12 great books for Father's Day

4. The Fiddler in the Subway, by Gene Weingarten

How does a writer get to be this good? In this collection two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Gene Weingarten writes about everything from watching his daughter leave for college to exploring why some Americans don't vote and ends up creating the literary equivalent of a sampler box of the finest chocolates. Give The Fiddler in the Subway to anyone who cherishes good writing. Monitor book critic Steve Weinberg writes that, "The Fiddler in the Subway" is "now officially on my list of superb periodical narrative journalism available in book form."

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