All Book Reviews
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A Rare Breed of Love
How a three-legged dog won the hearts of everyone from an angry homeless man to Barack Obama.
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The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
An outcast ‘giant’ discovers the magic of secret spells in this debut novel.
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How to Talk to Girls
A 9-year-old offers some pretty sage advice on approaching the opposite sex.
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Poe: A Life Cut Short.
A concise new biography marks the 200th birthday of Edgar Allen Poe.
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Nothing to Fear
A new book peels back the legend to examine FDR’s first 100 days.
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What Obama Means
A cultural survey of the history of race relations in the U.S.
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Classic book review: At Canaan's Edge
Martin Luther King Jr. was no saint, but this nuanced biography confirms his many virtues.
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Bamboo and Blood
A mystery novel offers a rare glimpse into life in North Korea.
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Emily Post
Emily Post was a fierce egalitarian who believed that behavior – not income – defined class.
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Postcards from Tomorrow Square
James Fallows offers insightful reporting on the rise of China.
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How to Live
New Yorker contributor Henry Alford hopes to uncover wisdom by talking with the elderly.
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Lark and Termite
Jayne Anne Phillips’s new novel is a rich, deeply poetic tale of extraordinary familial love.
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American Buffalo
An in-depth look at the animal that was our national symbol.
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Classic review: Lincoln
A biography as tall as Lincoln himself.
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Three Weeks to Say Goodbye
C.J. Box turns out a compulsively readable thriller about an adoptive father fighting to keep his baby girl safe.
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Things I've Been Silent About
Azar Nafisi tells of her struggles with both mother and country.
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Lima Nights
A novel imagines the lugubrious aftermath of a May-December romance.
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What I Saw and How I Lied
A mystery with a film-noir feel for teens.
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The Ascent of Money
Scottish historian Niall Ferguson explores the links between money and human progress.
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A World of Trouble
New York Times correspondent Patrick Tyler analyzes 50 years of US policy in the Mideast.
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