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10.29.2009 10:47 am

Top 10 book list shuts out women

Post-Dispatch Book Editor

Publishers Weekly, which surveys some 50,000 books a year, has announced its first top 10 list.

Interestingly, it includes not a single book written by a woman. (This year, Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” won the Booker award and several novels by…

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07.29.2009 2:34 pm

Best Beach Books Ever, according to NPR

Post-Dispatch Book Editor

Even among NPR listeners, Harry Potter is a favorite.

National Public Radio says 16,000 people have voted in its first poll for Best Beach Books Ever. Just behind Harry Potter is “To Kill a Mockingbird” at No. 2. Funny, I’ve never…

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