Jonathan Yardley

"Memorial Wars"

Michael Dirda

"Charles Dickens"
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Ron Charles

"The Glass Room"
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Are we there yet?

In Garrison Keillor's laugh-filled umpteenth novel "Pilgrims," the Wobegonians travel abroad for the first time.

• "The Glass House" by Simon Mawer
• Roundup of New Books for Young Readers
• "Pariah" by Dave Zeltserman
• "Angel Time" by Anne Rice

Doh! The joke's on us

John Ortved's "The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History" gives readers a colorful account of TV's longest-running program.

• "The Battle for America: The Story of an Extraordinary Election" by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson
• "The World Has Curves: The Global Quest for the Perfect Body" by Julia Savacool

Advantage: Agassi

From fledgling prodigy to winner of all four tennis major titles, Andre Agassi produces an honest, substantive, insightful autobiography.

• "Louis D. Brandeis: A Life" by Melvin I. Urofsky

• Parties in Google books deal need more time
• Chinua Achebe returns with a collection of essays
• Book review: 'On Hallowed Ground' by Robert M. Poole
• Book review: 'Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife,' by Francine Prose
• Book review: 'The Natural History of Unicorns,' by Chris Lavers
• Poet's Choice: 'Terminal Etude' by Alissa Valles
• Washington Area Literary Calendar: Nov. 6-15, 2009
• Burroughs shares his holiday stories
• Less poetry, music but big Miami book fair goes on
• Chinese author Nien Cheng's graceful end
• Irving still spinning fiction from real life

Coming to Style: Nov. 9-14

• Monday: "Pariah," by Dave Zeltserman
• Tuesday: "Lit," by Mary Karr
• Wednesday: "The Glass Room," by Simon Mawer | "Pilgrims," by Garrison Keillor | Three New Books on Food
• Thursday: "The Red Book," by C.G. Jung
• Friday: "Yours Ever: People and Their Letters," by Thomas Mallon
• Saturday: "Under the Dome," by Stephen King | (See the Style section on Sat.)

Coming to Outlook: Sun., Nov. 15

• The mysteries of superfreakonomics.
• Growing up in the bin Laden family.
• Why Moses belongs on Mt. Rushmore.
• Hope for animals among stories of extinction.
• And the negative side of positive thinking.