NBCC Reads

NEXT WEEK, Harcourt will publish Mohsin Hamid's second novel, “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” a brisk rewriting of Albert Camus' “The Fall” (1957) for modern times. Only in this case, the two

Last month, Viking published Turkish writer Elif Shafak's latest novel, “The Bastard of Istanbul,” the story of an Armenian family and a Turkish Muslim family who discover, over the course

Tom Stoppard's dying literary critic, Vissarion Belinsky, has this to say about his–and our–chosen calling, in “Shipwreck,” Part II of “The Coast of Utopia” trilogy: “I fell in love with

Melissa Fay Greene's first book, Praying for Sheetrock, recounted the struggle to bring civil rights to a rural Georgia county in the 1970s, and was a 1991 finalist for the

OVER THE NEXT YEAR, the NBCC will be talking to book editors and critics around the country. We recently caught up with Mark Rotella, senior reviews editor at Publishers Weekly and author ofStolen

OVER THE NEXT YEAR, the NBCC will be talking to book editors and critics around the country. We recently caught up withNBCC board member Lev Grossman, book critic at Time

OVER THE NEXT YEAR, the NBCC will be speaking with critics and book editors across the country. We recently caught Minneapolis Star Tribune books editor Sally Williams between meetings and

OVER THE NEXT YEAR, the NBCC will be talking to book editors and critics around the country. We recently tracked down Karen Long of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, who took a

AS PART of an ongoing series, the NBCC will be talking to critics and book editors around the country. I recently located M.A. Orthofer, founder of the incredibly encyclopedic and

AS PART of an ongoing series, the NBCC will be talking to book editors and critics around the country. We recently caught up with Denver Post book editor Tom Walker