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| 2008 | |||||
| January 3 Sue Grafton, Jeff Garigliano, Susan Wicklund, Ron Leshem, Charlotte Mendelson, Eric Weiner, Laurie R. King, Kelly Corrigan, Beth Lisick |
January 16 Michael Pollan, Tim Harford, Neil Shubin, Neil Swidey, Tahmima Anam, Shalom Auslander, Neil Strauss, Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin |
January 30 David Shields, Victoria Zackheim, Michele Zackheim, John Burnham Schwartz, Kim Sunée, Tim Dorsey, Ethan Clark, April Smith |
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| February 14 Indiespensable, Lydia Millet, Eli Gottlieb, Charlex Baxter, Peter Carey, Samantha Hunt, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Samara O'Shea, Trevor Paglen |
February 28 Lauren Groff, Ed Begley Jr., Nick Taylor, Kim Harrison, Bart D. Ehrman, Tracy Chevalier, Peter Barnes, Donald Ray Pollock |
March 12 Richard Price, Chris Hedges, Michael Connery, Joshilyn Jackson, Tony Earley, Tim Guest, Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, Pope Brock |
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| March 26 Jodi Picoult, Sadie Jones, Gerard Woodward, Scott Huler, Pope Brock, Jeff Gordinier, Sebastian Horsley, A. M. Homes |
April 9 Willy Vlautin, Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem, William H. Calvin, Ann Patchett, Siri Hustvedt, Joanne Harris |
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| 2007 | |||||
| January 10 Colum McCann, Joanna Scott, Eric Dezenhall, Anthony Swofford, Howard Hampton, 2007 Puddly Awards |
January 25 Paul Auster, Julia Scheeres, Ellis Avery, Abby Ellin, Richard A. Clarke, Eric Blehm | February 7 Chris Hedges, Gary Krist, Marc Weingarten, William Dietrich, Joe Hill, Amy Stewart | |||
| February 22 Ishmael Beah, Steve Berry, Sally Herigstad, Chip and Dan Heath, Jay Griffiths | March 7 Joshua Ferris, Bill McKibben, Dennis Cass, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, John Sellers, Elizabeth Dewberry | March 22 George Saunders, Kevin Young, Alison McGhee, Terri Jentz, James Scurlock, Monica Drake, Steven Hall, Aryn Kyle | |||
| April 5 Lionel Shriver, Masha Hamilton, Mohsin Hamid, Myriam Gurba, Jim Butcher, Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, Leslie Bennetts | April 18 John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry, David Shipley, J. Peder Zane, Harlan Coben, Neil McMahon, Lizzie Post, Martha McPhee | May 2 Barbara Kingsolver, Alisa Smith, Josh Goldfaden, Daniel Wilson, Michelle Goldberg, Nathan Englander, Tim Gunn and Kate Moloney | |||
| May 16 Christopher Hitchens, Sarah Thyre, Mary Otis, Richard Flanagan, Willyl Vlautin, Larry Doyle, Barry Eisler | May 30 Sherman Alexie, Trevor Corson, Lee Child, Shira Boss, Marshall Karp, Samara O'Shea | June 13 Miranda July, Paulina Porizkova, Nicole Mones, Barry Yourgrau, Lauren Kessler, Jacqueline Carey, Tony Wheeler, Jennifer Belle | |||
| June 28 Khaled Hosseini, Diana Abu-Jaber, Andrea Portes, Sunshine O'Donnell, Pete Jordan, Richard Morgan, Matt Love, Laura Lippman |
July 11 Anne Fadiman, Kristin Hersh, Sarah Susanka, Sean Kingsley, Victoria Zackheim, Jerry Stahl, Lauren Kessler, Karen Abbott |
July 25 Frank Deford, Christine Kenneally, Justin Taylor, Gerd Gigerenzer, Kate Blackwell, Ian Jackman, Shannon Wheeler |
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| August 8 Alan Weisman, Matt Ruff, Jonathan Selwood, Nancy Horan, Kimberlee Auerbach, Michelle Wildgen, Joe Andoe |
August 22 William Gibson, Wesley Stace, Elyn Saks, Thrity Umrigar, Amy Bloom, Laura Moriarty, Michael Marshall |
September 5 Junot Díaz, Jesse Ball, David Bornstein, Jason Mark, Ann Packer, Kate Christensen, George Saunders, M. J. Rose |
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| September 19 Diane Ackerman, Maryanne Wolf, Brock Clarke, D. Michael Lindsay, Greil Marcus, Jeff Parker, Naomi Wolf, Stephanie Bond |
October 3 Jonathan Kozol, Devra Davis, Dahr Jamail, Joshua Henkin, Frank Schaeffer, Ken Foster, Troy Jollimore, Chelsea Cain |
October 17 Tom Perrotta, Richard Russo, Ann Patchett, Frances Moore Lappé, Dean Cycon, Rudolph Delson, Ben Templesmith |
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| October 31 Oliver Sacks, Molly Gloss, Poe Ballantine, Michael Chabon, Alan Lightman, Ha Jin, Lauren Weedman, Frank Warren |
November 15 Steven Pinker, Daniel Walker Howe, Yannick Murphy, Daniel Lord Smail, Steve Erickson, Cesar Millan, David Levy |
November 28 Judith Jones, Dean Koontz, Esther Perel, Nina Burleigh, Elizabeth Little, George R. R. Martin, Miriam Peskowitz and Andrea Buchanan, Christopher Moore |
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| December 12 Deborah Madison, Alex Prud'homme, Elena Forbes, Anthony Lappe, Dan Goldman, Taylor Clark, Kyle Mills, Chuck Thompson, Robert Mack |
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| 2006 | |||||
| January 11 Frank McCourt, Dara Horn, 2006 Puddly Awards, Docurama T-shirt |
January 25 Marilynne Robinson, David Masiel, Carole Radziwill, Justin Tussing |
February 8 Ross King, Danielle Trussoni, John Hodgman, Elizabeth Gilbert |
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| February 22 Julian Barnes, Jonathan Ames, Jen Trynin, Elizabeth Kolbert |
March 8 Melissa Bank, Tim Flannery, Jon Fasman, Mark Kurlansky, Bill Gaston |
March 22 Daniel Gilbert, Julia Alvarez, Christopher Moore, Sebastian Junger |
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| April 5 Sarah Waters, Lori Leibovich, David James Duncan, June Casagrande |
April 19 Jonathan Safran Foer, Daniel Handler, Timothy Noah, Elinor Lipman, Susan Straight |
May 3 Amy Hempel, Laura Foster, Paul Neilan, Robert St. John |
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| May 17 Sebastian Junger, Jim Lynch, A. M. Homes, Debbie Stoller, Heather McGowan |
May 31 Michael Pollan, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Eddie Campbell and Mark Siegel, Ivan Doig |
June 14 Gary Shteyngart, Charles D'Ambrosio, Emmanuel Guibert, Grady Klein, Eric Spitznagel, Rachel Sherman |
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| June 28 Alison Bechdel adn Craig Thompson, Anthony Bourdain, Jay Weinstein, Shannon's Picks |
July 12 Helen Thomas, Wendy Jaffe, Julia Glass, Clare Sambrook, Laura Dave |
July 26 Sara Gruen, Jason Roberts, Shelley Jackson, David Long, Jason Fagone |
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| August 10 Scott Smith, Gordon Dahlquist, Tom Lutz, Ayun Halliday |
August 24 Lee Montgomery, Julian Rubinstein, Mini Grey, Charles Euchner, Jennifer Gilmore |
September 6 Denise Mina, Daniel Levitin, Mark Haddon, Wendy Spero, Björn Türoque |
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| September 20 Sally Schneider, Jonathan Lear, Shari Caudron, David Kamp, Michael Cox, Michael Wex |
October 5 Richard Powers, Jane Hamilton, Matthew Skelton, Laura Stack, Laura Foster |
October 18 Michael Lewis, Erik Larson, Laurell K. Hamilton, Daniel Kalder, Emily Maguire |
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| November 1 Melissa Fay Greene, Geoffrey Nunberg, Stephen Goodwin, Rae Meadows |
November 15 Stephen King, Gillian Flynn, David Treuer, Maureen Ogle |
November 29 Kate Atkinson, Daniel Kalla, Janis Cooke Newman, Carl Shuker |
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| December 12 Philip Gourevitch, Alicia C. Shepard, Carolyn Turgeon, Tsia Carson, Jonny Geller |
December 28 Steven Johnson, Sigrid Nunez, Will Beall, Kevin Brockmeier, Roxanne Coady, Roland Kelts |
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| 2005 | |||||
| January 12 Dave King, The Ha-Ha, Stephen Elliott, New Favorites |
January 26 Andrew Sean Greer, Simon Singh, Jared Diamond |
February 9 Malcolm Gladwell, Erik Barmack, Paul Loeb |
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| February 23 Pam Houston, Maura Conlon-McIvor, Puddly Award Winners |
March 9 Ian Rankin, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Robert Thurman, Nina Simonds |
March 23 Geraldine Brooks, Colleen Kinder, Kevin Sampsell, Christopher Rice |
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| April 6 John Irving, Rare Grateful Dead, Anne Lamott, Seth Greenland, Jennifer Traig |
April 20 Jim Wallis, Peter Fenton, Meg Wolitzer, Green Press Initiative |
May 4 Jonathan Eig, Barry Yourgrau, Travels of a T-Shirt, Audio Book Sale |
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| May 18 Wesley Stace, Jim Fergus, Donald Hall, Black Lizard Classics |
June 1 Sarah Vowell, Steve Almond, Steven Church, Michael Finkel |
June 15 David McCullough, Nicole Krauss, Masha Hamilton, Leslie Berlin |
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| June 29 Nick Hornby, Lee Child, Dave Bidini, Jody Gehrman |
July 13 Michael Cunningham, Kevin Smokler, Martha O'Connor |
July 27 Elizabeth Kostova, Kathryn Harrison, Steve Leveen, OSCON |
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| August 17 Neil Gaiman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Terry McDermott, Mary Relindes Ellis |
August 24 Pat Walsh, Josh Emmons, Rob Brezsny |
September 7 Aimee Bender, Siri Hustvedt, Christopher Sorrentino |
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| September 21 Bret Easton Ellis, Jennifer Miller, Chris Crutcher |
October 5 Barbara Ehrenreich, Salman Rushdie, Laila Lalami, Julie Powell, James Frey |
October 19 Zadie Smith, Myla Goldberg, Nathaniel Fick, Springer Yellow Sale |
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| November 2 Mary Roach, George Saunders, Julia Briggs, Leora Skolkin-Smith |
November 16 Carl Hiaasen, Po Bronson, Alan Lee, 2005 Holiday Catalog |
November 30 Dava Sobel, Greil Marcus, Susan Orlean |
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| December 7 Anya von Bremzen, Dan Price, Championship Vinyl, Peter Manseau |
December 14 Paul Beatty, Uzodinma Iweala, Barry Yourgrau, Elliot Perlman, Max Barry |
December 28 Barbara Boxer, Laurie Notaro, Marjorie Kowalski Cole, Toni Morrison, David Wolman |
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| 2004 | |||||
| January 13 Michael Palin, Edward P. Jones, Staff Top 5s |
January 27 Billy Collins, Garrison Keillor, Caroline Leavitt, David France |
February 11 Haven Kimmel, 2004 Puddly Award winners, Jordan Stump |
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| February 24 Po Bronson, Sarabeth Purcell, the Wish List |
March 9 Gregory Maguire, Mark Obmascik, Remarkable Reads |
March 24 Karen Armstrong, Sam Kashner, David Moats |
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| April 6 Brian Greene, Ridley Pearson, Richard Yancey |
April 21 Ian McEwan, Rachel Cohen, Seuss souvenirs |
May 5 Christopher Kimball, The Buddha Whale, Elmore Leonard |
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| May 18 Robert Sullivan, Ann Patchett, The Last Unpublished Blues Archive |
June 2 Alexander McCall Smith, Hannah Tinti, Summer Cookbooks |
June 15 Colm Tóibín, Audrey Niffenegger, Bloomsday |
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| June 30 Laurie Notaro, Carl Lennertz, Michael Mandelbaum |
July 14 Alexandra Fuller, M. J. Rose, Essay Contest |
July 28 Robert Kurson, Shadow Divers, Election 2004 |
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| August 11 Jonathan Ames, Wake Up, Sir!, Back to School |
August 24 Walter Mosley, Little Scarlet, 14 Favorites |
September 8 Linda Greenlaw, All Fishermen Are Liars, Jean Nathan |
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| September 21 Marjane Satrapi, New Yorker cartoons, INK Q&A |
October 6 Arthur Phillips, The Egyptologist, 14 Favorites, A. J. Jacobs |
October 19 Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers, Seuss Bottles |
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| November 1 Liza Ward, Outside Valentine, Andrew F. Smith |
November 17 First Fiction Panel, Holiday Catalog, Susan Orlean |
December 1 Miriam Toews, Anthony Bourdain, Julian Rubinstein |
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| December 8 Richard Dawkins, Will Christopher Baer, Rare Book Sale |
December 14 Christopher Moore, Stephen Mitchell, Employee Top Five Picks |
December 21 Virtual Credit and Powell's Cards, Little Children, LA Weekly |
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| December 30 The Modern Lover, Carole Cadwalladr, The Broker |
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| 2003 | |||||
| January 7 David Skover, Nicola Barker, Staff Favorites of 2002 |
January 21 Nick Hornby, James McBride, Laura Caldwell |
February 5 Mariel Hemingway, David Almond, Michel Faber |
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| February 18 Calvin Trillin, Elizabeth Crane, 2003 Puddly Awards |
March 4 Anthony Swofford, Faces in San Francisco |
March 18 Erik Larson, Jason Starr, Black Lizard Crime Fiction |
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| April 1 Ruth Ozeki, Matt Ruff, National Poetry Month |
April 16 T. C. Boyle, James Frey, Robert Stone |
May 1 Roger Angell, Indu Sundaresan, Recently Arrived Used Books service |
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| May 14 Don't Know Much About History, Mark Costello, O'Reilly Open Source convention |
May 28 Jacques Pepin, Derek Lundy, Deals for Fathers |
June 11 Dennis Lehane, John Burdett, A Round-Heeled Woman |
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| June 25 David Halberstam, lê thi diem thúy, The Writer's Almanac |
July 8 Meghan Daum, Tim Sandlin, Garrison Keillor's Poetry Picks |
July 22 Mark Haddon, Stephanie Pierson, Zoe Heller |
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| August 5 Heidi Julavits, Hugo Hamilton, Q words with no U |
August 20 David Lipsky, Carolyn Parkhurst, the Times Literary Supplement |
September 3 Zoe Trope, Peter Stothard, The Believer |
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| September 16 Vendela Vida, Julie Orringer, Nell Freudenberger |
October 1 Charles Baxter, the OED, A Question of Honor |
October 14 Jonathan Lethem, Monica Ali, Sara Nelson |
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| October 29 Philip Pullman, Christopher Paolini, Tamora Pierce, Julie Otsuka |
November 13 Pete Dexter, Lewis DeSoto, PNBA Holiday Picks |
November 19 DBC Pierre, Neal Pollack, Edmund White |
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| December 2 Martin Amis, David Rees, Alexandre Dumas |
December 10 Anne Lamott, Ayun Halliday, Mothering magazine |
December 22 Erasure, A Leap in the Dark, Elizabeth Costello |
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| December 30 Maxine Hong Kingston, Kristin Ohlson, Trading Up |
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| 2002 | |||||
| January 8 Jill Ker Conway, The Academy of American Poets |
January 23 Gretel Ehrlich, At the Movies, Dispatches From A Wounded World |
February 6 Anthony Bourdain, Black History Month |
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| February 19 Eric Schlosser, 2002 Puddly Awards, David McCullough |
March 6 Susan Minot, The Eyre Affair |
March 19 Richard Ford, Austerlitz, Steven's Picks |
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| April 3 Judy Blunt |
April 16 Bharati Mukherjee, Richard Russo |
April 30 Michael Connelly, Jean Auel, Sharon's Picks |
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| May 14 David Rakoff, 2002 Firecracker Awards |
May 29 Norton Juster, Kids' Books |
June 11 Rick Moody, Reading Groups, Odd Girl Out |
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| June 26 Elizabeth Gilbert, Satirewire.com |
July 9 David Means, Powell's Press |
July 23 Alice Waters, Kids' Technical Books |
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| August 6 Stephen Carter, Julia Child, Orin's Picks |
August 28 Ben Marcus, Brady Udall |
September 10 Ethan Hawke, Julia Glass, Jill's Picks |
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| September 24 Alice Sebold, Shawn Levy, Victor Hugo gets panned |
October 8 Salman Rushdie, Dave Eggers, Yann Martel |
October 22 Tony Horwitz, Glen David Gold, Charles Dickens |
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| November 5 Michel Faber, Aleksandar Hemon |
November 19 Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002 Gift Guide |
December 3 Jeffrey Masson, Patricia Henley, PNBA Holiday Picks |
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| December 23 Thomas Hine, Umberto Eco, Fup Photo Album |
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