All Book Reviews
'The Wolf Border' explores the relationship between civilization and wildernessSarah Hall tells intermingled stories of wolves reintroduced to England and interpersonal drama.
'How Music Got Free' chronicles the art of music theftStephen Witt offers a compulsively readable overview of the music industry and how it crumbled as music became free.
'The Pope's Daughter' is Dario Fo's lively sketch of Lucrezia BorgiaFo's first novel paints his own vibrant picture around the much-contested real life of the controversial daughter of Pope Alexander VI.
'Ink and Bone' is an explosive YA book aimed at bookwormsRachel Caine unravels the secrets of the Library of Alexandria even as she spins an irresistible story.
'Flood of Fire' brings the astounding, exceptional 'Ibis Trilogy' to a closeWar looms, then implodes, in 'Flood of Fire,' Ghosh’s spectacular 'Ibis' closer.
'Barbarian Days' tells Bill Finnegan's story as surfer, traveler, and writerNew Yorker writer William Finnegan traveled the globe in search of the perfect wave.
'Go Set a Watchman' is an odd follow-up to its classic sisterAs rough as this novel is, readers will thrill to Lee’s sly humor and vivid storytelling.
'Nagasaki' is a compelling, unflinching account of life after nuclear warSusan Southard presents the story of the Nagasaki bombing from the perspectives of five teenage survivors.
'Palimpsest' beautifully charts the history of writingRich with captivating anecdotes and deep historical knowledge, Matthew Battles' exhilarating new book takes us from cuneiform tablets to the digital era.
'The Dying Grass' magnificently dramatizes the almost forgotten Nez Perce warWilliam T. Vollmann brings vibrant new life to the collisions between the US Army and the Nez Perce.
'Circling the Sun' takes readers on a flight with Beryl Markham'Circling the Sun' by bestselling author Paula McLain ('The Paris Wife') elaborates on the life of another fascinating woman.
Pleasure Cruise: Two Summer ReadsTwo books to sweeten your summer: "The Rocks" by Peter Nichols and "Man at the Helm" by Nina Stibbe.
Genius at Play: Pedro Martinez and Billy MartinTwo baseball books not to be missed: the rise of Pedro Martinez, one of the greatest players in the world, and the life of Billy Martin, a genius of a coach.
'Circus Mirandus' creates magic for middle-grade readersThis middle-grade novel is about much more than an imaginary – or is it real? – circus.
Meet the 'forgotten con,' the man who out Ponzi-ed Ponzi and MadoffAuthor Dean Jobb tracks the life of 1920s Chicago swindler Leo Koretz in ‘Empire of Deception.’
- 'Our Man in Charleston' follows a Civil War 'spy in plain sight'
As one of only two full-time consuls for the UK in the US, Robert Bunch stealthily gathered intelligence for his own country, even as he attempted to remain on amicable terms with his slavery-loving neighbors.
'Death and Mr. Pickwick': a marvelously Dickensian novel about the creation of 'The Pickwick Papers'Stephen Jarvis unfolds the entire prehistory of 'The Pickwick Papers,' to a depth that even a Dickens scholar would find hard to match.
'The Oregon Trail': a contemporary journey that is raw, visceral, and often laugh-out-loud funnyHow Rinker Buck drove a covered wagon across the Oregon Trail with his irascible brother Nick and a loyal yet skittish three-mule team that occasionally put everyone's life in danger.
'Being Nixon' portrays a president divided against his better selfEvan Thomas argues that Nixon is much less the evil mastermind of 1970s caricature – and much more a Jekyll-and-Hyde character constantly at war with himself.
'The Billion Dollar Spy': the CIA's secret point man in cold-war-era MoscowThis nonfiction thriller is a must-read for historians and buffs of cold-war era, as well as aficionados of espionage.
