Footsucker By Geoff Nicholson (Fiction)
The Overlook Press, reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek
A winsome novel about foot and shoe fetishism, from a British novelist whose primary subject is obsession.

So Forth By Joseph Brodsky (Fiction)
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, reviewed by Scott Baldinger
This Nobel Prize winner's final, posthumous book of poetry is his most intimate and confessional.

America Needs a Raise By John J. Sweeney (Nonfiction)
Houghton-Mifflin, reviewed by Phil Leggiere
A manifesto-cum-pep rally about the current state of American labor, from the charismatic new president of the AFL-CIO.

Leaving a Doll's House by Claire Bloom (Nonfiction)
Little, Brown & Co., reviewed by Katharine Whittemore
A curious (and controversial) memoir about the actress' life, including her 17 hellish years with the novelist Philip Roth.

After Rain By William Trevor (Fiction)
Viking, reviewed by Charles Taylor
Short stories, set in rural Ireland, by a writer with a genius for getting at the texture of parched lives.

Swamp Fever By James Carville
Why some presidential polls are more believable than others.

Servant of the Bones Diary By Anne Rice
Anne returns to San Francisco, where she learned to be a real writer and a real pornographer.
Plus: Rice answers readers' questions.

The Awful Truth By Cintra Wilson
Brit Eddie Izzard is proof that a chubby transvestite comic can be real and true and good — but never successful in America.

Word by Word By Anne Lamott
It's hard to love thy neighbor when she makes you feel like a slatternly failure of a mother.

Unzipped By Courtney Weaver
Is phone sex a turn-on or a hang-up? Call in to the Unzipped discussion in Table Talk.

The Listress By Amy Wallace
Drawing a crowd at the altar: a quiz about multiply married notables, among other things. The first to submit the correct answers wins a $25 gift certificate from Borders Books & Music.

Lit Chat: Mona Simpson By Joy Press
The author of "A Regular Guy" on the dangers of autobiographical fiction, university-trained novelists and the unbearable emptiness of Silicon Valley.

Revenge of the Kid Brother By Scott Rosenberg
Frank Sulloway says your birth order determines your personality — and he's got the numbers to prove it