
Washington Post critics pick their favorite novels, biographies, mysteries, memoirs, along with the top audiobooks, releases for kids and more.
""Unlikely Allies"
(Jonathan Yardley is off this week.)
"Reading Jesus"
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Book World presents its list of good books, including Timothy Egan's "The Big Burn."
Drowning out the sounds of war
Set in England at the onset of World War II, Alexander McCall Smith's new tale is a metaphor for the transformative power of music.
Last treasure of the Chesapeake
"Skipjack" documents the twilight of oystering under sail and the cantankerous captains struggling to keep their imperiled way of life alive.
Saudi Arabia's wayward extremists
Robert Lacey's "Inside the Kingdom" taps into the world's keen interest in the outcome of Saudi Arabia's domestic struggles.