All Book Reviews
Too old to write a poem?Former US poet laureate Donald Hall, now 86, says the poetic muse has left him. But Mary Oliver, Ted Kooser, and others are going strong.
'Homegrown' explores domestic life with humorous and fantastically posed photosChildren are the stars in Julie Blackmon’s timeless, unsettling images.
'Red Ball of a Sun Slipping Down' is a brilliant retrospective of Eugene Richards’s Arkansas catalogEverything, nothing alters in decades of photos shot in the Arkansas Delta.
'Moriarty' is a Sherlock Holmes tale with no Holmes in sight'Moriarty' is far gorier than anything Arthur Conan Doyle ever penned.
'Arcady's Goal' is a beautiful story of soccer, love, and StalinEugene Yelchin, author of 'Breaking Stalin's Nose,' offers a wonderful companion novel for middle-grade readers.
'Ancient Trees': from Botswana to Yemen, some of the world's oldest treesA 14-year quest yields thoughtful, dignified portraits of ancient trees.
'Philip Larkin': A small, sad man who wrote great poetry?Booth's new biography of British poet Philip Larkin seems intended, in large part, as an exercise in rehabilitation.
'How Star Wars Conquered the Universe' explains (very astutely) how a series of films became a mythosA long time ago, a galaxy far, far away proved to be immensely lucrative.
'The Accidental Highwayman' seamlessly blends teen romance, history, and fantasyFans of William Goldman's 'The Princess Bride': This is a book for you!
'A World Elsewhere' tracks a pair of aristocrats across Europe.Sigrid MacRae’s family memoir is also her own voyage of discovery, as she learns about her parents' dramatic past.
'Office Romance' showcases the Renzo Piano-designed New York Times buildingA New York Times magazine photo director chronicles her workday inside a landmark skyscraper.
Molly Sauter’s quest to make political DDoS legitimateIn 'The Coming Swarm,' Sauter argues that denial of service should be no more controversial than sit-ins.
'Even This I Get to Experience' tells the story of TV genius Norman LearHow the creator of Archie Bunker brought political awareness to the idiot box.
'The Laughing Monsters' explores the lies men tell – and the penalties they incurAn American operative goes missing in Africa in a thriller from the author of 'Tree of Smoke.'
'Let Me Be Frank with You' returns to Richard Ford's best known protagonistRichard Bascombe ponders everything from aging to race in America in Richard Ford's fourth novel featuring the one-time real estate salesman.
"Visions of Teaoga" spins native American history into a likable story for middle-grade readersMiddle-schooler Maddy Winter is drawn into the past when she joins her dad in a rural Pennsylvania town.
'The Strange Library' is a kid’s book, despite Murakami's reliance on allegories, semiotics, parables, and moreAn adolescent boy drops into his neighborhood library to return some books and finds himself in a strange, charged landscape.
'American Cornball' is a funny book about the things people used to laugh atA 'Guide to the Formerly Funny' garners present-day laughs, while examining some shocking subjects that no longer seem comic.
'Green' considers the emotional, social, and poetic significance of a very versatile band of the color spectrumIn verde, there is veritas: a new book explains how one hue can illustrate greed, royalty, envy, and the splendor of the natural world.
'Fully Alive' is Timothy Shriver's story of the Kennedy family's relationship to the Special OlympicsJFK nephew Timothy Shriver tells the inspiring story of how the Special Olympics came to be, and some of the ways in which the organization has changed the world for the better.
