There’s a dash of Walter Mitty in each of us, daydreaming we’re people we’re not, that we’re double agents, fashion models, daredevil pilots, maybe even Julia Child. Vibrant, atmospheric books let us imagine those other lives while keeping our feet firmly planted to the ground. Whether it’s the life of a determined teenager on a Native American reservation out to right a severe wrong or the machinations of a “ghostman,” someone whose criminal life is successful because he’s so good at making himself disappear, these books open worlds usually closed to us. “I write because I want to have more than one life,” Anne Tyler has said. That’s also why we read.
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Since bin Laden was a significant figure, historians will consult this book as a primary source; they, as well as most general readers, will not regret it."
Books on Navy SEALs have poured off the presses for years, but this one has generated national interest and controversy for a reason the title makes clear.
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2012
"Ambitious and very well written, despite the occasional overreach. When it's made into a film, bet that Kim Jong Il will want to score an early bootleg."
Note to self: Do not schedule a vacation in North Korea, at least not without an escape plan.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 28, 2013
"An upbeat and entertaining survival guide for the end of the world."
FICTION
Released: Sept. 13, 2011
"Likely to be a big book—and, soon, a big movie, with all the franchise trimmings."
Self-assured, entertaining debut novel that blends genres and crosses continents in quest of magic.
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