Dec 17th, 2008 · There's much to celebrate in this year's crop of books, from Jhumpa Lahiri's new story collection to Joseph O'Neill's retelling of The Great Gatsby. Plus, in the world of nonfiction, a haunting memoir of loss by Elizabeth McCracken.
May 19th, 2008 · Book critic Maureen Corrigan gives her summer fiction round-up: Lady of the Snakes by Rachel Pastan; The Sister by Poppy Adams; The People on Privilege Hill by Jane Gardam; and Exiles by Ron Hansen.
Jan 19th, 2007 · Book critic Maureen Corrigan's memoir about her lifelong love of reading is Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books. This interview originally aired on Sep. 12, 2005.
Dec 22nd, 2005 · Books 2005: Maureen Corrigan's Favorites December 22, 2005 · Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan lists her favorite books of 2005, including novels by Mary Gaitskill and Kazuo Ishiguro, and memoirs by Joan Didion and J.R. Moehringer.
Nov 9th, 2005 · In today's sexual politics, are women equal -- and are men even needed? That's the question New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd asks in her new book, 'Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide'.
Dec 16th, 2004 · Book critic Maureen Corrigan gives us her picks for the best holiday books of 2004. Her choices range from literary thrillers to a new biography of Ben Franklin.
Oct 26th, 2004 · Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt.
Oct 19th, 2004 · Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger, by Nigel Slater, and Lilla's Feat: A Story of Food, Love and War in the Orient, by Frances Osbourne.