Real People, Reincarnated in the Pages of New Novels
One of the great attractions of historical fiction is its ability to approach the past from unexpected angles, allowing us […]
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Why Sarah Bakewell Tends to Avoid Thrillers and Mysteries
What books are on your night stand? There are no visible ones, because bed is one of the few places […]
Read moreDubravka Ugresic, Who Wrote of Dislocation and Exile, Dies at 73
Dubravka Ugresic, a novelist and essayist who, after her native Yugoslavia broke apart in the early 1990s, found herself ostracized […]
Read moreWelcome to Immortality. Your Body Can’t Come With You.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIVING FOREVER, by Jaroslav Kalfar Jaroslav Kalfar’s first novel, “Spaceman of Bohemia” (2017), was about a […]
Read moreThe Lonely Librarian, the Color of Melancholy, and Tangerines
Molly Young is on leave for the next several months. In her absence, colleagues from the Book Review will pick […]
Read moreThe Smart, Ferocious Rock-Star Redemption Romance You Didn’t Know You Needed
THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN, by Susanna Hoffs My husband was the one who freaked out when the review copy of […]
Read more‘It Is Our Fate to Live in the Age of the Indelible’
BOTTOMS UP AND THE DEVIL LAUGHS: A Journey Through the Deep State, by Kerry Howley The people in Kerry Howley’s […]
Read moreUnlikely Allies, They Spread the Gospel of Tree-Hugging
GUARDIANS OF THE VALLEY: John Muir and the Friendship That Saved Yosemite, by Dean King It’s a brave thing, to […]
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SHORT STORIES LADIES’ LUNCH AND OTHER STORIES by Lore Segal (Sort Of Books £9.99, 160pp) LADIES’ LUNCH AND OTHER STORIES […]
Read moreBookTok authors dominate the British Book Awards 2023 shortlist
The British Books Awards are back with a bang and the shortlists for the 12 categories have some familiar names […]
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