All Book Reviews
'Mr. Mercedes' is Stephen King at his pop-fiction bestKing's newest novel begins with a driver slamming into a crowd at a job fair and continues with a white-knuckle chase.
'Stories of Fatherhood' offers 17 portraits of parenting from a very diverse group of writersThe new short story collection from Everyman's Library includes pieces from authors including Vladimir Nabokov and John Updike, all ruminating on the ups and downs of being a parent.
'Eight World Cups' by George Vecsey decodes international soccer for newbies聽New York Times聽sports columnist George Vecsey has covered every World Cup since 1982.
'The Intellectual Life of Edmund Burke' considers one of the great thinkers of all timeDavid Bromwich's biography of Edmund Burke is a masterpiece of intellectual history.
'The Vacationers' takes a wry look at flawed but well-meaning characters'Vacationers' follows two families who bring their various problems on a trip to Mallorca.
'The Long Shadow' explores the ways in which World War I lives onHistorian David Reynolds ably depicts the Great War's impact on every decade since.
'John Quincy Adams': often forgotten yet highly distinguishedFred Kaplan's biography of the sixth US president should be required reading inside the Beltway.
'A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip' captures the tension, suspense of seventh-gradeIn this darkly comic memoir, Brockmeier renders his unhappy childhood with startling precision and insight.
'Tambora' tells the story of a little-known volcano that changed the worldTambora, which erupted in 1815, caused temperatures to plunge around the globe, offering valuable lessons on climate change today.
'All the Light We Cannot See' is a compelling WWII novel by acclaimed author Anthony Doerr'Light' centers on a German teenager and a young French girl who meet during World War II.
'The Good Spy' by Kai Bird makes the case for a more humane form of espionageKai Bird's biography of Robert Ames 鈥� a CIA operative whom Bird praises as an almost perfect spy 鈥� offers valuable insight on the Middle East.
'Ruby,' a Southern woman's haunting story, recalls the works of Toni Morrison and Alice WalkerCynthia Bond's debut novel is often gorgeous and frankly harrowing.
'Delancey' focuses on the messy process of opening a restaurantFamed food blogger Molly 'Orangette' Wizenberg tells the messy, explosive, and exhilarating story of giving birth to a restaurant.
"Mantle of Command" examines FDR's role as commander in chiefNigel Hamilton studies FDR's relatively overlooked role as military leader during World War II.
"Age of Ambition" by Evan Osnos profiles the highly ambitious in today's ChinaNew Yorker writer Evan Osnos examines the remarkable lives of China's strivers.聽
'No Place to Hide' by Glenn Greenwald portrays Edward Snowden as a 'whistleblower in shining armor'Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who broke the Edward Snowden story, offers further details on his contacts with Snowden and the US government's surveillance system.
Clouds of GloryBestselling biographer Michael Korda examines the life of legendary general Robert E. Lee who, despite being the subject of many books, remains an enigma.
American RomanticWard Just's excellent novel about a foreign service officer posted to Indochina in the 1960s may be his finest work to date.
The Noble Hustle'Zone One' author Colson Whitehead explores the strange world of poker and the people who have built their lives around it.
BirdmenLawrence Goldstone tells the story of the decade when men took to the air.
