
Book Review: NW by Zadie Smith
March 16, 2026By calling her newest novel NW, Zadie Smith follows in the tradition of other writers, including...

Book Review: Office Girl by Jay Meno
March 10, 2026Chicago is the city, 1999 is the year. This book is a love story but one...

Book Review: You & Me by Padgett Powell
March 6, 2026You might enjoy your own shot of bourbon to compliment the liquor these two “weirdly agreeable...

Book Review: Prosperous Friends by Christine Schutt
February 28, 2026A mile wide and an inch deep? Not Christine Schutt’s Prosperous Friends. Quite the opposite. It’s...

Book Review: The Other by Thomas Tryon
February 24, 2026The summer of 1935 is a hot and languorous one in Pequot Landing, Connecticut. Elms yet...

Book Review: Astray by Emma Donoghue
February 11, 2026Though some stories in Astray are more poignant than others, Donoghue once again shows herself to...

Book Review: Fairy Tales From The Brothers Grimm
February 11, 2026The value of Pullman’s new translation, I believe, lies in his willingness to encompass the darkness...

Book Review: A Possible Life: A Novel in Five Parts by Sebastian Faulks
February 9, 2026If we could follow the mortal remains or spiritual resonance of a sport-loving soldier from the...

Book Review: Raised from the Ground: A Novel by José Saramago
February 8, 2026While he has an ear for both the humdrum and the eccentric dissembling pronouncements of the...

Book Review: Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra
February 4, 2026Like Bolaño, Zambra was born in Santiago, Chile. However, he was born later, in 1975, part...














