All Book Reviews
'I'll Be Right There' spins a mystery of missing persons set in a tumultous South KoreaA South Korean woman remembers the 1980s and her college years 鈥� a time of turmoil, violence, and ominous disappearances.
'No Good Men Among the Living' chronicles the war in Afghanistan from the perspective of the country's citizensJournalist Anand Gopal takes readers beyond the familiar accounts of the Afghan war through the eyes of American soldiers or Western reporters.
'Silver People' turns the building of the Panama Canal into poetryThis delightful historical novel-in-verse by award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the story of the creation of the Panama Canal through various character voices 鈥� some historic, some fictitious, and some taken from the animal world.
'Friendship' explores the bittersweet friendship of two late-20-something New YorkersIn her new novel, high-profile blogger Emily Gould creates characters who struggle to find a path from idealistic youth to realistic adulthood.
'Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter' makes religion central to Carter's 1980 defeatReligion 鈥� and not politics 鈥� is at the core of this examination of the strengths and weaknesses of Carter's presidency.
'Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters' profiles a gloriously free-living upper-class Briton who became a kind of East Indies royaltyThis smashing biography 鈥� an updated American version of a 2007 British edition 鈥� transports readers to a not-so-stuffy Edwardian England and the far edges of the British Empire
'The Dog Who Could Fly' is a superb account of a Nazi-fighting German ShepherdIt's almost impossible not to cry while reading this man-and-dog love story about an abandoned puppy rescued by a World War II hero.
'Under Magnolia' follows Frances Mayes back to her roots in small-town GeorgiaThe author who famously moved to a sun-drenched European villa recollects her childhood in the American South.
'Price of Fame' continues to chronicle the remarkable life of playwright Clare Boothe LuceSylvia Jukes Morris's new title dexterously details the second half of Luce's life.
'Sons of Wichita' is a rollicking, revealing look at the powerful Koch brothersDavid and Charles 鈥� two of the four Koch brothers and the sixth richest people in the world 鈥� are regularly accused of buying elections.
'The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street' is a sweeping novel with a sense of humorSusan Jane Gilman's latest novel sometimes has too much exposition, but the story of Lillian Dunkle, a founder of soft-serve ice cream, is a refreshing read.
'Golazo!' chronicles soccer's impact on Latin AmericaWith World Cup鈥搇evel prowess, a soccer fanatic delves into the beautiful game's Latin American heart.
'Washington Journal' transports readers to the strange tumult of WatergateNew Yorker writer Elizabeth Drew takes us back to 1973 as a rookie reporter earns her stripes inside the frenzy of Watergate.
'Perfectly Miserable' is a bittersweet look at author Sarah Payne Stuart's New England hometown'Miserable' is a portrait of Stuart's uneasy, idealized relationship with the town of Concord, Mass., in which she grew up.聽
'The Nile' is a trip through Egypt's history via its river'Nile' author Toby Wilkinson uses the Nile as the basis for an exploration of the various periods of Egypt's history.
'Lost for Words' is a delightful and deserving winner of the Wodehouse Prize for comic fictionA novelist shines mercilessly comic light on the insular world of literary prizes.
'The Romanov Sisters' examines the lives of the royal siblings before their early deathsHelen Rappaport brings out the character of each of the four daughters of Russian Czar Nicholas II and does it neatly.
'To All the Boys I've Loved Before' is a charming young adult story of sisters and romanceAuthor Jenny Han delivers over and above in this delightful teen love story.
'To Rise Again at a Decent Hour' tackles the mystery of existenceA misanthropic dentist 鈥� and all-around skeptic 鈥� is pulled into the mystery of an ancient tribe of doubters.
'Congo' is a magnificent, epic look at the history of the regionIn 'Congo,' Belgian author and historian David Van Reybrouck tells a story rife with plunder, exploitation, violence, corruption 鈥� and human resiliency.
