Lucas Wittmann is the books editor at Newsweek/The Daily Beast.
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A Winter’s Tale
From Lawrence Wright's expose of Scientology to Max Boot's history of guerilla warfare, Newsweek... MORE
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My Favorite Books of the Year
Newsweek/Daily Beast books editor Lucas Wittmann on Salman Rushdie’s memoir and other books that... MORE
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Holiday Books Gift Guide
From what to get your bratty cousin to the perfect gift for Dad, herewith our ultimate gift guide... MORE
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And the Winner Is: Katherine Boo
A descent into the Mumbai slums climbs to literary heights as it nabs the National Book Award.... MORE
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Pens at the Ready
Lucas Wittmann, Jimmy So, Doug Stanton and Nick Mancusi on the best of today's war books written by... MORE
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5 Armchair Getaways
Is winter weather keeping you inside?... MORE
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Fall’s Big Reads
From Salman Rushdie’s years in hiding to Tom Wolfe’s first novel in eight years, Newsweek picks 15... MORE
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21 Amazing Summer Reads
From a debut about a wedding off Cape Cod to a biography of Julia Child, Jimmy So and Lucas... MORE
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Bright Lights, Big Glass
Novelist Jay McInerney joins us on camera to taste wine, talk about what hipsters drink, and why... MORE
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This Week’s Hot Reads
From ‘HHhH,’ a Holocaust novel about the impossibility of writing a Holocaust novel, to a memoir by... MORE
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2012 Best New Books
From the real Putin to a hedge-fund thriller, forthcoming books not to miss. MORE
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Just Think
India’s Tehelka Think Festival kicked off today, covering nanotechnology to satire.... MORE
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Didion's 'Blue Nights'
An exclusive clip from Joan Didion’s nephew Griffin Dunne’s mesmerizing film of the writer reading... MORE
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Must-Read Books of the Fall
From Murakami’s magnum opus to Joan Didion’s new memoir to the return of Charles Frazier, here are... MORE
