All Book Reviews
- We Need New NamesNoViolet Bulawayo adds her own striking voice to the rich tradition of immigrant literature.
- CookedMichael Pollan uses the four elements 鈥 fire, water, air, and earth 鈥 to explore the art and practice of cooking.
- Telling the BeesPeggy Hesketh crafts a gorgeously written debut mystery.
- And the Mountains EchoedKhaled Hosseini's third novel 鈥 his most complex so far 鈥 traces a powerful emotional arc.
- The Other Side of the TiberWallis Wilde-Menozzi offers an insider's perspective on 30 years of life as a foreigner in Italy.
- Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the FalklandsMargaret Thatcher is portrayed as "a woman of beliefs" rather than a generator of ideas in this first volume of her authorized biography.
- The UnwindingIs America coming undone? New Yorker writer George Packer describes a slow meltdown.
- Red MoonBenjamin Percy's supernatural novel is audaciously complex and hauntingly composed.
- Country GirlTrailblazing Irish novelist Edna O'Brien delivers the memoir she once believed she'd never write.
- Frozen in TimeMitchell Zuckoff brings an astounding, forgotten story of World War II back to life.
- 海角大神ophobiaBritish journalist Rupert Shortt documents and examines the persecution of 海角大神s around the world 鈥 a problem of which many Westerners are unaware.
- Homeward BoundThe 'new domesticity' is persuading many mothers to stay home. But is that really the best answer for moms 鈥 or their children?
- The Guns at Last LightIs there really anything more to be said about World War II? The third volume of Rick Atkinson's 'Liberation Trilogy' proves that there is.
- Daily RitualsFrom Beethoven to Kafka to Warhol, artists reveal the daily rituals that help them create.
- The Selected Letters of Willa CatherThe novelist's letters are rich and varied and make a valuable addition to the world of letters.
- A Man Without BreathGerman detective Bernie Gunther is back, to investigate an unspeakable atrocity.
- The Real North KoreaAre North Korea鈥檚 leaders insanely ideological 鈥 or merely pragmatic?
- A Delicate TruthJohn le Carr茅 is still at the top of his game with this heady tale of espionage in the age of the war on terror.
- My Beloved BrontosaurusAuthor Brian Switek explores and explains the enduring appeal of dinosaurs.
- The New Digital AgeGoogle executives Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen explore the 21st century, in which they see technology reshaping everything from the lives of individuals to the destinies of nations.