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1) John Le Carre's new novel "A Most Wanted Man" is set in the post-9/11 world of espionage; 2) Minimalist composer John Adams has a new autobiography called "Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life"; 3) Jerome Corsi, author of the book "The Obama Nation" runs into legal problems on tour in Kenya; 4) NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning tells of facing a life-threatening kidney condition in his memoir "Resilience: Faith, Focus, Triumph"; 5) Illustrator David Macaulay turns his intricate eye to the human body in "The Way We Work"

1) "Alfred & Emily", which Doris Lessing is calling her final book, is a memoir in two halves: one fictional, one historical; 2) Liza Mundy discusses her new biography of Michelle Obama; 3) "Three Books" about politics recommended by Mark Acito; 4) A discussion about American authors and the Nobel prize for literature, after disparaging comments by one of the jury last week

1) Rick Wartzman's new book, "Obscene in the Extreme" tells the story of Kern County, California's attempt to ban John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" from its libraries; 2) In "State By State: A Panoramic Portrait of America" writers attempt to capture the soul of each state; 3) Chris Gardner, the author of the memoir "The Pursuit of HappYness" on the current crisis on Wall Street

1) "The Great Outdoor Fight" is a new book by Chris Onstad, creator of the Achewood web comic strip; 2) Pioneering African-American actress Diahann Carroll's new memoir is called "The Legs Are the Last to Go"; 3) Audiobooks that are scuttled by the wrong voice narration; 4) Joe Eszterhas of "Showgirls" and "Basic Instinct" fame discusses his book "Crossbearer: A Memoir of Faith", which he wrote as he battled throat cancer

1) Alan Cheuse reviews "The Wasted Vigil" - a post 9/11 novel by Nadeem Aslam, set in Afghanistan; 2) American journalist Sarah Lyall's field guide to the British is called "The Anglo Files"; 3) Three books about the hidden life of suburban males: "Ordinary People," "Independence Day," and "Project X"; 4) Susan Stamberg speaks with actor Robert Wagner about his new memoir "Pieces of My Heart"

1) Author Salman Rushdie recommends "Cosmicomics" by Italo Calvino for "You Must Read This"; 2) Marilynne Robinson revisits the setting and characters of her Pulitzer prize-winning novel "Gilead" in her new book, "Home"; 3) Poet and author E. Ethelbert Miller's new memoir "In the Fifth Inning" tells of baseball and secrecy; 4) "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series will continue - with the next book to be written by "Artemis Fowl" author Eoin Colfer; 5) Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen write of their years as a comedy team in the 60s and 70s in "Tim and Tom: An American Comedy in Bla