Archive for the ‘Under the Radar’ Category

Under the Radar: Discussable Women’s Fiction: New Titles for Book Clubs

Sunday, March 7th, 2010
  • Robin Antalek–The Summer We Fell Apart
  • Lisa Genova–Still Alice
  • Heather Gudenkauf–The Weight of Silence
  • Cristina Henriquez–World In Half
  • Beth Hoffman–Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
  • Lori Lansens–The Wife’s Tale
  • Joseph Monninger–Eternal on the Water
  • Cathleen Schine–The Three Weissmanns of Westport
  • Gwendolyn Zepeda–Lone Star Legend

Under the Radar: Historical Novels, Strong Women

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Under the Radar: Herstories: Recent History Titles about Women

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Under the Radar: New Novels by African American Authors

Sunday, February 14th, 2010
  • HoneyB.–Single Husbands
  • Heidi Durrow–The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
  • Vanessa Davis Griggs–Blessed Trinity
  • Marlon James–The Book of Night Women
  • Beverly Jenkins–A Second Helping: A Blessings Novel
  • Jacqueline Luckett–Searching for Tina Turner
  • Dolen Perkins-Valdez–Wench: A Novel
  • Kimberla Lawson Roby–Be Careful What You Pray For
  • Tiffany Warren–Farther Than I Meant To Go, Longer Than I Meant to Stay
  • Zane–Total Eclipse of the Heart

Under the Radar: Past and Present Oscar Nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay

Sunday, February 7th, 2010
  • Lynn Barber–An Education: A Memoir
  • Jean-Dominique Bauby–The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • Zoe Heller–What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal
  • P.D. James–Children of Men
  • George Jonas–Vengeance (Munich)
  • Walter Kirn–Up in the Air
  • John Le Carre–The Constant Gardener
  • Cormac McCarthy–No Country for Old Men
  • Ian McEwan–Atonement
  • Tom Perrotta–Little Children
  • Sapphire–Push (Precious)
  • Bernhard Schlink–The Reader
  • Upton Sinclair–Oil! (There Will Be Blood)
  • John Wagner–A History of Violence

Under the Radar: New Microhistories

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
  • Joyce Oldham Appleby–The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism
  • Janet Clarkson–Pie: A Global History
  • Randi Hutter Epstein–Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank
  • Claire Harman–Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World
  • Elaine Tyler May–America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation
  • James McManus–Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker
  • Sonia Shah–The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
  • Melanie Thernstrom–The Pain Chronicles: Cures, Spells, Remedies, Prayers, Myths, Misconceptions, Brain Scans, and the Science of Suffering

Under the Radar: Books to Nosh On (Fiction and Nonfiction Featuring Food)

Sunday, January 24th, 2010
  • FICTION
  • Monica Ali–In the Kitchen
  • Sarah Addison Allen–The Sugar Queen
  • Muriel Barbery–Gourmet Rhapsody
  • Erica Bauermeister–The School of Essential Ingredients
  • Agnes Desarthes–Chez Moi
  • Joanne Harris–The Girl with No Shadow
  • Nicole Mones–The Last Chinese Chef
  • Barbara O’Neal–The Lost Recipe for Happiness
  • Nancy Spiller–Entertaining Disasters
  • NONFICTION
  • Elizabeth Bard–Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes
  • Gesine Bullock-Prado–Confections of a Closet Master Baker
  • Janet Clarkson–Pie: A Global History
  • Suzan Colon–Cherries in Winter: My Family’s Recipe for Hope in Hard Times
  • Jason Epstein–Eating: A Memoir
  • Polly Evans–Fried Eggs with Chopsticks
  • Andrew Friedman–Knives at Dawn: America’s Quest for Culinary Glory at the Legendary Bocuse d’Or Competition
  • Jen Lin-Liu–Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China
  • Michelle Maisto–The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love

Under the Radar: Mortal Remains: Slightly Macabre Nonfiction

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Under the Radar: Best Mainstream Fiction of 2009

Monday, January 11th, 2010
  • Paul Auster – Invisible
  • Nicholson Baker – The Anthologist
  • Dan Chaon – Await Your Reply
  • Chris Cleave – Little Bee
  • Stacey D’Erasmo – The Sky Below
  • Pete Dexter – Spooner
  • Paul Harding – Tinkers
  • Barbara Kingsolver - The Lacuna
  • Brad Leithauser – The Art Student’s War
  • Colum McCann – Let the Great World Spin
  • Lorrie Moore – A Gate At the Stairs
  • C. E. Morgan – All the Living
  • Bich Minh Nguyen – Short Girls
  • Orhan Pamuk – The Museum of Innocence
  • Arthur Phillip – The Song Is You
  • Patrick Somerville – The Cradle
  • Jonathan Tropper – This Is Where I Leave You
  • Juan Gabriel Vasquez – The Informant
  • Kate Walbert – A Short History of Women
  • Jeanette Walls – Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel
  • Colson Whitehead – Sag Harbor

Under the Radar: “Twofers”–Books combining F and NF

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010