All Book Reviews
Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American HeroTrue crime historian Douglas Perry separates myth from fact in his new biography of the lawman.
CarthageJoyce Carol Oates's latest novel is the story of a teenage girl's disappearance and the decay of a seemingly perfect family.
Dept. of SpeculationJenny Offill's new novel portrays a writer's life at a crossroads 鈥� as seen through snapshots from the mind's eye.
The Triple PackageAmy Chua 鈥� also known as 'Tiger Mom' 鈥� works with her husband to examine the surpassing success of eight US cultural groups.
One More ThingIn B.J. Novak's 'One More Thing,' comic fiction from the actor and writer unveils a restless mind at work.
All Joy and No FunJournalist Jennifer Senior asks: Is American culture driving parents slightly crazy?
Words Will Break CementHow a band of feminist anarchists shook Putin鈥檚 Russia.
Ophelia and the Marvelous BoyKaren Foxlee's middle-grade novel tells the story of a girl named Ophelia who has traveled to a city where it always snows, only to discover a quest behind a mysterious door.
Under the Wide and Starry SkyNancy Horan's second novel 鈥� recently chosen for the 鈥淭oday鈥� show book club 鈥� examines the marriage of 鈥淭reasure Island鈥� author Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife, American Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne.
The Undercover Economist Strikes BackThis cordial look at our recession's slow recovery has all the answers 鈥� and the questions to boot.
An Officer and a SpyRobert Harris's novel about the Dreyfus affair of the 1890s is a perfect story for the age of WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden.
My Life in MiddlemarchRebecca Mead's book is not only a love letter to George Eliot but also a rumination on how literature can shape our lives.
Radiance of TomorrowFormer child soldier Ishmael Beah offers a quiet tribute to human resilience.聽
On Such a Full SeaKorean-American author Chang-Rae Lee tells an exquisitely written dystopian tale of a girl who sets off through a very changed America to find her missing boyfriend.
OrfeoA retired music professor on the run from the government confronts his past in Richard Powers's profound yet accessible 11th novel.
The Scent of PineA road trip to Maine offers a Russian immigrant transportive memories of her past, and a possible ally for her future.
Cairo: Memoir of a City TransformedTwo years after the Tahrir Square protests, an insider examines life in Cairo.
Brown Dog: NovellasThe adventures of Brown Dog, Jim Harrison's 'wonderful backwoods nitwit,' are collected in one rollicking set of linked tales.
Flyover Lives: A MemoirDiane Johnson 鈥� best known for giving us scenes of expat life in Paris 鈥� has written a curious but engaging memoir about her Midwestern ancestors.
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans AtlasThe life (and near-death) of the Big Easy, inventively mapped.
