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As the holiday season draws to a close, it8217;s time to grab some solitude and catch up on recent books. Tom Wolfe has published a work of...
November 14, 2004 12:00 AM IST
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As the holiday season draws to a close, it8217;s time to grab some solitude and catch up on recent books. Tom Wolfe has published a work of fiction after more than five years, and his pre-election support for George W. Bush sets it up interestingly next to Philip Roth8217;s novel which is being read as a cautionary tale about the re-elected American president. Fictional assessments of elected rulers are something of a theme these days, with Alan Hollinghurst8217;s Booker Prize winning novel being a critique of the Thatcherite years that has a famous dance scene with the former British prime minister thrown in for good measure. And for those who appreciate critiques but only in the form of facts, Azar Nafisi8217;s book about novels that enraged the post-revolution regime in Iran comes much recommended.
Topselling fiction at Amazon.com
8226; Am Charlotte Simmons, by Tom Wolfe
8226; The Plot Against America: A Novel, by Philip Roth
8226; The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
8226; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,by Mark Haddon
8226; The Five People You Meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom
8226; Jonathan Strange 038; Mr. Norrell: A Novel,by Susanna Clarke
8226; The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst
8226; In the Land of Second Chances, by George Shaffner
8226; The Time Traveler8217;s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
8226; Middlesex: A Novel, by Jeffrey Eugenides
Bestselling nonfiction in paperback, according to The New York Times
8226; Friday Night Lights,by H.G. Bissinger
8226; The 9/11 Commission Report
8226; Reading Lolita in Tehran,by Azar Nafisi
8226; Heart Full of Lies, by Ann Rule
8226; Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
8226; The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
8226; Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom
8226; Flyboys, by James Bradley
8226; The Funny Thing Is8230;, by Ellen DeGeneres
8226; Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer
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