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Critics' Lists: Summer 2012
Want A Winner? These Books Made The Critics' Cut
by Lynn Neary
Lynn Neary talks to three critics about the books you absolutely shouldn't miss this summer. Critic Laura Miller of Salon.com, says it's a particularly rich literary summer because in election years, publishers release their juiciest books before the fall.
Summer Books 2011
Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. Explore the winners of NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy survey — an intriguing mix of classic and contemporary titles.
Thrilled To Death
Barry Eisler: A Grim Future Is Now In '1984'
George Orwell's dystopian vision offers such devastating political commentary that it's rarely described as a suspense novel. But author and former CIA operative Barry Eisler says the book simply proves just how powerful a thriller with a message can be.
Excerpt: 'All Art Is Propaganda'
by George Orwell
Dickens is remarkable, indeed almost unique, among modern writers in being able to give a convincing picture of happiness.
You Must Read This
Writer Home for the Holidays on 'Animal Farm'
by David Maine
Though not exactly a holiday story, George Orwell's Animal Farm is the book that writer David Maine revisits each year. Maine remembers reading the parable for the first time as a teen and thinking: "Whoa, this isn't just talking animals."
You Must Read This
Orwell on Writing: 'Clarity Is the Remedy'
by Lawrence Wright
Most people these days think of George Orwell as the author of high school reading staples Animal Farm and 1984. But author Lawrence Wright says that Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language," is the piece of writing to which he most often returns.
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