• • The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide and Define a Nation by Stephen Prothero 
Stephen L. Carter, Washington Post Atlas Shrugged  | In “The American Bible,” Prothero has turned his considerable talents to assembling a version of the American canon: “Not the books I revere but those that Americans themselves have made sacred.” [....] Prothero quite correctly includes novels in his canon. And although I might have made different choices (No “Gatsby”? No Steinbeck?), his are entirely defensible. (The award for irony goes to the estate of Ayn Rand, which refused to allow the excerpting of “Atlas Shrugged,” a decision Prothero cleverly marks with a blank page.)   Published: 2012-07-13