10,869 book reviews and counting...

"The Pull of the Stars is an immersive, unforgettable fever-dream of a novel..."

"Robert Zoellick’s fine new history..."

"An expert dissection of the trends that account for the Italian League’s revival..."

"A restless, shifting metropolis comes to life in this clever biography..."

"With the rigour of the laboratory, Taylor wields scalpel-like prose, putting human behaviours — along with Wallace’s Petri-dish worms — under the microscope...."

"(a) beautiful and subtle novel..."

"Collier and Kay’s scathing account of economic self-interest warns of harm to communities..."

"quirky, ambitious and ultimately disappointing ..."

"a captivating blend of memoir and nature writing..."

"not boring at all... mostly it’s a riot..."

"meticulously researched... fascinating..."

"Pankaj Mishra’s insights are often valuable, but these essays on the arrogance of the west omit some key arguments..."

"her writing always crackles: it’s gripping as well as grisly..."

"a valuable compendium, not to say a triumph of copyright clearance...."

"for all its heady darkness, this tale isn’t as unsettling as it tries to be..."

"The action sequences are vivid and inventive..."

"Winder’s subject is an important one, and he offers some shrewd insights..."

"she tells the story of her toxic marriage, murderous husband and miraculous survival, proving that reality can be as dramatic and gripping as fiction..."

"a cat-and-mouse game played by well-matched enemies..."

"he takes on this sensational subject with a wry turn of phrase and the cool judgment of a fine historian..."

"A compelling biography requires a compelling subject, and Bevin is certainly that..."

"A family memoir that comes with the access-all-areas intimacy of the best reportage..."

"an accomplished and addictive addition to the great British tradition of spinster fiction..."

"A joy to read..."

"Despite their sombre subject matter, the defining quality of Mandel’s novels is fun..."

"a remarkable end to an extraordinary quartet..."

"Slaght has ... astonishing commitment ... but neither the language nor attentiveness to put his magnificent owl in context..."

"He approaches this task with bravura, care and deliberation, leaving their diversity and individualism fully intact...."

"a wonderful essayist on the lockdown..."

"this short book is an excellent introduction to William James and his philosophy..."

"This riveting tale-already a bestseller in his native Netherlands..."

"a tale of trauma and PTSD, but also of recovery through the healing power of restorative justice, and of enduring love...."

"a profound exploration of grief, fragmented families and whether we are doomed to repeat the sins of our fathers..."

"I wanted to savour it, spinning it out it across weeks, one chapter per evening, like a sort of lockdown Forty and One Nights of my very own..."

"Ryan gradually reveals the inner lives of his central characters..."

"Best known as a radio presenter, Simon Mayo is clearly a force to be reckoned with in the thriller world too..."

"The publisher is pitching this as similar to the books of Robert Harris, but this is a more straightforward action thriller..."

"a captivating blend of memoir and nature writing..."

"(an) absorbing, perpendicular odyssey..."

"...by the time I reached the end of the novel I could hardly breathe. So, so good...."

"Robert Zoellick’s fine new history..."

"a tightly plotted and gripping read...."

"she tackles urgent questions of our time in a passionate plea for hope and truth...."

"Epic in scope, this is a gripping journey into the dark heart of American history...."

"A football fan tackles topics both on and off the pitch..."

"Ohler has done his research diligently and he has an enthralling story to tell..."

"This delicious memoir, which Fourth Estate is justifiably comparing with Lynn Barber's An Education and Esther Freud's Hideous Kinky..."

"(a) beautiful and subtle novel..."

"The Mission House truthfully reveals that the new realities of India will increasingly have their revenge on these tired old romances...."

"Winder’s subject is an important one, and he offers some shrewd insights..."

"a remarkable end to an extraordinary quartet..."

"Shuggie Bain comes from a deep understanding of the relationship between a child and a substance-abusing parent, showing a world rarely portrayed in literary fiction..."

"This is the kind of adventure everyone likes to imagine when young..."

"not boring at all... mostly it’s a riot..."

"A Big Tech satire by the author of Vernon God Little fizzes with ideas and inventive prose..."

"essential reading for anybody who feels angry, guilty or threatened by the tangled issue of “race” in America today..."

"Garrett is a bright and buoyant guide and Bunker rattles briskly along..."

"Slaght has ... astonishing commitment ... but neither the language nor attentiveness to put his magnificent owl in context..."