Books of the Year 2012
The Atlantic's literary editor picks the five best of the crop.
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An Alice Munro collection that's "autobiographical in feeling," if not in fact; Zadie Smith's uneven new novel; and more
The deeply misanthropic paintings of Caspar David Freidrich; Flannery O'Connor as protagonist
The irony of getting away with something was that you were your own executioner. In a pang of remorse, you could open your mouth and change your life.
The untold story of America's color consensus; Rachel Cusk's way with metaphors; and more
The father and son who, through a half century at NFL Films, mythologized modern football—and helped make it the national game
With his latest reality show, Chef Gordon Ramsay extends his patented froth from the kitchen to the hotel business at large.
Writing about writers; an atrocity ignored; the most influential book in English
The great critic showed us how to talk about popular art and fall in love with movies.
The unlikely exoticism of Mobile, Alabama; false hopes for American schools; and more
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Eric Schmidt: Kim Jong Un Could Turn On North Korea's Internet if He Wanted
Will 'Digital Ethnic Cleansing' Be Part of the Internet's Future?
NASA Records an Explosion on the Moon So Bright You Could Have Seen It With Your Bare Eyes
This Is the Biggest Mistake 60-Year Old Men Make About the Economy
College Enrollment Is Falling Faster Than We Thought (Good News!)
In Homage to The Office: What's the Worst Job You've Ever Had?
A Simple Graph That Should Silence Austerians and Gold Bugs Forever
The Amazing David Beckham Goal That Sent England to the 2002 World Cup
Good News: The Arrested Development Season 4 Trailer Is Quite Funny
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