On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review  By KENNETH SLAWENSKI
Reviewed by JAY McINERNEY The great achievement of Kenneth Slawenski's reverent biography, coming just a year after Salinger's death, is its evocation of the horror of his experiences in World War II. Also in the Book Review  By AMY CHUA
Reviewed by SUSAN DOMINUS Amy Chua preaches tough love and high expectations in a memoir about the lengths she went to in pushing her daughters to excel.  By MICHAEL SCHEUER
Reviewed by FOUAD AJAMI An ex-C.I.A. bin Laden hunter worries about U.S. complacency.  By JUSTIN TAYLOR
Reviewed by DAN KOIS The rise and fall of an anarchist collective is the subject of Justin Taylor's first novel. By PATRICK COCKBURN and HENRY COCKBURN
Reviewed by DARIN STRAUSS A father reports on, and a son describes, the experience of schizophrenia.  By ALLISON PEARSON
Reviewed by ALEXANDRA JACOBS In this novel, a teenager's crush on David Cassidy helps shape the rest of her life.  By JONATHAN RABB
Reviewed by TARA McKELVEY A German detective searches for his son during the Spanish Civil War.  By DOUGLAS WALLER
Reviewed by JENNET CONANT A biography of William J. Donovan, the head of the World War II intelligence service that preceded the C.I.A.  By ELIZABETH STUCKEY-FRENCH
Reviewed by JINCY WILLETT This novel's heroine, 77, was poisoned in a cold war medical experiment.  Reviewed by J. M. LEDGARD New books tell of Mandela's birth to a royal court, his struggle to adapt to racist South Africa, and the peace he maintained in prison.  By ELIAS ABOUJAOUDE and JANE McGONIGAL
Reviewed by WILLIAM SALETAN Two views: the Internet is leading us to temptation, or perhaps teaching us how to be good.  By EDWARD GLAESER
Reviewed by DIANA SILVER A Harvard economist acclaims the environmental virtues of cities. By JAMES L. KUGEL
Reviewed by JUDITH SHULEVITZ A biblical scholar uses his encounter with death to investigate the state of mind in which one intuits something on the order of God.  By ELENA MAULI SHAPIRO
Reviewed by MAX BYRD A novel reimagines a real Frenchwoman's lusty life from her unclaimed belongings.  By FRANK BRADY
Reviewed by DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN A biography of the admired chess master and reviled eccentric Bobby Fischer.  By MARK RICHARD
Reviewed by SARAH SHUN-LIEN BYNUM A memoir of growing up disabled in the South, becoming a writer and embracing faith. Children's Books  By ADAM GOPNIK
Reviewed by DAVID BARRINGER Adam Gopnik's children's fantasy is a multilayered tribute to both the real and the mythic New York. By LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON
Reviewed by JERRY GRISWOLD Laurie Halse Anderson's new novel about the American Revolution and colonial-era slavery is a sequel to her prize-winning "Chains."  By ALLEN SAY
Reviewed by ROGER SUTTON A young Japanese boy mistakes the real and imaginary in this picture book from Allen Say. |  By THE EDITORS This week we introduce our revamped best-seller lists, the result of many months of planning, research and design. Book Review Features  Book Review Preview By ROBYN CRESWELL The poems and songs of Tahrir Square directly challenge the official worldview propagated by the Mubarak regime.  Essay By SAM TANENHAUS With the death last month of Daniel Bell, we lost a prescient big thinker on many subjects, including ideology and American politics.  By MARILYN STASIO Mystery novels by Urban Waite, Jed Rubenfeld, Alan Bradley and Martha Grimes.  Featuring Susan Dominus on Amy Chua's "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother"; and Alexandra Jacobs on Allison Pearson's new novel, "I Think I Love You." Reviews by The Times's Critics Editor's Note Thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. Feel free to send feedback; I enjoy hearing your opinions and will do my best to respond. Blake Wilson
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