The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: week of May 5
The hottest titles in fiction and non-fiction
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The psychology behind Anders Breivik’s murderous rampage
’I’m still asking myself, "Why did he really do it?" ’ author says of Norway massacre
The Bibliopod: On PEN/Hebdo, ’showrooming’, and more
Maclean’s books podcast takes on the PEN/Charlie Hebdo controversy and fictional people in politics, and interviews Jon Ronson
Chigozie Obioma’s dark coming-of-age tale
Book review: A subtle, beautiful yarn of a family torn asunder
How do you write about one of history’s greatest prose stylists?
Book review: A sterling new biography of Saul Bellow
Can we clone a mammoth? Here’s a potential cookbook.
Even if we can rebuild the mammoth, what would be the point?
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: week of April 28
The hottest titles in fiction and non-fiction
Einstein’s beef with Schrodinger: Book review
A new book reveals the quarrels between the great scientist and his friend, Erwin Schrödinger, over quantum theory in physics
Book review: Toni Morrison’s violent new novel
Morrison’s new book erases barriers between the lofty African American novel and contemporary urban lit
Why romance novelists are the rock stars of the literary world
Romance writing isn’t just a billion-dollar industry. It’s also the nicest meritocracy around.