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  1. Harold Bloom ponders capitalism's future -- and its messianic impulse -- on our book blog: http://bit.ly/Rl17G Join in the conversation!
  2. It's that time. Let us know your favorite/worst/most overrated book(s) of the year. Tweet back, direct message or email lowmans@washpost.com
  3. Need a good book? Check out critics' picks: http://bit.ly/nZMTk
  4. Palin's memoir is tops in pre-orders. Will there be parodies? You betcha. A look a the Palin coloring book: http://bit.ly/Rl17G
  5. Michael Dirda reviews Michael Slater's CHARLES DICKENS--"the ultimate workahoic multi-tasker": http://bit.ly/oanQU
  6. Is your white neighborhood racist? SEARCHING FOR WHITOPIA (that's Why-Toh-Pia) argues residential racism is on the rise: http://bit.ly/Rl17G
  7. 9/11 and the novel: http://bit.ly/3CJWIH
  8. Ron Charles calls Barbara Kingsolver's THE LACUNA her "most mature and ambitious" work: http://bit.ly/34nMjI
  9. Iran, the bomb, and religious devotion: Ariel Glucklich argues that terrorists do not fight their enemies out of hatred. http://bit.ly/Rl17G
  10. Author Timothy A. Kelly has a prescription for mental health care reform: http://bit.ly/Rl17G #health
  11. The author of THE VAMPIRE SEDUCTION HANDBOOK gives us some tips, if you're into that sort of thing: http://bit.ly/Rl17G #Halloween
  12. The novel "Hell" stars a journo working for Satan. Author Robert Butler tells us about his interested in the underworld: http://bit.ly/Rl17G
  13. Book pricing wars! Wal-Mart, Target, Amazon and....Sears(?) battle it out for pre-orders on falls biggest books: http://bit.ly/1Hlzl2
  14. Debra Ollivier, author of WHAT FRENCH WOMEN KNOW, writes about the differences between French and American women: http://bit.ly/Rl17G
  15. Our colleague Lisa de Moraes reports that Sarah Palin will be on Oprah 11/16 to promote book http://bit.ly/1PWn3N #oprah #palin #politics
  16. Check out our intvw with former GA Sen Max Cleland, author of HEART OF A PATRIOT. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/shortstack/ #military
  17. Marie Arana reviews THE MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE by Orhan Pamuk (2006 Nobel Lit winner): http://bit.ly/1MXX5a
  18. Bryant Simon, author of EVERYTHING BUT THE COFFEE, writes on our Short Stack blog about the dulled lustre of Starbucks: http://bit.ly/Rl17G
  19. Michael Dirda begins his review of Dave Eggers' WILD THINGS (based on Maurice Sendak's story) with a sigh: http://bit.ly/44IXsc #wildthings
  20. Michael Anthony chronicles the horror of war as a medic. He wrote an essay for Book World: http://bit.ly/Rl17G #military #politics #usn