The latest book reviews in one place

"Sharma’s nuanced exploration of British Asian life behind the counter is human and engaging..."

"Had the book been better written, there would be more cause for Wolf to celebrate herself...."

"a reliably woke take on the Bard..."

"told with such neat storytelling and surprising phrases it would be a joy to read aloud...."

"A bold novel that might leave you feeling cheated..."

"Casey Cep’s book on author’s true crime project is bogged down by fact-checked stasis..."

"A mysterious column of smoke fills the London sky, in this stylish and funny tale about a journalist on the rocks..."

"It is among his greatest work...."

"A fasctinating history of the independent publisher, told by an insider..."

"Simply reading the chapter on the monarch gives one the measure of this pitiful book...."

"Ben Mezrich hitches his story of technological revolution to a racy human narrative..."

"interesting, but flawed..."

"absorbing..."

"a haunting work, charged with wistful possibilities of what might have been..."

"a long overdue account of a world-shaking movement..."

"A road trip through the California desert becomes a thumping political allegory for a divided nation ..."

"(readers) will come away from Miller’s excellent biography understanding why she matters..."

"Here’s an author to avoid if you have a problem with scabrous, pungent fare...."

"a vibrant evocation of a hidden Istanbul in the middle of the 20th century..."

"Alan Turing’s life inspires an ambitious prizewinning novel...."

"The novel thrills us with a series of breathless encounters..."

"(a) beguiling history of philosophy in English..."

"This book is as riveting as any thriller, and as hard to put down..."

"a beautifully written, gripping take on the battle between the sexes..."

"Are you so worried about not sleeping it’s keeping you awake? Why ‘sleep science’ has made insomnia worse..."

"Spookiness meets science in a tale of human fallibility..."

"Rutherford’s fascinating examples of unexpected traits we share with fellow creatures..."

"This subversive reseeing of the classics is a many-layered delight..."

"(a) touching memoir..."

"(a) significant and satisfactory volume, which offers up an impressively repurposed John Browne..."

"Fearless, curious, endlessly entertaining..."

"My first special delivery of the month is this remarkable memoir by the indomitable 82-year-old Ismail..."

"A story of four girls fighting against Edwardian stuffiness is vividly told..."

"The Panacea Society was bent on creating a world run by women. It’s an intriguing setting for a thriller..."

"a vibrant evocation of a hidden Istanbul in the middle of the 20th century..."

"A gorgeous story of female friendship..."

"a wonderfully optimistic story of tolerance and positive change for today's divided times..."

"(a) significant and satisfactory volume, which offers up an impressively repurposed John Browne..."

"a superb writer, moving with crisp, swift strokes..."

"vigorous, big-hearted and terrifically direct..."

"Here’s an author to avoid if you have a problem with scabrous, pungent fare...."

"(a) beguiling history of philosophy in English..."

"The medieval nobleman dared to take on a king, but the price was high..."

"Thoroughly researched and wearing its scholarship lightly, The Ministry of Truth is at its best in some of its pop cultural gleanings..."

"Simply reading the chapter on the monarch gives one the measure of this pitiful book...."

"impressively researched biography..."

"This book should restore Goldman’s place in the rock-crit firmament..."

" It’s fun to be in her company. And I wasn’t expecting fun...."

"Ben Mezrich hitches his story of technological revolution to a racy human narrative..."

"Had the book been better written, there would be more cause for Wolf to celebrate herself...."

"A mysterious column of smoke fills the London sky, in this stylish and funny tale about a journalist on the rocks..."

"terrific crime fiction rooted in geopolitics..."

"Jessica Andrew’s debut novel marks her as a writer to watch..."

"absorbing..."

"it puts the entire raw reality in front of the reader..."

"Rival gangs vie to dig up $25m of gold in a surprise departure for the Lecter creator..."

"(readers) will come away from Miller’s excellent biography understanding why she matters..."

"There’s no good reason to return, but the race is on again..."

"another wake-up call to ensure that no child grows up feeling it wants to bleach its skin..."