Book Review: Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
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Book Review: Gauntlgrym: Neverwinter, Book 1 by R. A. Salvatore
June 22, 2025One thing is clear: Salvatore is moving Drizzt ahead toward a new point in his life....
Book Review: The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
June 21, 2025Bernard Cornwell, who has written a masterful novel about Agincourt, tackles the American Revolution and its...
Book Review: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
June 16, 2025To label How to Live Safely as a human comedy is a bit of a stretch...
Book Review: The Elephant’s Journey by Jose Saramago
June 15, 2025Saramago’s ability to wring delightful dialogue out of his characters will charm just about anybody. The...
Book Review: Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith
June 11, 2025The legions of admirers of Smith's other novels, notably The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series,...
Book Review: Walks With Men by Ann Beattie
June 8, 2025Beattie, like in so much of her earlier work, leaves a lot to the imagination. Between...
Book Review: Lucy by Laurence Gonzales
June 8, 2025Lucy, half human, half bonobo monkey, was genetically engineered by her scientist father, so that “humans...
Book Review: Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk
June 6, 2025Tell-All follows the general plotline of the movie Sunset Boulevard, which pairs a down-and-out young writer...
Book Review: The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer
June 5, 2025Stephen King said that Olen Steinhauer's spy book, The Tourist, is "the best spy novel I've...




