Michael Wolff attacks Rupert Murdoch with casual delight in this portrait of the media titan and his quest to buy The Wall Street Journal.

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Dana Canedy tries to understand the loss of her fianc

In his latest collection of poetry, William Logan wanders near and far, darkly.

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The story of a merry ? and savvy ? widow and the history of the effervescent drink that immortalized her.

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Articles and essays by the grande dame of architecture appraisal.

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A double-edged study of Shakespeare?s influence on the new, and vice-versa.

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Looking back at ?Sesame Street,? just before its 40th birthday.

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Niall Ferguson argues that finance has weighed heavily on the outcome of history?s big events.

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In this first novel, an Indian widow?s choice of a home sets an irregular course for three generations of her family.

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Michael Lewis collects journalism on the past 20 years of market madness ? and finds a pattern.

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In Forrest Gander?s first novel, passion and betrayal lead to a poet?s untimely end.

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A history — and analysis — of psychotherapy from Freud?s couch to the present.

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A novel about love — parental, romantic and sexual.

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Kathleen Norris describes a soul-weariness that is similar to but distinct from depression.

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Jeffrey Yang?s new collection is full of learned, playful poems that glory in the sound of the language.

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Laura Miller examines how ?The Chronicles of Narnia? shaped her imagination.

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Christopher Plummer, it turns out, can write almost as well as he acts, and his finely observed memoir is a dishy treat for anyone who loves the theater — or the vanished New York of the 1950s and ?60s.

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This novel, about an Ohio girl?s disappearance and its effect on her community, acknowledges the depth of loss and the limits of healing.

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Two novels, newly translated, provide glimpses into the state of the German psyche in times of change.

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The life and ideas of Giordano Bruno, a futuristic thinker burned at the stake for heresy in 1600.

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This week: Bob Harris, the Book Review?s deputy editor, on the 10 Best Books of 2008; Motoko Rich with Notes From the Field; Lorraine Adams on ?The Jewel of Medina?; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

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According to my rough calculations, it could cost as little as $10 billion to solve the writing crisis.

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Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

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To the Editor:.

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The grim headlines have given a boost to some economics-related titles, including Amity Shlaes?s revisionist history of the Depression, ?The Forgotten Man.?

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