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While the phrase “reading group” suggests a gaggle of suburban soccer moms chatting over Oprah’s latest pick, rest assured that isn’t the case here. To the contrary, Book in Hand favors esoteric classics over the flavor of the month. These guys are infinitely more likely to opine about Rainer Maria Rilke or Elizabeth Barrett Browning than James Frey or Wally Lamb. If you always kept your brilliant comments to yourself during lit lectures in college, here's your second chance to impress your peers with your erudition.

"A Short History of Women" is the title of Walbert’s latest novel-slash-story collection. The narrative alternates between the life of a British suffragist and those of a handful of her descendants. More »
7/9 Francis Flaherty at Barnes & Noble
Longtime editor for the "New York Times" discusses his book "Elements of Story: Field Notes on Nonfiction Writing," which, in the tradition of Strunk & White, offers a number of big-picture directives that the author believes will help even the best of writers. More »
7/15 Cornel West at Barnes & Noble
Philosopher, theoretician, Princeton professor, and personal hero of many, West presents "Hope on a Tightrope," a collection of quotes, speech excerpts, letters, and philosophies. More »
7/8 Rafael Yglesias at Barnes & Noble
The author of "Fearless," the plane-crash story and subsequent screenplay, will read from his first novel in thirteen years, "A Happy Marriage." More »