A writer finds a wider audience with “The Book of Numbers,” a novel about government spying and corporate big data that bears a close resemblance to reality.
A writer finds a wider audience with “Book of Numbers,” a novel about government spying and corporate big data that bears a close resemblance to reality.
Judy Blume, whose adult novel “In the Unlikely Event” is No. 4 on the hardcover fiction list, had two million books in print in 1976, well before The Times had a children’s best-seller list.
New books portray Henry George, the “single tax” proponent, who was almost elected New York mayor, and look at significant chapters in the state’s history.