tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178933232011-04-21T11:39:29.810-07:00Walternoreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893323.post-1129439866052113532005-10-15T22:14:00.000-07:002005-10-15T22:19:21.660-07:00<a href="http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/">The Guardian UK</a> website links to about 75 fairly lengthy excerpts from recent books published in the UK. There's some overlap with the New York Times first chapters but there are many unique titles.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17893323-112943986605211353?l=firstchapters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Walternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893323.post-1129405651242137542005-10-15T12:47:00.000-07:002005-10-15T13:35:08.206-07:00<li>Abbott, Lee K: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/abbott-wet.html">Wet Places at Noon</a> <br /><LI>Ackroyd, Peter: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/books/chapters/1031-1st-ackroyd.html">The Clerkenwell Tales</a><br /><li>Ackroyd, Peter: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/ackroyd-plato.html">The Plato Papers: A Prophecy</A><br /><li>Adams, Alice: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/adams-war.html">After the War</A><br /><li>Adams, Alice: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/adams-city.html">The Last Lovely City: Stories</a> <br /><LI>Adams, Lorraine: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/books/chapters/0905-1st-adams.html">Harbor</a><br /><li>Agee, Jonis: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/agee-weight.html">The Weight of Dreams</a><br /><li>Agnon, S. Y.: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/agnon-yesterday.html">Only Yesterday</a><br /><li>Airth, Rennie: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/airth-river.html">River of Darkness</a> <br /><li>Aksyonov, Vassily: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/aksyonov-style.html">The New Sweet Style</a> <br /><LI>Akunin, Boris: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/books/chapters/0713-1st-akunin.html">The Winter Queen</a><br /><li>Alberto, Eliseo: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/alberto-beach.html">Caracol Beach</A><br /><li>Alcorn, Alfred: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/alcorn-murder.html">Murder in the Museum of Man</a><br /><LI>Alcott, Louisa May. Edited by Elaine Showalter: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/books/chapters/0515-1st-alcott.html">Little Women</a><br /><li>Alexie, Sherman: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/alexie-toughest.html">The Toughest Indian in the World</A><br /><LI>Alhadeff, Gini: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/09/books/chapters/0309-1st-alhadeff.html">Diary of a Djinn</a><br /><LI>Ali, Mohammed Naseehu: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/14/books/chapters/0814-1st-ali.html">The Prophet of Zongo Street: Stories</a><br /><li>Allen, Dwight: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/allen-green.html">The Green Suit</A><br /><li>Allen, Jeffery Renard: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/allen-rails.html">Rails Under My Back</A><br /><LI>Allende, Isabel: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/books/chapters/0515-1st-allenda.html">Zorro</a><br /><li>Allison, Dorothy: <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/allison-cavedweller.html">Cavedweller</A><br /><li>Allison, Karen Hubert: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/allison-restaurant.html">How I Gave My Heart to the Restaurant Business</a><br /><li>Alvarez, Julia: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/alvarez-salome.html">In the Name of Salomé</A><br /><LI>Ames, Jonathan: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/01/books/chapters/0801-1st-ames.html">Wake Up, Sir!</a><br /><LI>Amidon, Stephen: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/02/books/chapters/1003-1st-amidon.html">Human Capital</a><br /><li>Amidon, Stephen: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/amidon-city.html">The New City</a><br /><li>Amis, Martin: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/amis-heavy.html">Heavy Water: And Other Stories</a> <br /><li>Amis, Martin: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/amis-night.html">Night Train</a> <br /><li>Anastas, Benjamin: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/anastas-01faithful.html">The Faithful Narrative of a Pastor's Disappearance</A><br /><li>Andahazi, Federico: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/andahazi-anatomist.html">The Anatomist</a> <br /><li>Andersen, Kurt: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/andersen-century.html">Turn of the Century</a> <br /><li>Ansay, A. Manette: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/ansay-river.html">River Angel</a> <br /><li>Antrim, Donald: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/antrim-brothers.html">The Hundred Brothers</a><br /><li>Antrim, Donald: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/antrim-verificationist.html">The Verificationist</a><br /><li>Antunes, António Lobo: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/books/chapters/0302-1st-antun.html">The Inquisitors' Manual</a><br /><li>Antunes, António Lobo: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/books/chapters/0407-1st-antun.html">The Return of the Caravels</a><br /><li>Appelfeld, Aharon: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/appelfeld-tracks.html">The Iron Tracks</a><br /><li>Archer, Jeffrey: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/archer-commandment.html">The Eleventh Commandment</a> <br /><li>Arenas, Reinaldo: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/arenas-summer.html">The Color of Summer: Or, The New Garden of Earthly Delights</A><br /><li>Arensberg, Ann: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/arensberg-incubus.html">Incubus</a> <br /><LI>Arkin, Frieda: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/books/chapters/0313-1st-arkin.html">Hedwig and Berti</a><br /><li>Arnott, Jake: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/06/books/chapters/06-1st-arnott.html">He Kills Coppers</a><br /><li>Askew, Rilla: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/10/books/chapters/11-1st-askew.html">Fire in Beulah</a><br /><LI>Atkinson, Kate: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/books/chapters/1205-1st-atki.html">Case Histories</a><br /><li>Atkinson, Kate: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/atkinson-croquet.html">Human Croquet</a> <br /><li>Atkinson, Kate: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/atkinson-weird.html">Emotionally Weird</A><br /><li>Atwood, Margaret: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/atwood-blind.html">The Blind Assassin</A><br /><li>Atwood, Margaret: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/18/books/chapters/0518-1st-atwood.html">Oryx and Crake</a><br /><LI>Auerbach, John: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/books/chapters/0803-1st-auerbach.html">Tales of Grabowski: Transformations, Escape & Other Stories</a><br /><li>Auster, Paul: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/01/books/chapters/0901-1st-auster.html">The Book of Illusions</a><br /><LI>Auster, Paul: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/books/chapters/1130-1st-auster.html ">Oracle Night</a><br /><li>Auster, Paul: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/auster-timbuktu.html">Timbuktu</a> <br /><li>Azadeh, Carol: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/azadeh-marriage.html">The Marriage at Antibes</a><br /><li>Azzopardi, Trezza: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/a/azzopardi-hiding.html">The Hiding Place</A><br /><LI>Azzopardi, Trezza: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/books/chapters/0411-1sts-azzop.html">Remember Me</a><br /><br /><li>Bail, Murray: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/04/books/chapters/0804-1st-bail.html">Camouflage: Stories</a><br /><li>Bail, Murray: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bail-eucalyptus.html">Eucalyptus</a> <li>Bail, Murray: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bail-homesickness.html">Homesickness</a> <br /><li>Bainbridge, Beryl: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/12/books/chapters/12-1stbainb.html">According to Queeney</A> <li>Bainbridge, Beryl: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bainbridge-georgie.html">Master Georgie</a> <br /><li>Baker, Kevin: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/books/chapters/1006-1st-baker.html">Paradise Alley</a><br /><LI>Baker, Nicholson: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/books/chapters/0202-1st-baker.html">A Box of Matches</a><br /><li>Baker, Nicholson: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/baker-nory.html">The Everlasting Story of Nory</a> <li>Bakis, Kirsten: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bakis-dogs.html">Lives of the Monster Dogs</a> <br /><LI>Bakopoulos, Dean: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/13/books/chapters/0213-1st-bakop.html">Please Don't Come Back From the Moon</a> <br /><li>Baldwin, Shauna Singh: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/baldwin-body.html">What the Body Remembers: A Novel</a> <br /><li>Balint, Christine: <a href="/2001/08/26/books/chapters/26-1stbalin.html">The Salt Letters</A> <br /><li>Ballard, J. G.: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/ballard-nights.html">Cocaine Nights</a> <li>Bambara, Toni Cade: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bambara-bones.html">These Bones Are Not My Child</a> <li>Bank, Melissa: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bank-girls.html">The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing</a> <li>Banville, John: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/banville-eclipse.html">Eclipse</A><br /><li>Banville, John: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/16/books/chapters/0316-1st-banville.html">Shroud</a> <br /><li>Baricco, Alessandro: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/28/books/chapters/0728-1st-baric.html">City</a><br /><li>Barker, Pat: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/barker-world.html">Another World</a> <li>Barker, Pat: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/barker-border.html">Border Crossing</A> <br /><LI>Barker, Pat: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/books/chapters/1214-1st-barker.html">Double Vision</a><br /><li>Barkley, Brad: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/barkley-money.html">Money, Love</A> <li>Barnes, Julian: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/barnes-england.html">England, England</a> <br /><li>Barnes, Julian: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/barnes-love.html">Love, Etc.</a> <li>Barrett, Andrea: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/barrett-voyage.html">The Voyage of the Narwhal</a> <br /><li>Barrett, Julia: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/barrett-charlotte.html">Jane Austen's "Charlotte": Her Fragment of a Last Novel, Completed</A> <br /><li>Barry, Dave: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/books/chapters/1006-1st-barry.html">Tricky Business</a><br /><li>Barry, Max: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/16/books/chapters/0216-1st-barry.html">Jennifer Government</a><br /><li>Barry, Sebastian: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/barry-mcnulty.html">The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty</a> <li>Barth, John: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2001/11/04/books/chapters/index.html">Coming Soon!!!</a> <br /><LI>Barthelme, Frederick: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/02/books/chapters/1102-1st-barthelme.html">Elroy Nights</a><br /><li>Barthelme, Frederick: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/barthelme-law.html">The Law of Averages: New & Selected Stories</A> <br /><li>Barton, Emily: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/barton-testament.html">The Testament of Yves Gundron</a> <br /><LI>Bass, Rick: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/books/chapters/0508-1st-bass.html">The Diezmo</a><br /><li>Bass, Rick: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bass-sky.html">The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness</a> <br /><li>Bass, Rick: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bass-sea.html">Where the Sea Used to Be</a> <br /><li>Bataille, Christophe: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bataille-hourmaster.html">Hourmaster</a> <br /><li>Bauchau, Henry: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bauchau-oedipus.html">Oedipus on the Road</a> <br /><li>Bauer, Douglas: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bauer-iowans.html">The Book of Famous Iowans</a> <br /><LI>Bausch, Richard: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/28/books/chapters/1228-1st-bausch.html">The Stories of Richard Bausch</a><br /><li>Baxter, Charles: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/baxter-feast.html">The Feast of Love</A><br /><LI>Bayard, Louis: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/books/chapters/1130-1st-bayard.html">Mr. Timothy</a><br /><li>Bayley, John: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bayley-red.html">The Red Hat</a> <li>Beard, Richard: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/beard-damascus.html">Damascus</a> <li>Beattie, Ann: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/books/chapters/0310-1st-beatt.html">The Doctor's House</a> <li>Beattie, Ann: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/beattie-park.html">Park City: New and Selected Stories</a> <li>Beattie, Ann: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/beattie-perfect.html">Perfect Recall: New Stories</A> <li>Beatty, Paul: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/beatty-tuff.html">Tuff</A> <li>Bedford, Martyn: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bedford-houdini.html">The Houdini Girl</a> <li>Begley, Louis: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/begley-exit.html">Mistler's Exit</a> <li>Begley, Louis: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/begley-delivered.html">Schmidt Delivered</A><br /><LI>Begley, Louis: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/05/books/chapters/1005-1st-begley.html">Shipwreck</a><br /><LI>Beinhart, Larry: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/books/chapters/1017-1st-beinh.html">The Librarian</a><br /><li>Bell, Derrick: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bell-legacies.html">Afrolantica Legacies</a> <br /><li>Bell, Madison Smartt: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/30/books/chapters/0630-1st-bell.html">Anything Goes</a> <li>Bell, Madison Smartt: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bell-master.html">Master of the Crossroads</A> <li>Beller, Thomas: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/beller-artist.html">The Sleep-Over Artist</A> <li>Bellow, Saul: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/books/chapters/09-1st-bellow.html">Collected Stories</a> <li>Bellow, Saul: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bellow-ravelstein.html">Ravelstein</A> <br /><li>Bellows, Nathaniel: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/27/books/chapters/0427-1st-bello.html">On This Day</a><br /><li>Bender, Aimee: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bender-skirt.html">The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories</a> <li>Bender, Aimee: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bender-sign.html">An Invisible Sign of My Own</A> <br /><li>Bender, Karen E.: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bender-normal.html">Like Normal People</A> <li>Benedict, Elizabeth: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/09/books/chapters/09-1stbened.html">Almost</A> <li>Bennett, Ronan: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bennett-catastrophist.html">The Catastrophist</a> <br /><li>Berberova, Nina: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/berberova-happiness.html">The Book of Happiness</a> <li>Berberova, Nina: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/berberova-cape.html">Cape of Storms</a> <br /><li>Berberova, Nina: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/berberova-ladies.html">The Ladies From St. Petersburg: Three Novellas</a> <br /><LI>Berger, Thomas: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/01/books/chapters/0601-1st-berger.html">Best Friends</a><br /><li>Berger, Thomas: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/berger-return.html">The Return of Little Big Man</a> <br /><li>Berne, Suzanne: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/berne-01arrangement.html">A Perfect Arrangement</A> <li>Berners, Lord: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/berners-tales.html">Collected Tales and Fantasies of Lord Berners</a> <br /><LI>Bernstein, Michael André: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/books/chapters/0704-1st-bernst.html">Conspirators</a><br /><li>Berry, R. M.: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/berry-horse.html">Leonardo's Horse</a> <br /><li>Betts, Doris: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/betts-teeth.html">The Sharp Teeth of Love</a> <br /><LI>Bezmozgis, David: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/chapters/0627-1st-bezmozgis.html">Natasha</a><br /><li>Binding, Tim: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/binding-enemy.html">Lying With the Enemy</a> <br /><li>Bing, Stanley: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bing-lloyd.html">Lloyd: What Happened. A Novel of Business</a> <br /><li>Bingham, Kate: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bingham-legs.html">Mummy's Legs</A> <br /><li>Bingham, Robert: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bingham-sun.html">Lightning on the Sun</A> <br /><LI>Bissell, Tom: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/27/books/chapters/0227-1st-bissell.html">God Lives in St. Petersburg: And Other Stories</a><br /><li>Blackburn, Julia: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/blackburn-companions.html">The Leper's Companions</a> <li>Blackwood, Scott: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/18/books/chapters/18-1st-black.html">In the Shadow of Our House: Stories</a> <li>Blake, Sarah: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/blake-grange.html">Grange House</A> <li>Blakeslee, Mermer: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/blakeslee-water.html">In Dark Water</a> <li>Bloom, Amy: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bloom-blind.html">A Blind Man Can See how Much I Love You: Stories</A> <br /><li>Boccaccio, Giovanni. Edited and Translated by Virginia Brown: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/boccaccio-women.html">Famous Women</A> <br /><li>Bock, Dennis: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/23/books/chapters/23-1st-bock.html">The Ash Garden</a> <br /><li>Bogosian, Eric: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bogosian-mall.html">Mall</A> <li>Bohjalian, Chris: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bohjalian-law.html">The Law of Similars</a> <li>Bohjalian, Chris: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bohjalian-radio.html">Trans-Sister Radio</A> <br /><li>Bolger, Dermot, et al.: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bolger-hotel.html">Finbar's Hotel</a> <li>Borges, Jorge Luis: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/borges-fictions.html">Collected Fictions</a> <br /><li>Boswell, Robert: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/21/books/chapters/0421-1st-boswe.html">Century's Son</a> <li>Bowman, David: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bowman-bunny.html">Bunny Modern </a> <li>Boyd, William: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/16/books/chapters/0216-1st-boyd.html">Any Human Heart</a><br /><LI>Boyd, William: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/books/chapters/0116books-1st-boyd.html">Fascination: Stories</a> <br /><LI>Boylan, Clare: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/books/chapters/0502-1st-boylan.html">Emma Brown: A Novel From the Unfinished Manuscript by Charlotte Brontë</a><br /><li>Boyle, T. Coraghessan: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/boyle-earth.html">A Friend of the Earth</A> <li>Boyle, T. Coraghessan: <a href="/2001/09/02/books/chapters/02-1stboyle.html">After the Plague</a> <br /><LI>Boyle, T. Coraghessan: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/19/books/chapters/0919books-boyle.html">The Inner Circle</a><br /><li>Boyle, T. Coraghessan: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/boyle-riven.html">Riven Rock</a> <br /><li>Boyle, T. Coraghessan: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/boyle-stories.html">T. C. 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