The Book Depository is “the UK’s largest dedicated online bookseller,” which is all well and good, but their live visualization of which customers are ordering what (and from where) might be the best part of the entire website.
Where In The World Is That Book Going?
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Looks like you might want to add Noah Hawley's new suspense novel Before the Fall to your reading list -- this review by the New York Times is effusive in its praise. Check out the other side of what a Times review can do and pair it with this review of Laura Tillman's The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts, which includes such lines as: "Is a book without judgment, a personal view and confidence in its validity still a book?"
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Your Ancestors Would’ve Read Dan Brown
Don't feel embarrassed about that trashy novel you're reading at the beach because summer reading has existed since the 19th Century. Craig Fehrman breaks down the history of pleasure reading. Also, check out our list of alternative "beach" books.
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Not notable?!
A Nicholson Baker essay on Wikipedia and its pleasures (and its frustrations), has resurfaced in the latest issue of Lapham's Quarterly.
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Holy Crap! This is awesome! And what a good way to get book recommendations! Who better to ask than: HUMANITY ITSELF.
I definitely agree, though I did get sucked into what can only be described as the Bermuda Shades of Grey Triangle on Sunday. I pinged from England to France and then to Ireland, everyone snapping up copies.
Too bad it is only printed books, at least that’s what I assume.
Johanna