- 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