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The Best Unsung Books of 2007

Dec 30, 2007 11:07 AM CST

The Best Unsung Books of 2007

Mark Sarvas and Laura Miller recommend the best works to be overlooked this year.

(Newser) - Looking for a read off the beaten path? NPR asks two literary bloggers—Laura Miller of Salon and Mark Sarvas of The Elegant Variation—for the best works, fictional or factual, that were overlooked by mainstream book-review sections in 2007.

The Farther Shore, by Matthew Eck: "A new kind

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Book Lovers Make Plea for Better Reviews

OPINION

Dec 9, 2007 4:51 AM CST

Book Lovers Make Plea for Better Reviews

New Republic calls shrinking coverage a risk to society

(Newser) - The book may be in decline in our fast-changing world, one complete with electronic readers and shrinking attention spans, but the editors at New Republic will have none of it. They reject the notion that books must conform to the digital age and take newspapers to task for the decline...

Authors List Literary Faves of '07

Nov 26, 2007 4:38 PM CST

Authors List Literary Faves of '07

For some good reading, check out these books recommended by your favorite authors

(Newser) - Read the books writers are raving about with the help of this list from the Guardian:

David Hare: Five Germanys I Have Known, Fritz Stern
Nicola Barker: Teenage, Jon Savage
Margaret Drabble: Edith Wharton, Hermione Lee

Readers Hurt
by Paper Cuts

Sep 3, 2007 4:40 PM CDT

Readers Hurt by Paper Cuts

Newspapers dropping book reviews helps confine ideas to a 'literary ghetto'

(Newser) - Newspapers are under financial pressure, and one of the first things to go is often the book reviews. But author and editor Steve Wasserman thinks that's a serious problem. “Civilization is built on a foundation of books,” he declares in a polemic in CJR, and stripping their pages...