Book Reviews

MANIA, by Lionel ShriverAs a novelist, Lionel Shriver has made her strongest impressions selecting some hot issue of the day — school shootings, the American health care system, the ballooning...

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THE FUNERAL CRYER, by Wenyan LuEvery year or so, a version of the same article will come across my social media feeds, having gone freshly viral among a cohort of...

SHANGHAILANDERS, by Juli MinWhen I first realized that “Shanghailanders,” Juli Min’s remarkable debut novel, was told in reverse, moving backward from 2040 to 2014, the main question on my mind...

THE PARIS NOVEL, by Ruth ReichlStella St. Vincent’s estranged mother dies and leaves her with an unusual bequest: She is to take her modest inheritance and go to Paris.It’s not...

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THE DEMON OF UNREST: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War, by Erik LarsonThe Civil War is one hell of a drug. It’s...

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MY FIRST BOOK, by Honor Levy“Thank God I won’t have to deal with the internet.” According to Bruce Jay Friedman, those were the last words his friend Mario Puzo ever...