
Lost Hearts in Italy
Andrea Lee's Italian hot-blooded romance is all well and good, so long as you don't care about details.

Snakes & Earrings
Ultimate kewl Japanese: Hitomi Kanehara gets to the heart of Tokyo's tat scene with a cold hand and a good heart.

The Stars at Noon
This bizarre concoction from Denis Johnson almost captures the paranoia of Nicaragua in the Sandinista years.

The Farenheit Twins
Faber is very much at home in these dark and luminous stories about the way things go right and wrong, and unexpected hope.

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
A journey through string theory and quantum mechanics courtesy of a Columbia University physicist.

A Church in Search of Itself: Benedict XVI and the Battle for the Future
According to Robert Blair Kaiser, Pope Benedict is more likely to be Roman than Catholic.

The Ache
David Kosky: "'Maybe she feels the same way.' Lisa knew it was a lie as soon as she said it..."

Babel
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s war of the worlds, in which no one makes enough sense.

Puppy love
Getting space for intimacy is a tall order in a bustling household.

Children of Men
Alfonso Cuarón's ferocious take on a P.D. James novel is a thrilling powerhouse.