New York Times: Books

An archive of letters from the collections of the novelist Rosamond Lehmann and the writer Frances Partridge may shed light on the suicide of Virginia Woolf, The Guardian reported.

Jill Abramson, The Times’s managing editor for news, specialized in “the intersection of money and politics” during her reporting career.

The comedian Chelsea Handler beats out Karl Rove for the top spot on the hardcover nonfiction list with her new collection.

Top 5 at a Glance1. A PATRIOT'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen2. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler3. MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler4.

Top 5 at a Glance1. HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult2. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett3. THE SILENT SEA, by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul4. BACKLASH, by Aaron Allston5. ABRAHAM LINCOLN:

A memoir of how cooking helped save the marriage of Paula Butturini and her husband, reporters traumatized by war.

David Shenk argues that that discipline, not giftedness, is vital to greatness.

Henry M. Paulson’s account of his tumultuous term as George W. Bush’s last Treasury secretary.

This ambitious, angry novel’s capitalist is more reliably loathsome than its jihadist.

The great campaign books of the past are about more than the back-room drama that dominates recent releases.