January
- A Death in St. Petersburg Adam Michnik
- A Kind of Coup Ronald Dworkin
- Cry, the Dismembered Country Timothy Garton Ash
- Cuban Hit Parade Alma Guillermoprieto
- Disneyland for Dictators John Ryle
- Fear of Flying James Fallows
- On the Assassination of Galina Starovoitova Shlomo Avineri
- Passion Painter Henri Zerner
- Plan for the Death of Ted Hughes W.S. Merwin
- Secrets of Nijinsky Joan Acocella
- The Dawn of the Gods John Banville
- The International Crisis: An Interview George Soros and Jeff Madrick
- The Mysterious Mr. Wordsworth Anne Barton
- The Real Marquis Robert Darnton
- The Red Scare Sam Tanenhaus
- The Triumph of Matisse Richard Dorment
- Wages of Sin Gabriele Annan
February
- ‘A Fugitive from Egypt and Palestine’ Amos Elon
- A Prisoner’s Dream: Eugenio Montale in Translation Tim Parks
- ABC Robert Pinsky
- Another Scipio Robert Craft, reply by Bernard Knox
- Berlin & Von Trott Diana Hopkinson and David Astor
- Blood & Money Helen Epstein
- Decline and Fall Russell Baker
- Good Grief Rosemary Dinnage
- Green and Secretive Islands John Bayley
- High Wire Acts Martin Filler
- Iraq: A New Leaf William R. Polk
- Jonathan Lieberson Prize Isaac Levi and Sidney Morgenbesser
- More Light on Delft John Updike
- Mysterious Masterpieces Francis Haskell
- Not Bad, Just Sad Anatol Lieven, reply by Robert Cottrell
- One Cheer for Literary Biography John Updike
- Reading & Writing V.S. Naipaul
- Sex and Democracy in Taiwan Ian Buruma
- Sheridan the Revolutionary James Fenton
- Sightgeist Tim Parks
- T.S. Kuhn’s ‘Non-Revolution’: An Exchange Alex Levine, reply by Steven Weinberg
- The Art of Losing Michael Wood
- The Black Arts Thomas Powers
- The Genius of the Glass House Janet Malcolm
- The Great Black Hope Garry Wills
- The Last Shakespearean? Geoffrey O’Brien
- The New Anti-Terrorism Flora Lewis
- The Precision of Pain and the Blurriness of Joy Yehuda Amichai and Chana Kronfeld, translated from the Hebrew by Chana Bloch
- The Republicans’ War Lars-Erik Nelson
- The Unheroic Hero James M. McPherson
- Trouble in Paradise John Terborgh
- Who’s Sticking to the Union? Andrew Hacker
March
- ‘Aimez-Vous Brahms?’: An Exchange Jan Swafford, reply by Charles Rosen
- ‘Working Toward the Führer’ Gordon A. Craig
- Back to the Future Ian Buruma
- Children in Arms John Ryle
- Fire & Ice Garry Wills
- Founding Father Steven Aftergood
- Homer Lives! Peter Green
- In the Dark Continent Rosemary Dinnage
- It Was Aircraft James Fallows
- Kissinger & the Emperor Jonathan D. Spence
- Mind Over Matter Ian Hacking
- Mr. W. on Show Edmund S. Morgan
- Not Jewish John Gregory Dunne
- On the Edge of Catastrophe Neal Ascherson
- Passion Play Thomas Powers
- Poet Beyond Borders Fintan O’Toole
- Prophet in the Ruins Michael Ignatieff
- Remaking the Renaissance Anthony Grafton
- Screentime for Hitler J.S. Marcus
- Slight Revision Philip Roth, reply by John Updike
- Solzhenitsyn’s Refusal Olga Andreyev Carlisle
- Talking with Mao: An Exchange Henry A. Kissinger, reply by Jonathan D. Spence
- The Bright Side of the Plague Joel E. Cohen
- The Doctor’s Prescription Derek Jarrett
- The Four-Sided War Theodore H. Draper
- The Green Pimpernel Fiona MacCarthy
- The Man with Many Qualities
- The New Age of the Book Robert Darnton
- The Puzzle of Central Europe Timothy Garton Ash
- The Threat to Proust Roger Shattuck
- The Wounded Constitution Ronald Dworkin
- The Writer and India V.S. Naipaul
- Titian: The Sacred and Profane Ingrid D. Rowland
- Under the Overcoat
- Unreliable Source Christopher Benfey
April
- ‘Just Say No’: An Exchange Sue Rusche, reply by Malcolm Gladwell
- ‘The Red Scare’: An Exchange Gar Alperovitz, Eric Alterman, Barton J. Bernstein, Kai Bird, and H.W. Brands, et al.
- ‘Titian’s Women’ H.W. Henrikson and Rona Goffen, reply by Ingrid D. Rowland
- An Ardor for Armor James Fenton
- Bombay at War Christopher de Bellaigue
- Chopping Down the Sacred Tree Larry McMurtry
- Destroyer of Worlds Russell Seitz
- Europe: So Far, It Flies Robert Cottrell
- Hail Ruthenia! Timothy Garton Ash
- Head Over Heels Elizabeth Hardwick
- I Married a Computer John R. Searle
- It Happened One Night Edwin Frank
- It Still Flies Robert Cottrell
- J.P. Morgan’s Last Romance Jean Strouse
- Let’s Face the Music Brad Leithauser
- Lost Tale of a Lost Child Richard Holmes
- Message from Shangri-La Jonathan Mirsky
- Museums: Making It New Ada Louise Huxtable
- My Son the Philosopher Anthony Quinton
- Not a False Past Michael Laschinger, reply by Tony Judt
- On the Night of the Exodus Yehuda Amichai and Chana Kronfeld, translated from the Hebrew by Chana Bloch
- Power for What? William Pfaff
- Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing David Gilmour
- Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) Diane Johnson
- Survivor in a Sea of Barbarism István Deák
- The Big Business of Slavery Steven Flanders, reply by David Brion Davis
- The Case of the Canned Lawyer Joyce Carol Oates
- The Cosmopolitan Man Christopher Hitchens
- The Fallen Angel? Marilyn McCully
- The Joys and Perils of Victimhood Ian Buruma
- The Mystery of Emily Dickinson Christopher Benfey
- The Reason Why Not Stuart Hampshire
- The Strange Case of William James: An Exchange Cushing Strout and John C. Markowitz, reply by Louis Menand
- The Strange Death of Pushkin John Bayley
- The Top Designer M.F. Perutz
- The Truth About Rigoberta Menchú Peter Canby
- Tocqueville’s Lament P. N. Furbank
- Waking from the Nightmare Thomas Flanagan
May
- ‘Gray Dawn’: An Exchange Peter G. Peterson, reply by Robert M. Solow
- ‘I Married a Computer’: An Exchange Ray Kurzweil, reply by John R. Searle
- ‘LTI’ Endures Belinda Cooper and Brian Southam, reply by Gordon A. Craig
- ‘Passion Play’: An Exchange
- ‘The Threat to Proust’: An Exchange Antoine Compagnon and Jean-Yves Tadie, reply by Roger Shattuck
- A Spirit of Their Own Pankaj Mishra
- Augustine’s Magical Decade Garry Wills
- Burt Bacharach Comes Back Geoffrey O’Brien
- Cat & Pig Noel Annan
- Endgame in Kosovo Mark Danner
- Ghosts Gabriele Annan
- Giant Robert Skidelsky
- Gods & Monsters Tim Parks
- How Not to Fight a Dictator Brian Urquhart
- Human Rights: The Midlife Crisis Michael Ignatieff
- Infinitesimally Yours Jim Holt
- Killer Children Hilary Mantel
- Land War in Kosovo? William Pfaff
- Lover of Lost Causes Denis Donoghue
- Mallarmé the Magnificent Charles Rosen
- Missionary Diane Johnson
- Of Heaven and Hell Jorge Luis Borges, translated from the Spanish by Alastair Reid
- On Golden Pond Robert M. Solow
- Only Collect
- Plato’s Grand Design Jasper Griffin
- Put Out More Flags Neal Ascherson
- Small Wonders Alison Gopnik
- The Courage of the Elementary Tony Judt
- The Kissinger Papers William Burr
- The Lost Tycoons Arthur Kempton
- The Reason Why Tony Judt
- The Russian Sphinx Aileen Kelly
- The Strange Death of Segregation George M. Fredrickson
- The Zincsmith of Genius James Fenton
- What Is to Be Done? Stanley Hoffmann
June
- ‘The Voice at 3 AM’ Helen Vendler
- ‘Who Killed Homer?’: An Exchange Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath, reply by Peter Green
- A New Augustine Peter Brown
- Athens on Fifth Avenue Garry Wills
- Beethoven and the Big Change Joseph Kerman
- Billion-Dollar Baby Louis Menand
- Can We Ever Understand Consciousness? Colin McGinn
- Contretemps at Prince’s Gate Richard Dorment
- Dreamer Rosemary Dinnage
- Good News! Gregory Dowling, reply by Richard Holmes
- Hannah Arendt’sIntegrity Liliane Weissberg, reply by Amos Elon
- In Lorenzo’s Garden Charles Hope
- Inside the KLA Tim Judah
- Journey to the End of the Night
- Justice and the Kurds Christopher de Bellaigue
- Kosovo and Beyond Timothy Garton Ash
- Kosovo and the End of the Nation-State Václav Havel
- Letting Go Gabriele Annan
- Milosevic’s Final Solution Warren Zimmermann
- On ‘The Big Con’ Luc Sante
- On Saul Steinberg (1914–1999) John Updike
- On to Berlin Edward Jablonski, reply by Brad Leithauser
- Plantation Blues Edmund S. Morgan
- Rhymes with ‘IX’ Michael Comenetz, reply by Charles Rosen
- Sticking to the Union C. Vann Woodward, reply by Andrew Hacker
- Sunday Papers Charles Simic
- The Dalai Lama on Succession and on the CIA Jonathan Mirsky
- The Enigma of Erik Erikson Howard Gardner
- The Fall of The Black Empires Arthur Kempton
- The Fly in the DNA Helen Epstein
- The Friend of Promise John Banville
- The Jew from Tangier Anthony Grafton
- The Man Who Would Be King Ian Buruma
- The Mystery of JonBenét Ramsey Joyce Carol Oates
- The Struggle Over Thoreau Leo Marx
- The War Against War Gordon A. Craig
- This Room John Ashbery
- Tight Little Island Michael Wood
- Uncovered Washington Joan Didion
- What Would Dr. Johnson Think? Lawrence Ladin, reply by Larry McMurtry
- With Paper Hats Still on Our Heads Charles Simic
- Wordsworth’s Spin Kenneth R. Johnston, reply by Anne Barton
July
- A Reader’s Guide to the Century Garry Wills
- Birth of a Salesman John Gregory Dunne
- Degas in New Orleans James Fenton
- His Royal Shyness: King Hussein and Israel Avi Shlaim and King Hussein
- Holding Out in Hong Kong Jonathan Mirsky
- Kosovo: The Meaning of Victory Mark Danner
- Palermo: The Photography of Death Alexander Stille
- Sentimental Education Tim Parks
- The Full Thoreau Leo Marx
- The Joys of Necrophilia Joseph McBride
- The Power of the Electronic Herd Benjamin M. Friedman
- The She-Pharaoh Wisława Szymborska
- Washington: The Yellow Peril Lars-Erik Nelson
- Waugh’s Comic Waste Land David Lodge
August
- ‘Trouble in Paradise’: An Exchange David Western, reply by John Terborgh
- Always True to France Julian Barnes
- Apartheid’s Fall Bruce Fetter
- Chinese Checkers Ed Timperlake, reply by Lars-Erik Nelson
- Custer Fixation? Larry McMurtry
- Ellison’s Promised Land Robert Stone
- Evangel of the Lens John Updike
- In the Shadow of the Great War Paul Kennedy
- Israel: Why Barak Won Avishai Margalit
- Justice to Primo Levi Myriam Anissimov, reply by Tony Judt
- Kosovo: Peace Now? Tim Judah
- Kubrick’s Strange Love Louis Menand
- Looking for Raymond Carver A.O. Scott
- Made in the USA Lorrie Moore
- Nature Without People? Bill McKibben
- On ‘Beauty’ Bare Arlene Croce
- The Making of a Scapegoat Brian Urquhart
- The People’s Choice Garry Wills
- The US and the World: An Interview with George Kennan Richard Ullman
- Trouble on the Mountain Julian Moynahan
- Undemocratic Vistas Lars-Erik Nelson
September
- Against the South African Grain J. M. Coetzee
- An Appeal to the ‘Fortune’ Conference in Shanghai Robert L. Bernstein and Fang Lizhi
- Cancer: What Do They Know? Daniel J. Kevles
- Donne and the Bomb Jeremy Bernstein
- Far from Babar Caroline Fraser
- Freedom and Its Discontents Theodore H. Draper
- Genius Con Brio Bernard Knox
- His Son the Art Dealer Richard Dorment
- How New Is the New Economy? Jeff Madrick
- Hurry Up Please It’s Time James Fallows
- John Berryman’s Flying Horse Anne Barton
- Leaving Palestine Edward W. Said
- Notes from Underground Lars-Erik Nelson
- Paying Back the West Václav Havel
- Persuading the Persuaded Edmund S. Morgan
- Please Fence Me In Alan Ryan
- Pragmatic Theater Tom Stoppard
- The Dalai Lama and the CIA Daniel Wikler, reply by Jonathan Mirsky
- The Greatest Might-Have-Been of All William H. McNeill
- The Jiang Zemin Mystery Orville Schell
- The Last of His Kind Pankaj Mishra
- The Singapore Difference Kishore Mahbubani, reply by Ian Buruma
October
- ‘I, Rigoberta Menchu’ David Stoll, reply by Peter Canby
- ‘The Picasso Papers’: An Exchange Harry A. Cooper, reply by Marilyn McCully
- ‘The Poet Position’ Susan Howe, reply by Christopher Benfey
- A Designer Universe? Steven Weinberg
- Dissidents in Cuba Barbara E. Joe
- Eminent Victorian John Bayley
- Family Secrets Gabriele Annan
- Frost: The Icon and the Man Denis Donoghue
- Ghosts in the House Martin Filler
- He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands Roger E. Alcaly
- It’s a Wonderful Life Benjamin DeMott
- Lost Treasures James Fenton
- MacArthur’s Children Ian Buruma
- On Playing the Piano Charles Rosen
- Only in America Russell Baker
- Our Own Jacobean Fintan O’Toole
- Room at the Top Pico Iyer
- Seabreeze Stephane Mallarme
- Skin Deep Fiona MacCarthy
- The American Love Boat Gordon S. Wood
- The Best He Could Do Thomas Flanagan
- The Camel at the Door Noel Annan
- The End of Welfare? Michael Massing
- The Good Soldier Lars-Erik Nelson
- The Liberator Eric L. McKitrick
- The Magic of Bohemia R.J.W. Evans
- The Poet of Karma Patricia Storace
- The Real Caravaggio Ingrid D. Rowland
- The Summer W.S. Merwin
- The Unmaking of Men Andrew Hacker
- The Wolf of Gubbio Jonathan Aaron
- Unlocking the Mind’s Manacles Tim Parks
- Victims of the Victims Veton Surroi
- Wearing Out the West Joyce Carol Oates
- Who Cares? Charles Simic
November
- ‘The Day Was Hot and Still …’ Joan Didion
- ‘The Red Scare’ Michael Ybarra, reply by Sam Tanenhaus
- A New ‘Beowulf’ Seamus Heaney
- Always Time to Kill Jason Epstein
- Arboretum Louise Glück
- China in Cyberspace Ian Buruma
- Death of the Cowboy Larry McMurtry
- Degas’ Birds Theodore Reff, reply by James Fenton
- Dutch Treat James Fenton
- Erikson’s Enigma Arnold B. Come
- Exile’s Return Amos Elon
- Freud Under Analysis Colin McGinn
- Goodbye to All That Robert L. Herbert
- Irving Howe Memorial Lecture Morris Dickstein
- Just Say No Edmund S. Morgan
- Lives of a Poet Denis Donoghue
- Misfortune in Shanghai Jonathan Mirsky
- Mission Impossible Brian Urquhart
- Ménage à Trois Mark Lilla
- Not Basque Martin Filler
- Not an Ideal Husband Anne Barton
- Passage to Juneau Jonathan Raban
- Psychology for Teachers: An Exchange Gerald Needham and Francis Schrag, reply by Alison Gopnik
- Ten Years After Timothy Garton Ash
- The Advancement of Francis Bacon Quentin Skinner
- The Ballad of Federico García Lorca David Gilmour
- The Case of Arthur Conan Doyle Christopher Hitchens
- The Decline and Fall of Literature Andrew Delbanco
- The End of the Golden Age Gordon A. Craig
- The Eye of the Beholder Stuart Hampshire
- The Eyptian Gamble Shaul Bakhash
- The Myth of Myths Jasper Griffin
- The Tragicomic Dubliner John Banville
- The Treaty Betrayed Hans A. Bethe
- The Twisted Path to the Top Alan Ryan
- The Way to Numerical Heaven
- To a Comedian Richard Wilbur
- Virgil the Great Bernard Knox
- War at the Top Whitney Balliett
- Washington the Liberator Eric L. McKitrick
December
- ‘Playing the Piano’ Kenneth Wolf and Marc Ryser, reply by Charles Rosen
- A Cup of Coffee Gaspar Miklos Tamas, reply by Neal Ascherson
- A Legacy Hilary Mantel
- A Wind from the West Charles Hope
- American Sermons Michael Warner, reply by Edmund S. Morgan
- An Exchange on Thoreau Lawrence Buell, reply by Leo Marx
- Back to Life in Texas Sue Halpern
- Billion-Dollar Babies James Fallows
- Buried Lives Conor Cruise O’Brien
- Chaos Gore Vidal
- Chiapas: The Indians’ Prophet Enrique Krauze
- Confessions of a Child of the Century John Russell
- Family Values Robert Skidelsky
- Giving Offense James Fenton
- Going All the Way J. M. Coetzee
- Growing Up Michael A. Pawel, reply by Hilary Mantel
- Is There a Belgium? Tony Judt
- It Happened One Night John Bayley
- Jews and Blacks in America David Brion Davis
- Keeping the Reader Alive Michael Wood
- Life and Death of a Hero Lawrence Weschler
- Living & Dying Stevan Harrell
- Mission Possible Gordon A. Craig
- Not for Muggles Alison Lurie
- On ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ John Updike
- Opening Moves Louis Menand
- Pretty to Think So Barbara Probst Solomon, reply by Thomas Flanagan
- Rock of Ages Geoffrey O’Brien
- Something Happened Helen Epstein
- The First Laugh Václav Havel, translated by Paul Wilson
- The Motherless Child John Banville
- The Other India Pankaj Mishra
- The Perils of Friendship Mark Lilla
- The Real Thing Christopher Hitchens
- The Struggle for Iran Christopher de Bellaigue
- The Trial of Maurice Papon Robert O. Paxton
- To Old Age Kenneth Koch
- Unfinished Women Hermione Lee
- Varieties of Polytheistic Experience Garth Fowden
- Who Was Hadrian? Hugh Lloyd-Jones
- Wonders of a Lost World Tim Flannery