IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Harry Potter used to dominate the New York Times bestseller list

'Just the way it was'

Historical novelist JEFF SHAARA speaks with WORLD about bringing history alive-by portraying characters as they were, rather than running them through a modernist grid

Right angles

With multiple varieties of conservatism, the right exhibits far more cultural diversity than does the left

Western Culture's Top 50 Books

Give yourself an education by checking out these books

BESTSELLERS

The Top 5 best-selling hardback novels as measured by placement on four leading lists as of June 22

Chips off the old block

Clair Beeås legacy survives intact, and the updated sports-fiction series has a more evident Christian emphasis

BESTSELLERS

The Top 5 best-sellingalbums for the week ending June 14, according to Billboard magazine

Novel ideas

Christian publishers expand definition of worthy fiction

Ghostwriters in the machine

Ten years ago, WORLD senior writer Edward E.