Sign up for Bookmarks: discover new books in our weekly email A Whitbread prizewinning memoir, full of perfectly chosen phrases, that is one of the best accounts of family dysfunction ever written.Sage grew up with her grandparents, who hated each other: he was a drunken philandering vicar;...
Newton as detective, parenting in the 21st century, and a free black man's fate in Colonial America. Plus juicy genre fiction and smart how-to. What do all these books have in common? They're among LJ's Best books of 2009, chosen not simply as substantial works but as fresh, ...
3. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin Buy on Amazon Add to library These days, more people “watch Game of Thrones” than “read A Song of Ice and Fire,” the series of epic fantasy novels that the popular TV show was based on. But the books have garnered a ravenous fanba...
On our quest to create a list of the great books of literary journalism from the 21st century, we canvassed dozens and dozens of American journalists who do this kind of reporting and writing at the highest level. Among those we asked were winners of Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, ...
IndieWire's list of the 92 funniest movies of the 21st Century: 'Dungeons and Dragons,' 'Frances Ha,' 'Borat,' and more funny movies.
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Without further ado, here are the 65 best science fiction movies of the 21st century. Kate Erbland, Samantha Bergeson, Christian Blauvelt, Alison Foreman, David Ehrlich, Ryan Lattanzio, Noel Murray, Chris O’Falt, Zack Sharf, Graham Winfrey, and Christian Zilko also contributed to this list....
Neil Gaiman says they can, and he proved this with his 2002 bookCoraline. The book won numerous awards and earned a spot onThe Guardian’s100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. While the awards are impressive, the unique plot makes the book appealing. When nine-year-old Coraline becomes...
books with a “feel” for history that is on a par with the best of historical fiction (they are, in fact, many points of comparison with the historical fiction of Sharon K. Penman), but at the same time he manages to infuse a magical quality to his world that reminds me of Tolkien...
He started publishing his books in 1979 and continues to publish in the 21st century. Mccarthy’s first successful novel was All the Pretty Horses which received the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award. In 2006 his book The Road won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ...