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  • Top 10 Airplane Books: O, ye of little faith in the in-flight movie! Dan Brown, whose latest novel, The Lost Symbol , hits stores Sept. 15, is the undisputed king of airplane books — the not-too-heavy, not-too-long potboilers perfect for a long layover. But who else makes the list? Hudson Booksellers — a staple of departure terminals nationwide — shared with TIME a list of its Top 10 best sellers over the past five years

    Top 10 Airplane Books

  • Best Movies, TV, Books and Theater of the Decade: TIME's critics pick their favorites from a bountiful decade in the arts

    Best Movies, TV, Books and Theater of the Decade

  • Top 10 Notable New Diet Books

  • Holiday Gift Guide 2009

  • Summer Reading List: Summer is a bracingly honest season for readers: it's too hot to pretend to be clever, so you just read books you actually like. TIME asked some of its favorite writers what they read when they read for fun

    Summer Reading List

  • Summer Arts Preview: TIME's top critics survey this summer's not-to-be-missed arts events — from Bruno to Lil Wayne, from Harry Potter to Thomas Pynchon

    Summer Arts Preview

  • Top 10 Literary Stunts: From Hunter S. Thompson to George Plimpton, journalists have elevated the literary gimmick —

    Top 10 Literary Stunts

  • 50 Things to See, Hear and Do This Fall: TIME's arts critics round up the fall's most anticipated movies, books, TV shows, albums and exhibits

    50 Things to See, Hear and Do This Fall

  • Best Business Books of 2009: Sagas of Bernie and Ayn. A theory gone wrong. How the mighty fell into Wall Street hell

    Best Business Books of 2009

  • Top 10 Oprah Moments: From her infamous interview with a love-struck Tom Cruise to an unforgettable car giveaway, TIME explores the talk-show host's most memorable moments

    Top 10 Oprah Moments

  • Top 10 Freakishly Specific Lists from The Onion A.V. Club: Everyone loves a good list. The writers of the arts and entertainment arm of the satirical newspaper The Onion more than most. In their new book Inventory (Scribner), they've put together a compendium of their most hilarious, obscure and frighteningly precise lists. Here's a sampling of our favorites.

    Top 10 Freakishly Specific Lists from The Onion A.V. Club

  • Stephen King on His 10 Longest Novels: Landing on nightstands everywhere this fall with a monstrous thwack, the 1,000-plus page Under the Dome is Stephen King's third longest novel. In an interview with TIME, the prolific author reflects on his new book and nine of its fellow doorstops.

    Stephen King on His 10 Longest Novels

  • Top 10 Oddest Marvel Characters: On Aug. 31, Disney announced it would acquire the comic-book publisher Marvel for $4 billion. But the Mouse gets more than just the rights to Spider-man, The X-Men and other bankable superheroes: it also inherits Marvel's vast stable of some 5,000 heroes and villains — some obscure, some unusual and some bizarre. Here's 10 of the oddest

    Top 10 Oddest Marvel Characters

  • TIME's Annual Journey: 1989: From the Berlin Wall to the Web, from Tiananmen Square to a moment in South Africa, from an oil spill to a banned book — how a year of both hope and despair transformed our planet forever

    TIME's Annual Journey: 1989

  • Debunking 10 Myths About Dieting: Misinformation about dieting is everywhere. How can you drop those unwanted pounds safely and successfully, without falling for bogus claims? Dr. Nancy Snyderman, the chief medical editor for NBC News, has written a smart, comprehensive new book debunking the myths that abound: Diet Myths That Keep Us Fat .

    Debunking 10 Myths About Dieting

  • Top 10 Graphic Novels: As the movie version of the acclaimed graphic novel Watchmen — one of TIME's Top 100 Novels of All Time — hits the big screen, book critic Lev Grossman looks at the best of the form.

    Top 10 Graphic Novels

  • Banned Books: Since 1982, the American Library Association has sponsored Banned Books Week as a tribute to free speech and open libraries

    Banned Books

  • The Short List of Things to Do: A guide to what you should see and what you should skip — and what you won't be able to avoid

    The Short List of Things to Do

  • 47 Things to See, Hear, and Do This Fall: East or west, highbrow or low — wherever you and your taste may roam this fall, TIME's arts critics have you covered

    47 Things to See, Hear, and Do This Fall

  • Five Great Reads on Patriotism: With the approach of the Fourth of July, here are five books that tackle the meaning of patriotism head-on. by Marti Covington, James Downie and Maya Curry / Washington

    Five Great Reads on Patriotism

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