I just finished Bring up the Bodies -- and, lo and behold, look who won the Man Booker Prize again?

In Bring Up the Bodies, the sequel to the Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel weaves a richly textured world that is at once deeply foreign and entirely relevant.

The Bones of Avalon chills, thrills and satisfies, providing good history, great plot, and fascinating characters. Pull up a chair, turn off the phone, and settle in for a most delectable read.

The excitement has been building around the upcoming nuptials of Prince William and Kate. Perhaps some hint of what's to come can be gleaned from the marriages of some of William's ancestors.

"The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty" (Delacorte Press, 640 pages, $30) by G.J. Meyer: Five centuries have not diminish...

Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall: she writes, as Anthony Powell did, a world unto itself. The fire crackles both in the cold drafty Esher Hall where Cardinal Wolsey is exiled to from Hampton Court.