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Podcast: Book World
Podcast: Book World
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Blog: Short Stack
Blog: Short Stack
Book World weighs in on news, book gossip, history and more.

In "The Good Soldiers," Pulitzer Prize winning reporter David Finkel faced an unenviable task in writing his on-the-ground account of war in Iraq. | Read an excerpt

 

Book World Voices

 
Jonathan Yardley

"Memoir: A History"

 
 
Ron Charles

"Pirate Latitudes"
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Critics' Picks

Recommended Reading

Book World presents its list of good books, including Timothy Egan's "The Big Burn."

Fiction

Digesting a historic feast

A comprehensive, readable history of Thanksgiving reminds all that there's more to the holiday than the food fixings.

Society & Culture

Bittersweet victory

The 1968 Olympics were a 10-ring circus, bringing together a "confusion of agendas" and a medley of characters. | Read an excerpt

Bios

Scalia the Supreme

Antonin Scalia's influence is stronger than ever, according to Joan Biskupic in her new biography of the Supreme Court justice.

Nonfiction

Coming to Outlook: Sun., Dec. 6

  • The inside story of Obama's victory.
  • The next flu is the one to worry about.
  • Rockin' with Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.
  • The genius of Andy Warhol.
  • And Herblock's dangerous cartoons.
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