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The article presents a selection of recommended travel guides for spring of 2011, including "All Aboard: The Complete North American Train Travel Guide" by Jim Loomis, "All Around the Town: Amazing Manhattan Facts and Curiosities" by Patrick Bunyan, and "Explore the Southeast National Marine Sanctuaries with Jean-Michel Cousteau," by Jean-Michel Cousteau and Ocean Futures Society.

A list is presented of the best books of 2009, including "Too Much Happiness," by Alice Munro, "Cheever," by Blake Bailey, and "The Storm in the Barn," by Matt Phelan.

A list is presented of travel guides published in the six months previous to March 2009, including "Etiquette Guide to China: Know the Rules That Make the Difference!" by Boye Lafayette de Mente, "The Norway Bed & Breakfast Book" by Anne Marit Bjorgen and "Paris by Pastry: Stalking the Sweet Life on the Streets of Paris" by Joyce Slayton Mitchell.

The article lists the best food books reviewed in the year prior to October 2011, including "As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child & Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship & the Making of a Masterpiece" edited by Joan Reardon, "Homemade Soda" by Andrew Schloss, and "The Sorcerer’s Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adria’s elBulli" by Lisa Abend.

The article presents a list of of recommended travel guides for the autumn of 2011, including "Caribbean Passagemaking: A Cruiser’s Guide," second edition, by Les Weatheritt, "Ghost Towns of Route 66" by Jim Hinckley, and "100 Places to Go before They Disappear" by Patrick Drew.

The article lists the best literary travel books reviewed in the year prior to September 2011, including "Andes" by Michael Jacobs, "Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War" by Annia Ciezadlo, "India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking" by Anand Giridharadas.

The article lists the best horror fiction books reviewed in the year prior to August 2011, including "The Zombie Autopsies: Secret Notebooks from the Apocalypse" by Steven C. Schlozman, "Stories from the Plague Years" by Michael Marano, and "American Vampire" by Jennifer Armintrout.

The article lists the best business books reviewed in the year prior to July 2011, including "Age of Greed: The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970 to the Present" by Jeff Madrick, "Bury My Heart at Conference Room B: The Unbeatable Impact of Truly Committed Managers" by Stan Slap, and "Getting More: How to Negotiate to Achieve Your Goals in the Real World" by Stuart Diamond.

The article lists the best biographies reviewed in the year prior to June 2011, including "Colonel Roosevelt" by Edmund Morris, "Fab: The Life of Paul McCartney" by Howard Sounes, and "How to Live; or, A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer" by Sarah Bakewell.

The article lists the best science fiction and fantasy books reviewed in the year prior to May 2011, including "The Best of Larry Niven" by Larry Niven, edited by Jonathan Strahan, "A Discovery of Witches" by Deborah Harkness, and "Hellhole" by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

The article lists the best nonfiction books on black history reviewed in the year prior to February 2011, including "The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama" by David Remnick, "My Times in Black and White: Race and Power at the New York Times" by Gerald M. Boyd, and "Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet: Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz" by Randall Sandke.

The article lists books which are expected to generate high demand among library patrons as of January 2011, including "The Devil’s Light," by Richard North Patterson, "Emily, Alone," by Stewart O’Nan, and "The Land of Painted Caves," by Jean M. Auel.

The article lists the best craft and gardening books reviewed in the year prior to December 2010, including "Crochet in Color: Techniques and Designs for Playing with Color" by Kathy Merrick, "The Feisty Stitcher: Sewing Projects with Attitude" by Susan Wasinger, and "Growing a Garden City" by Jeremy N. Smith.

The article lists books which are expected to generate high demand as of December 2010, including "The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos" by Brian Greene, "Minding Frankie" by Maeve Binchy, and "Portraits of a Marriage" by Sándor Márai.

The article lists the best travel books reviewed in the year prior to September 2010, including "Between Terror and Tourism: An Overland Journey across North Africa" by Michael Mewshaw, "A Country in the Moon: Travels in Search of the Heart of Poland" by Michael Moran, and "Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town" by Elyssa East.

The article lists the best business books reviewed in the year prior to July 2010, including "Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage" by Eamon Javers, "The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage" by Roger Martin, and "Economics for the Rest of Us: Debunking the Science That Makes Life Dismal" by Moshe Adler.

The article lists the best biographies reviewed in the year prior to June 2010, including "The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama" by David Remnic, "The Great Oom: The Improbable Birth of Yoga in America" by Robert Love, and "Koestler: The Literary & Political Odyssey of a 20th-Century Skeptic" by Michael Scammell.

The article lists the best historical fiction books reviewed from April 2009 to April 2010, including "Parrott & Olivier in America" by Peter Carey, "The Coral Thief" by Rebecca Stott, and "Pearl of China" by Anchee Min.

The article lists the best craft and hobby books reviewed from December 2008 to December 2009, including "Ceramics for Beginners: Hand Building" by Shay Amber, "Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Crafts" by Martha Stewart, and "Men’s Knits: 20 New Classics" by Erika Knight.

The article lists the best first novels published between October 2008 and October 2009, including "Grace Hammer" by Sara Stockbridge, "Lime Tree Can’t Bear Orange" by Amanda Smyth, and "The Moon Opera" by Bi Feiyu.

The article lists the best business books published between October 2008 and October 2009, including "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World" by Niall Ferguson, "Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil" by Peter Maass, and "Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City" by Greg Grandin.

The article lists the best literary travel books published between September 2008 and September 2009, including "Ancient Shore: Dispatches from Naples" by Shirley Hazzard and Francis Steegmuller, "Antarctica: Secrets of the Southern Continent" by David McGorigal, and "Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" by David Grann.

The article lists the best historical novels published between April 2008 and April 2009, including "The Black Tower" by Louis Bayard, "Drood" by Dan Simmons and "The Enchantress of Florence" by Salman Rushdie.

A list is presented of the best books on crafts and hobbies published in the year prior to December 2008.

Presents a list of the top ten historical novels. "Zorro," by Isabel Allende; "The Stone That the Builder Refused," by Madison Smartt Bell; "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell," by Susanna Clarke; "Birds Without Wings," by Louis De Berniéres; "One Sunday Morning," by Amy Ephron; "The Divine Husband," by Francisco Goldman; "An Unfinished Season," by Ward Just; "Heir to the Glimmering World," by Cynthia Ozick; "Gilead," by Marilynne Robinson; "The Plot Against America," by Philip Roth.