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In a single monologue, the protagonist of Mohsin Hamid's sophomore novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, tells his life story to an American stranger over dinner in a Pakistani cafe. Hamid's first novel, Moth Smoke, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

Alan Cheuse reviews The Fearless Man, by Donald Pfarrer, a novel about two men on a combat mission in Vietnam, and their struggle to make sense out of what they believe is their duty.

Alan Cheuse reviews Angel of Harlem, Kuwana Haulsey's biographical novel based on the life of Dr. May Chinn, the first female African-American doctor in Harlem.

A young paramedic in Manhattan is the subject of Shannon Burke's first novel. It's called Safelight. Hear Burke and NPR's Scott Simon.

The illustrated children's book Guji Guji is a modern-day ugly duckling story with a reptilian twist: the title character is a crocodile raised among a family of ducks. Daniel Pinkwater and NPR's Scott Simon read from the book.

White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer discusses his new memoir, Taking Heat: The President, the Press, and My Years in the White House.

Two women meet in a baby store in Long Beach California, and poet Kim Addonizio's first novel, Little Beauties, is off and running. Alan Cheuse has a review.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Icendiary, the debut novel by British writer Chris Cleave. The story is triggered by an al-Qaeda bomb attack on a London soccer match.

Several lesser-known thinkers whose work is widely read on the Internet are more influential than Osama bin Laden in shaping the views and actions of Islamic radicals. That's the view of New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright, author of the book The Looming Tower.

Michael Crichton, best-selling purveyor of the sci-fi thriller genre, writes a novel about genetic technology and its potential results. But he's not really writing about the future in Next; it's all happening now.