Archives > Writers < Prior PagePage 2 of 2 April 11, 1998 Books: Not-so-precious Ruby Books | Why Oprah and the critics like this Virtuous Woman [http://www.worldmag.com/1998/04/books_not_so_precious_ruby] March 28, 1998 Books: Authors talking shop Books | Religious novelists take hits from both sides [http://www.worldmag.com/1998/03/books_authors_talking_shop] Feb. 13, 1998 Books: Religion as material Books | At Lake Wobegon, all the books are above average [http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/books_religion_as_material] Feb. 6, 1998 Books: The doomed artist Books | Book on some of country music's greats shows tragic flaws [http://www.worldmag.com/1998/02/books_the_doomed_artist] Dec. 13, 1997 Books: Mystery and morality Books | Well-written, if light, whodunit from a Christian publisher [http://www.worldmag.com/1997/12/books_mystery_and_morality] Nov. 29, 1997 Books: 1860 or 1960? Books | The similarities make Cold Mountain a bestselling novel [http://www.worldmag.com/1997/11/books_1860_or_1960]