest book enters the list at No. 2 this week, finds herself "less and less fearful of things" as she gets older.
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
By IHSAN TAYLOR
Paperback books of particular interest.
This week, Robert Caro discusses the new volume in his series about Lyndon Johnson; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Charlotte Rogan talks about her debut novel, "The Lifeboat"; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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