September 2013 Books Articles
- 9 of Literature's Least Likable Protagonists
- Book Suggestions for Newsmakers, Week of September 23
- When You Don't Love an Author You're Supposed To: My Short-Lived, Disastrous Stephen King Read-a-Thon
- Guests We'd Like to See at a Rip-Roarin' T.S. Eliot Birthday Party, and What We'd Ask Them to Bring
- David Gilmour Uninterested in "Teaching Books By Women"; Literary Community Appropriately Wretches
- Just Like E.L. James, Your Fan Fiction Could Make You Rich! (Well, Maybe)
- Jennifer duBois' 'Cartwheel' Challenges How Well We Know Others
- 7 Banned Books You Probably Read in High School (and Didn't Think Twice About)
- 7 tumblrs of Great, Free Fiction That You Can Read on Your Coffee Break
- 5 Questions with Koren Zailckas, Author of 'Mother, Mother': "This Isn’t Your Mother’s Murder-Mystery Recipe"
- Colin McAdam's "A Beautiful Truth" Shows Animal Narrators Aren't Just For Kids
- 10 Memorable Pairs of Literary Siblings
- This Banned Books Week, Remember: Censorship Exists and It Shouldn't
- Fiction or Non-Fiction? Some Writers Don't Have to Choose
- Book Suggestions for Newsmakers, Week of September 16
- Hannah Kent's 'Burial Rites' Puts the Humanity of History on Full Display
- The 5 Best Sex Ed Lessons We Learned From Russian Literature
- Interview: Lisa Gornick on 'Tinderbox', Being Intelligent, and an E.L. Doctorow Story About Gophers, Fiction, and Reality
- Dear Schools: You're Not Supposed to Take Banned Book Week Literally
- Kate Manning's Historical Look at Abortion In Her Striking Novel 'My Notorious Life'
- 2013 National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction Announced; Kushner, Lahiri, and Saunders Are No Surprise
- Mass Psychosis or Magical Thinking: Koren Zailckas's 'Mother, Mother' Explores Motherhood, Family
- James Patterson Donates To Bookstores. What Does This Mean For Their Future?
- Carrie Brown's 'The Last First Day' is a Multi-Layered Story and Worthwhile Read
- Editor’s Pick: If You Only Read One Novel in September, Make It Jhumpa Lahiri's ‘The Lowland’
- A Margaret Atwood Guide to Life
- Interview: Sara Farizan Talks Sexuality, Breaking Boundaries, and Iran in Her Debut 'If You Could Be Mine'
- 8 of Fiction's Best Fêtes
- Daniel Woodrell's Slim Volume 'The Maid's Version' Delivers Beauty in Brevity
- Remembering David Foster Wallace: Words of Wisdom From His Works Worth Plastering Up...Well, Everywhere
- National Books Foundation Releases its '5 Under 35'; Women Continue to Dominate
- 7 Authors Who Never Had a Sophomore Slump
- 7 Literary Biographies To Read After You Finish 'Salinger'
- David Schickler's 'The Dark Path' Takes on the Author's Quarter-Life Crisis of Faith
- 2013 Man Booker Shortlist Announced, and Women Comprise Two-Thirds of Nominees
- Alice McDermott Returns With 'Someone,' and a Book This Good Made the Seven Year Wait Worth It
- Interview: Dr. Raoul Wientzen Takes a Turn for the Fantastic in 'The Assembler of Parts'
- 9 of the Best Quotes From Leo Tolstoy's Female Characters
- Maya Angelou Will Receive Major Literary Recognition from the National Book Foundation (Finally)
- Book Suggestions for this Week's Headline Makers, Week of September 2
- Kathryn Davis' Disorienting, Dreamlike World in 'Duplex'
- BookDigits: It's Like GoodReads With Less Drama and More Numbers
- Oyster Launches the First All-You-Can-Read Digital Platform for the iPhone
- Mary Kay Zuravleff Delivers Much More than Midlife Crisis and Barbecue in 'Man Alive!'
- Faith, Science, and Fervor in Lauren Grodstein's 'The Explanation for Everything'
- Amazon to Bundle E-Books With Physical Copies: Are Physical Books Going the Way of Gutenberg Bibles?
- Four Novellas in Joyce Carol Oates' 'Evil Eye' Give Plenty to Consider — But Even More Chills
- 5 Great Travel Memoirs Written by Women
- 8 Books for Recent Grads to Read
- Kristopher Jansma's 5 Most Engaging Reads of the Summer