Anti-heroes By Louis Begley
The author of "Mistler's Exit" celebrates three deplorable protagonists. (05/15/00)

Data dazed By A.M. Homes
The author of "Music for Torching" recommends five books for the information-addled. (05/08/00)

Expatriate novels By Lucy Grealy
The author of "Autobiography of a Face" picks five classics about life abroad. (04/17/00)

Great girl trash By Janet Fitch
The author of "White Oleander" picks five great trashy reads. (04/10/00)

Do not disturb By Jhumpa Lahiri
The author of "Interpreter of Maladies" checks in with great fiction about hotels. (04/03/00)

Tell-tale hearts By Stewart O'Nan
The author of "Prayer for the Dying" picks five tales of creeping madness. (03/27/00)

Abecedarian delights By Jim Lewis
The author of "Why The Tree Loves the Ax" picks five great alphabetical books. (03/20/00)

Ruling passions By Jeffrey Toobin
The bestselling author of "A Vast Conspiracy" picks five favorite political books. (03/13/00)

Indispensable frivolity By Richard Howard
The poet and translator picks five seriously ridiculous novels. (03/06/00)

Childproofing By Roz Chast
The New Yorker cartoonist picks five books you'd better hide from the kids. (02/28/00)

Bit parts By David Gates
The author of "Wonders of the Invisible World" picks five great literary walk-ons. (02/14/00)

Book Bag: New bohemian classics By Ann Powers
The author of "Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America" picks five must-reads for a new generation. (02/07/00)

Book Bag: Outskirts of the fin de siècle By Phillip Lopate
Five underappreciated novels from the last time the century turned. (01/31/00)

Book Bag: Out of this world By Richard Foreman
Five novels of panoramic scope and world-shattering perspective. (01/24/00)

Book Bag: Mixing it up By Geoff Nicholson
The author of "Flesh Guitar" celebrates five great cocktail novels. (01/10/00)

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Book Bag archives for: 1999