All Book Reviews
'On Tyranny' suggests many simple actions can foster civil societyThe book is聽an expansion of a popular Facebook post聽on defending democracy that author and Yale historian Timothy Snyder wrote following the US election.
'Last Hope Island' celebrates the brave exiles who helped defeat Nazi GermanyAuthor Lynne Olson聽explains the little-known roles of the Dutch, Poles, Czechs, and French in helping the United Kingdom survive the Battle of Britain and even shortening the war.聽
'Apollo 8' ably resurrects the thrill and drama of the 1960s space raceJeffrey Kluger, a longtime science writer and editor for聽Time聽magazine, spins an engaging tale, delving into the nooks and crannies of physics, space politics, and human dynamics.
'Aliens' asks scientists to consider 鈥� seriously 鈥� extraterrestrial lifeThe main purpose of 'Aliens' isn鈥檛 to argue for or against the proposition that we are not alone, but to discuss the conditions necessary for life and the possibility that such conditions exist.
'Miss Burma,' inspired by family history, is a troubled tale of marriage and warCharmaine Craig's second novel traces the effects of political oppression, war, and genocide.
'Killers of the Flower Moon' is a true crime slice of Native American history'The Lost City of Z' author David Grann delivers an absorbing but disturbing account of a string of mostly unsolved murders in the Osage Indian Nation of Oklahoma in the 1920s.
'The Souls of China' traces the remarkable rebirth of religion in ChinaBuddhism, Daoism, Islam, and 海角大神ity claim around 300 million followers today, nearly one-third of China鈥檚 adult population.
'The Road to Camelot' takes a fresh look at JFK's 1960 campaignVeteran reporters Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie have crafted a tougher and more balanced account of the long campaign than anybody's written yet.
'October' masterfully portrays the intricacies of the Russian revolutionBritish sci-fi and fantasy author China Mi茅ville sifts through the extraordinary disagreements, debates, and debacles that accompanied the Russian reds on every step of the road to revolution.
'Salt Houses' examines identity in diasporaHala Alyan's debut novel聽is a chronology of a Palestinian family and their mandatory wandering life imposed on them by the Six-Day War of 1967 and subsequently Iraq鈥檚 invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
'Men Without Women' is Murakami at his whimsical bestHaruki Murakami's seventh short story collection is rife with familiar obsessions and yet still surprising.
'Literally' is a bouncy summer read built on a sleight-of-hand trickYA author Lucy Keating delivers a light and fluffy fiction with citrusy twist of metafiction.
'Mockingbird Songs' documents a warm friendship with the elusive Harper LeeWayne Flynt has collected his correspondence with Harper Lee. Perhaps the quality of Lee that will hit readers most is her humor.
'Hostage' tells the moving, suspenseful story of a kidnapping in the CaucasusGuy Delisle, the marvelous cartooning memoirist and travel-writer, recreates in words and thousands of pictures, the details of a Frenchman's captivity in a war zone.
'The Leavers,' inspired by a real story, confronts transracial adoptionLisa Ko's debut novel is an achingly beautiful read about immigration, adoption, and the drive to belong.
'My Life with Bob' is a rollicking, intimate journey to a booklover's heartNew York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul's memoir invites us to share a close-up look at the books of her life.
'Refinery Town' tells the story of a city fighting for its own soulA look at the impact of the petroleum industry on one American city yields a portrait of a community struggling to put its future in the hands of its residents.
'Thunder in the Mountains' recounts the tragedy of the Nez Perce WarHistorian Daniel Sharfstein is a wonderful storyteller with a deep knowledge of all the relevant source material from the period.
'Hamlet Globe to Globe' chronicles the most idealistic theatrical tour everHow London's renowned Globe Theatre took their production of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' to 190 countries in the space of two years.
'Jane Welsh Carlyle and Her Victorian World' brings a forgotten talent to lifeKathy Chamberlain's excellent biography of Jane Welsh Carlyle takes her out of the shadow of husband Thomas and puts her own formidable talent and complex character on display.
