All Book Reviews
'Street of Thieves' threads Mideast, European history, into edgy, forceful fictionThe misadventures of a Moroccan man intersect with the Arab Spring and European financial crisis.
'The Upstairs Wife' interweaves Pakistani history with a tale of plural marriageJournalist and activist Rafia Zakaria explores the pain Muslim women may feel when their husbands take another wife.
'Red Notice' reads like a Russian thriller 鈥� but finishes as a real life tragedyThe capitalistic grandson of a noted US communist meets turmoil in today鈥檚 Russia.
'George W. Bush: The American Presidents' assesses the life and work of America's 43rd presidentLatest in the 'American Presidents' biographic series, James Mann's recounting of the presidency of George W. Bush is crisp and straightforward.
'The Hundred-Year Marathon' outlines a long-term Chinese strategy to replace the US as world leaderLong considered one of the top China experts in the US government, Pillsbury says he no longer believes that China is pursuing a 'win-win' policy with the US.聽
'Paper Love' tracks a journalist's search for the girl her grandfather lost to the HolocaustA cache of letters reveals that a family鈥檚 escape from Nazi genocide was incomplete.
'Happy Are the Happy' spins a lively cluster of stories around a Parisian couple and their social networkInfidelity, children, and pasta are the stuff of life in 21 interlinked stories about a sparring Parisian couple and their connections.
'Chasing the Scream' poses provocative questions about America's 'war on drugs'One hundred years after the Harrison Act outlawed heroin and cocaine in the United States, a journalist challenges America's approach to illegal drugs.
'Sympathy for the Devil' presents an often unlovely portrait of Gore VidalA confidant recalls his complex rapport with one of the 20th century鈥檚 great contrarians.
'Why Homer Matters' calls the ancient poet 'a guide to life'To read Homer, says Adam Nicolson, is to feel 'a form of reassurance that in the end there is some kind of understanding in the world.'
'The Secret Wisdom of the Earth' lives up to its hype and then someIn this astonishingly confident debut novel, a teenager and his mother move to rural Kentucky seeking healing from a tragedy 鈥� only to discover a new form of trouble.
'Vanessa and her Sister' gives a voice to Virginia Woolf's caring siblingPriya Parmar's splendid novel imagines the thankless task of catering to the self-absorbed geniuses of the Bloomsbury group.
'The Match Girl and the Heiress' profiles an unlikely duo in search of a better worldHow a factory worker and an heiress united to fight for their ideals.
'Gateway to Freedom' offers new insight into the workings of the Underground RailroadA historian looks more closely at the network that liberated thousands.
'Khirbet Khizeh' is a haunting fictional take on the Arab-Israeli warAn Israeli novelist offers an unsettling look at the paradoxes of a conflict.
'Leaving Before the Rains Come' is Africa native Alexandra Fuller's captivating third memoirIn her third memoir, Fuller unspools the story of her surprisingly rocky life since childhood.
'The Dogs Are Eating Them Now' offers a harsh but illuminating verdict on the war in AfghanistanCanadian journalist Graeme Smith struggles to make sense of all that he saw during a decade of war and nation-building in Afghanistan.
'The Internet Is Not the Answer' challenges 'the centers of digital power' that are changing our worldJournalist and onetime Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen wants us to more carefully consider the question: 'What society are we building here?'
'Honeydew' showcases Edith Pearlman's originality and versatilityPearlman's stories often emphasize isolation 鈥� but offer at least the hope of more.
'Huck Finn's America' takes a fresh look at a masterworkWhat does Mark Twain鈥檚 cherished 鈥� and contentious 鈥� work of fiction teach us about about the nation it still fascinates?
