All Book Reviews
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Alex and Me
A scientist, a bird, and an unexpected 30-year friendship.
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Spade and Archer
A prequel to ‘The Maltese Falcon’ tells how this unlikely duo came to be.
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Herbert Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933
Despised at home, Hoover was a savior to many Europeans
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The Lost City of Z
David Grann follows the lost trail of Amazon explorer Percy Fawcett.
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Losing My Religion
The struggles of a religion reporter whose work begins to erode his faith.
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Drood
Charles Dickens stars in a thriller.
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Classic book review: Possession
This improbably buoyant novel combines Shakespearean romance, suspense, satire, and a pastiche of styles.
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The Associate
Once again, a Grisham protagonist finds himself caught up in the machinations of a corrupt law firm.
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Pictures at an Exhibition
A Parisian art dealer’s son and a young Louvre curator hunt for what the Nazis looted.
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Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees
Nature writer Roger Deakin considers wood as a vital element of life.
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Best African American Essays: 2009
A nonfiction collection examines African-American concerns in the Obama era.
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A Comrade Lost and Found
Journalist Jan Wong chases through modern China in pursuit of a comrade whose life she may have ruined in the Maoist era.
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Scat
A Florida class trip turns into a quest to save a panther and her cub.
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Classic book review: Mark Twain: A Life
Like his young country, Mark Twain was rough, raw, and wholly original.
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The Women
T.C. Boyle's latest novel is a wild and improvisational examination of Frank Lloyd Wright and the women he loved.
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The Music Teacher
A violinist with a stalled career tries to teach a gifted, troubled teen.
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Two Lincoln books for young readers
Two books for young readers explore Lincoln as a family man.
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Angels and Ages
Born on the same day, Lincoln and Darwin shared an eloquence that changed the world.
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Six more books on Lincoln
Of the 60-plus Lincoln books released this season, several stand out.
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A. Lincoln
Biographer Ronald C. White traces the spiritual and intellectual evolution of Abraham Lincoln.
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