Books

Creationism vs. atheism: It's on!
A "revised" edition of Darwin's "The Origin of Species" turns college campuses into three-ring circuses

Christmas insanity unwrapped
"Tinsel" investigates the allure -- and demented poignancy -- of America's holiday obsession

Democrat goes rogue, declares Palin's book "great"!
The surprising charms of the week's most talked-about political memoir

Vanity book awards
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How memoirs took over the literary world
A new book says: Fiction is dead, long live the age of autobiography

Palin's book goes rogue on the facts

Investigating his father's murder
A memoirist searches for the truth about a fatal shooting in 1960s Phoenix

Jonathan Safran Foer's beef with factory farms
The polarizing author and vegetarian discusses his new book, "Eating Animals," and the hefty cost of cheap food

Augusten Burroughs shares his holiday stories

A 10-best books list without women?
Controversy about Publishers Weekly's year-end list has the Internet up in arms