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Billy Bathgate - E. L. Doctorow
Amazon.com ReviewIn the Bronx of the 1930s, 15-year-old Billy Bathgate hooks up with a legendary mobster, Dutch Schultz. Schultz becomes an unlikely surrogate parent to the boy, in... -
Beloved_ a novel - Toni Morrison
Amazon.com ReviewIn the troubled years following the Civil War, the spirit of a murdered child haunts the Ohio home of a former slave. This angry, destructive ghost breaks mirrors,... -
Before You Know Kindness - Christopher Bohjalian
Amazon.com ReviewIf you imagine most writer's bathrooms (and this is probably a mistake) you'd picture damp towels in a clump on the floor, hair in the soap, a few mildewed paperba... -
Bedford Square - Anne Perry
Amazon.com ReviewEven if you prefer the tougher, edgier William Monk books by Anne Perry, such as __, there's no denying the wealth of detail and the powerful emotions at work in h... -
Becoming Madame Mao - Anchee Min
Amazon.com ReviewMany writers have engaged in the project of rescuing female figures from history, but few have tackled such an unsympathetic character as Anchee Min does in her hi... -
Because of Winn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo
Amazon.com ReviewBecause of Winn-Dixie, a big, ugly, happy dog, 10-year-old Opal learns 10 things about her long-gone mother from her preacher father. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal m... -
Beautiful Boy_ A Father's Journ - David Sheff
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Best of the Month, February 2008: From as early as grade school, the world seemed to be on Nic Sheff's string. Bright and athletic, he excelled in ... -
Bangkok 8 - John Burdett
Amazon.com Review When a U.S. Marine is killed in Bangkok, the task of finding the murderer falls to Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep, seemingly the only member of the Royal T... -
Awakening the Buddha Within _ E - Lama Surya Das
Amazon.com ReviewIf you dropped the Buddha into a modern metropolis, would he come off sounding like a 16th-century morality play or more like a drive-time disc jockey? Lama Surya ... -
Asylum - Patrick McGrath
Amazon.com ReviewThe New Yorker review praised Patrick McGrath's "ornate, deadpan style . . . distinguished by its unusual seriousness, its lack of camp," and described Asylum...