1. On Writing, Written by: Jane
(Staff Picks/Nonfiction)

By Stephen King (Pocket Books, $7.99) I never thought a book on writing could be so interesting. Stephen King manages to make a normally technical subject about writing an interesting read. It's fille

2. The Remains of the Day, Written by: Jane
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by Kazuo Ishiguro (Vintage, $14.95) The sad, moving story of an English butler who sacrifices his life and love for his job, only to realize too late that it was not worth it. This is one of the gre

3. Out Stealing Horses, Written by: Jane
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by Per Petterson (Picador, $14.00) In this deep and haunting sad story of love and betrayal in rural Norway, an old man recalls the events in his past. Though it is an international bestseller, if y

4. The Exception, Written by: Jane
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by Christian Jungersen (Anchor, $15.95) This amazing book touches the core of humanity, and the hypocritical behavior of human beings. Jungersen proves that evil exists in the most unlikely places--

5. An Elegy for Easterly, Written by: Jane
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by Petina Gappah (Faber and Faber, $23.00) This fun collection of contemporary fiction about Zimbabweans' struggle to survive under Mugabe's government shows that even as everything falls apart arou

6. Measuring the World, Written by: Jane
(Staff Picks/Fiction)

by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway (Knopf, $23.00) An international bestseller, Measuring the World has been translated into eight languages. Kehlmann is a new-generation German w