What Slate writers are reading.

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• Gathering News About the News Business The best Web sites on the press, plus books to read on Clay Felker, the '60s, and New Journalism.
  Jack Shafer July 19, 2008
  
• A Guide to the Hitchhiker's Galaxy The best books, articles, and Web sites for planning your vacation or living vicariously through others.
  June Thomas July 5, 2008
  
• Independent Reading The best books and Web sites about the birth of America.
  Jacob Weisberg June 28, 2008
  
• Yummy Mummys, Mongoose Mine-Detectors, and Leg-Lengthening Surgery What the Brits are reading about science and technology.
  William Saletan June 21, 2008
  
• For He's a Jolly Good Fellow Read to romanticize Dad.
  Emily Bazelon June 14, 2008
  
• The Ball Is Round The best soccer Web sites and books to read during the Euro 2008 tournament.
  Jody Rosen June 7, 2008
  
• Forever Young Books and Web sites about how to avoid getting old, or at least looking old.
  Emily Yoffe May 31, 2008
  
• Burmese Daze The best books, magazines, and Web sites about Burma and its tragedies.
  Brendan I. Koerner May 24, 2008
  
• And Now a Word From Our Sponsor The best Web sites and books about advertising.
  Seth Stevenson May 16, 2008
  
• Super Books for Pretty Good Moms Parenting guides that won't make you even more anxious than you already are.
  Ann Hulbert May 10, 2008
  
• Three A.M. Reading Still can't get enough of the campaign? Here are the most interesting Web sites, books, and magazines about American politics.
  Bruce Reed May 3, 2008
  
• Better Read Than Red The best recent books about communism.
  Anne Applebaum April 26, 2008
  
• Shakespeare for Everyone The most interesting books, movies, and Web sites related to the Bard.
  Ron Rosenbaum April 19, 2008
  
• Your Papal Homework Assignment Prepare for the pope's America visit with these books, articles, and Web sites about him and the Catholic Church.
  Melinda Henneberger April 12, 2008
  
• The Great Uncluttering The best books, articles, and Web sites for helping you organize your life.
  Michael Agger April 5, 2008
  
• The Pitchers and Catchers Report The best books, articles, and Web sites to read about the start of baseball season.
  Josh Levin March 29, 2008
  
• Recession Literature The best books, articles, and Web sites about the economic collapse.
  Daniel Gross March 22, 2008