We help readers find great books.
★★☆☆☆ John Darnielle’s new novel Universal Harvester is an urban legend — a convoluted and ultimately disappointing one, but enough of a creepy modern folktale to appeal to those readers sensitive to nostalgic storytelling....
Happy New Year, everyone! Hope your holidays were well-read and restful. My books-to-read stack this month is curiously made up of a lot of short novella-sized books as well as what might be the...
This month’s book stack is somewhat indicative of a post-Fall-frontlist blues — aside from Zadie Smith’s Swing Time and Michael Chabon’s Moonglow, there’s not a whole lot of showstopping major works on the (immediate) horizon. I kind of...
This month I took a turn through the 2016 Man Booker Prize shortlist, with reviews on Run Spot Run of Graeme Macrae Burnet’s fantastic His Bloody Project and David Szalay’s All That Man Is. The prize...
Mid-September marks the start of a packed fall season of major book releases. Many great writers like Ian McEwan, Jonathan Lethem, Zadie Smith, and Michael Chabon have books coming out this autumn; those of...
