All Book Reviews
'Grant' vigorously portrays its subject as a great military leader, champion of rights, honest manBiographer Ron Chernow returns with his latest take on a historical figure, which largely rewrites Grant's legacy.
'Nine Continents' is Chinese author Xiaolu Guo鈥檚 resonant memoir about leaving her pastAlmost 20 years since she published her first novel in China, Xiaolu Guo lays bare her first 40 years in a single book.
'A Bold and Dangerous Family' ably chronicles one Italian family's battle against MussoliniMoorehead, who grew up in Italy and speaks Italian, portrays the trials and intrigues of the Rosselli clan in intimate detail.
'The Future Is History' is a dark examination of what went wrong in RussiaRussian-American journalist and activist聽Masha聽Gessen focuses on four brave resisters聽to Russian totalitarianism.
'A Moonless, Starless Sky' tells the stories of the courageous figures who stand up to extremismThe book is聽the result of Alexis Okeowo鈥檚 tenure spent reporting in Africa over the past decade.
'Unbelievable' chronicles the 'most unlikely, exciting, ugly ... bizarre campaign' in US historyNBC asked聽Tur聽to cover a couple of Trump events while the network鈥檚 political reporters followed more serious contenders. Five hundred and聽ten days later, she watched as Trump won.
'At the Strangers' Gate' is Adam Gopnik's captivating story of a couple finding their way in the Big AppleGopnik's new memoir is sure to become as beloved as 'Paris to the Moon.'
'Coming to My Senses' tells the story of Chez Panisse icon Alice WatersAlice Waters's memoir is a mixed salad of various elements, some engaging, some less so.
'True Gentlemen' analyzes the troubling co-dependence of colleges and fraternitiesBy further exposing the profound problems with fraternities, Bloomberg News writer John Hechinger has made a far more valuable contribution to American college life than any fraternity ever could.
'Alone' examines the cinematic appeal of the 'England alone' World War II scenarioThe book's memoir framing-device gives author Michael Korda a measure of dramatic license, and he uses it to good effect. "Alone"聽is relentlessly involving reading, full of masterfully-drawn set pieces.
'Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities' succeeds as both vibrant history and personal tributeBettany Hughes wonderfully tells the story of a city that has been many things at many different times.
'Little Soldiers' examines the Chinese education system from the insideJournalist Lenora Chu had聽privileged access into the academic world, further enhanced by her son Rainey鈥檚 admission into one of Shanghai鈥檚 most prestigious kindergartens.
'An Odyssey' is a father-son journey with Homer as guideA classics professor learns much when his father becomes his student.
'Draft No. 4' is as lean and punchy as legendary author John McPhee's earlier workThe star attraction in McPhee's book on writing isn't the method but the man.
'Stanton' brings Lincoln's secretary of war out of the historical shadowsStanton聽served in two key cabinets posts for two of America's worst presidents (James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson), as well as for Abraham Lincoln, whom he helped to win the Civil War.
'A Legacy of Spies' reminds readers why they have loved John le Carr茅 so well and so longLe Carr茅's latest novel allows him to revisit his聽beloved earlier novels from a gripping new perspective.
'Letters to Memory' tells the story of author Karen Tei Yamashita's World War II internmentAllusive, quirky, questioning, 'Letters' is a challenging text.
'A Column of Fire' is half historic epic, half thriller 鈥� all of it engagingKen Follett returns with the final (we think) Kingsbridge story, now skipping ahead a couple of centuries to the Elizabethan era.
'Border' is a touching meditation on lives shaped by geographic boundariesAfter 25 years away, memoirist Kapka Kassabova returns to her childhood home where Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey intersect.
'Mozart: The Man Revealed' explores a life infused with as much drama as any operaBiographer John Suchet does not look closely at Mozart's extraordinary musical creations, but he does provide an engaging glimpse into the life of a remarkable young man and his world.
