This week, we take another run at Jane Austen.Pride and Prejudiceis, in Andrew’s words, “a book where a bunch of people eventually get married to each other. “It’s also...

Go Tell It on the Mountain, the first novel by revered American author and essayist James Baldwin tackles a whole host of serious issues ranging from slavery to the...

This week’s book, Tracy Chevalier’s Girl With a Pearl Earring, is historical fiction that purports to tell the story of the painting of the same name. If that’s not...

Bernhard Schlink’sThe Readerwas published just five years after the reunification of Germany, and the ways in which it explores the country’s troubled history were quite verboten while the wall...

Robin Sloan’s debut novel, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, tackles the literary world’s imminent digital future with an adventure tale that Andrew describes as “like a Dan Brown book but...

Tina Fey is a prolific, talented, outspoken comedian with a track record to rival the best in the business. She’s also a keen observer of the human condition, and...

Agatha Christie is the owner of numerous superlatives: best-selling novelist, influential mystery writer, criminallysuccessful playwright.Also, did we mention she’s a dame? Her novel,The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,written in the...

More than a year after readingMiddlesexfor Episode 12, this week we return to Jeffrey Eugenides’ oeuvre to check out 2011’sThe Marriage Plot. It’s a more focused, less-sprawling book thanMiddlesex,...

Dorothy Parker was a prolific Jazz Age writer who rose to prominence during her days as a member of the Algonquin Round Table – a group of writers, critics...