All Book Reviews
My Isl@mBased on his own story, popular Islamic blogger Amir Ahmad Nasr argues that the Internet will be for Islam what the printing press was for 海角大神ity 鈥� a driving force for reform.
'The Ocean at the End of the Lane': Neil Gaiman garners mostly positive reviews'The Ocean at the End of the Lane,' is being hailed as Gaiman's first book for adults in eight years. But is it really?
Duel with the DevilNPR 'literary detective' Paul Collins chronicles a gripping real-life murder mystery, set in New York City circa 1800 鈥� the first truly tabloid crime in our nation's history.
Algerian ChroniclesAlbert Camus's 1957 work shows his outrage over the suffering of Algeria's Arab and Berber populations.
You Are One of ThemDespite Soviet conspiracy themes, Elliott Holt's debut novel is really the poignant story of a fragmented family.
The Other TypistSuzanne Rindell's debut novel is a thrilling riff on noir tales.
TransAtlanticNational Book Award winner Colum McCann delivers one of the more beautifully written novels of the year.
Anne Frank: The BiographyNew material allows German historian and biographer Melissa M眉ller to offer a deeper, more nuanced view of the world's most famous Holocaust diarist.
JoylandAt its heart, Stephen King's latest novel is a captivating story filled with more light than dark, more sweetness than horror, and plenty of 聽grace.
City of AmbitionMason B. Williams looks back at the unique Depression-era collaboration between FDR and New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia.
Silent VoicesAnn Cleeves unleashes a 'large and shambolic' female detective 鈥� a refreshing break from current mystery trends.
American GunChris Kyle's examination of the place of weapons in our culture arrives at just the right time.
Revolutionary SummerJoseph J. Ellis offers a stirring account of the fateful summer of 1776 鈥� when Americans had to decide who they really were.
We Are All Completely Beside OurselvesKaren Joy Fowler's outstanding new novel lands with the force of a haymaker.
1913: In Search of the World Before the Great WarHistorian Charles Emmerson's sweeping journey through 1913 shows that the Great War was far from inevitable. The optimism, ideas, and global interconnectedness of the era could have led the world down a different path.
Steal the MenuRaymond Sokolov may occasionally alienate the reader, but his memoir is knowledgeable and fascinating.
AmericanahChimamanda Ngozi Adichie's cosmopolitan new novel 'Americanah' follows two Nigerian odysseys.
The World Is a CarpetJournalist Anna Badkhen chronicles four seasons spent in a tiny village in Afghanistan.
The Last Man in RussiaBritish journalist Oliver Bullough describes a Russia that is destroying itself from within.
A Book of VoyagesPatrick O'Brian's "A Book of Voyages" 鈥� available in America for the first time 鈥� spans the globe with some of history's most adventurous writers.
