 Others include "Town & Country (magazine)", "The New York Times Magazine", "Travel + Leisure", "Newsweek", "Esquire", "The Paris Review", "The New Republic", and "Harper's" magazine, where Mendelsohn was a culture columnist.Between 2000 and 2002 he was the weekly book critic for "New York Magazine"; his reviews have also appeared frequently in "The New York Times Book Review", where he was also a columnist for the "Bookends" page.Mendelsohn is the author of eight books, including the New York Times and international bestseller .