Book Reviews

Literature has always reflected society, and as the Book Review’s survey “100 Best Books of the 21st Century” reveals, many titles on the list are intertwined with major events and...

The music critics have weighed in on Taylor Swift’s surprise double album. Some love it, others feel it’s a bit melodramatic and select listeners are calling it her most intimate...

Everett mostly sticks to the broad outlines of Twain’s novel. He is riding the same currents; the book flows inexorably, like a river, yet its short chapters keep the movement...

The breezy memoir of a highflying journalist who, at 61, is still on top of her game ... While she gets off satisfying shots at familiar targets, there aren’t quite...

Do we still need to talk about the sombrero?Maybe so. As anyone versed in literary scandal will remember, at the 2016 Brisbane Writers Festival, Lionel Shriver gave the keynote address,...

It’s a little late for the Christmas gift market, but if you have family or friends’ birthdays coming up or just want to alienate people, you could grab a copy...

Poets only want love if it’s torture. And when the poet is Taylor Swift, you always have to figure love and torture are never more than a few verses apart....

In a political roman à clef, anonymity can leave a lot to be desired. When “Primary Colors” appeared in 1996, the rabid quest to identify its author (Joe Klein) outshone...

Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy Craig Whitlock. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2024. 459 pp. Notes. Index. $25. Reviewed by Stephen Wrage and...