Book Reviews

For most Americans, the Mississippi River exists more as an idea than a real waterway. That is because the river is largely hidden from view. While driving the Great River...

This month marks the 35th anniversary of the June Fourth Incident, which is known outside China as the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. “Tiananmen Square,” a new autobiographical novel by Lai...

In 1992, the political theorist Francis Fukuyama famously declared “the end of history.” The Soviet Union had imploded, and liberal democracy appeared triumphant and invulnerable. The placid new world that...

THE FALL OF ROE: The Rise of a New America, by Elizabeth Dias and Lisa LererIn 2020, a writer at the feminist website Jezebel pitched an article on abortion pills....

After 50 years, Stephen King knows his Constant Readers all too well. In fact, it’s right there in the title of the legendary master of horror’s latest collection of stories:...

When the legendary singer and songwriter Joni Mitchell made her surprise return to live performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 2022, it represented the culmination of a long and...

William Morrow hide caption toggle caption William Morrow Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie is a peculiar horror novel that takes a refreshing look at the haunted film subgenre, while also eliminating...

Rachel Cusk is an author some British reviewers love to hate. Take her new book for example, one reviewer at the Times derided the author as “one of our truly...

I have been a freelance book reviewer for twenty years, which means that several times a week, the postal carrier delivers packages of books—some that I requested, some that I...

Welcome to this week in comic book reviews! The staff have come together to read and review nearly everything that released today. It isn't totally comprehensive, but it includes just...