Slate BooksA roundup of recent books by Slate staff and contributors.

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The Wall Street Self-Defense Manual: A Consumer's Guide to Intelligent Investing.

Henry Blodget, a former top-ranked Wall Street analyst, is a frequent Slate contributor (articles here) and the author of The Wall Street Self-Defense Manual: A Consumer's Guide to Intelligent Investing. The book tells you what you absolutely must know before you invest a single dime. Read excerpts here.

Backstabbers, Crazed Geniuses, and Animals We Hate collects Slate's sharpest, meanest, weirdest, and most hilarious "Assessment" columns. Contributors include Jacob Weisberg, Michael Kinsley, Bryan Curtis, Michael Lind, and Franklin Foer. Edited and introduced by Slate Deputy Editor David Plotz.

John Dickerson, Slate's chief political correspondent, is the author of On Her Trail, a biography of his late mother, television newscaster Nancy Dickerson. Click here to read an excerpt of On Her Trail.

The Best of Slate: A 10^th Anniversary Anthology, a collection of 50 of Slate magazine's best, funniest, and most thought-provoking pieces from the last 10 years, edited by Slate Deputy Editor David Plotz, with an introduction by Slate Editor Jacob Weisberg, and with a foreword by Slate founding editor and contributor Michael Kinsley. Click here to celebrate Slate's 10^th anniversary.

Robert Neubecker, a Slate illustrator, is the author of three recent children's books: Wow! America!, Beasty Bath, and Wow! City! Click here to read an excerpt of Wow! City!