13,736 book reviews and counting...

"a book I began to think of as a classic even before I’d finished it..."

"Peterson offers an invaluable reminder that we’re finite and inherently imperfect..."

"Consent is not a comfortable read, but it is immensely powerful, both in showing how a victim can regain control of her own story, and in considering how such men might be held to account..."

"... (a) succinct and thought-provoking book..."

"Ishiguro has written another masterpiece, a work that makes us feel afresh the beauty and fragility of our humanity...."

"an elegant novel that is as interested in the notion of hope and acceptance as it is in murder and revenge...."

"(an) excellent, occasionally disturbing and very original book..."

"The gifted writer summons the eclectic travels of Albrecht Dürer with captivating passion, poignancy, pure wonder and a personal twist..."

"a crisply told story of surviving abuse..."

"In many ways it feels as if Cannibal has paved the way for itself..."

"Imagine a Wagner opera without the music – seven hours of dense verbal repetition, lacking the benefit of an oceanic orchestra and exultant singing voices..."

"a superbly detailed account of how the internal organs of British power function..."

"a stunning book on the incalculable debt humanity owes to wood..."

"no account of such people as these can fail to grip..."

"(An) absorbing narrative..."

"This jaw-dropping study shows how much money and global influence is concentrated in the hands of a tiny group..."

"a patronising book that sees voters as ignorant pawns manipulated by a shadowy elite..."

"A haunting true crime story that asks serious questions about a woman’s place in the country..."

" a gritty tale of life in a North Dakota oilfield..."

"Keats is unmissably present in Fitzgerald’s work. This book tries to track the parallels between these two great writers..."

"There’s bravery as well as beauty here..."

"Buchanan offers astute social observation..."

"Nolan’s headlong, fearless prose feels like salt wind on cracked lips...."

"(a) highly inventine trilogy..."

"exhilarating, bleakly funny ..."

"There’s more to the 19th-century reformer than Tommy Lee Jones’s portrayal for Spielberg. Bruce Levine’s book is a start..."

"This book evokes a powerful and tender relationship..."

"She marshals her facts and impressions with energy and assiduity...."

"the book is most fascinating for those new to AI..."

"Holmesian sleuthing meets a case of racist injustice..."

"an accessible and illuminating book..."

"O’Donoghue’s intriguing story takes in myth, history, tensions between Catholic and Protestant, and race in Ireland..."

"There’s more to the 19th-century reformer than Tommy Lee Jones’s portrayal for Spielberg. Bruce Levine’s book is a start..."

"lively, intimate and packed with clever connections..."

"Garnett makes a challenging and thought-provoking case, which it is difficult entirely to dismiss...."

"a quietly profound novel..."

"a bold and bloody history of constitutions..."

"time spent on Law in a Time of Crisis is time spent in the company of a brilliant mind considering interesting things...."

"told in the sort of layman's language that made Oliver Sacks a bestseller..."

"Recounting complex scientific tales as if he were a storyteller around a fire..."

"no account of such people as these can fail to grip..."

"Philip Serrell reveals in a sparkling memoir, his is a cut-throat business..."

"This book about being a Muslim in Britain skates over real concerns by crying Islamophobia..."

"The between-the-wars diaries of the romping, social-climbing MP Henry Channon make for a irresistible, saucy read..."

"Lloyd is excellent on detai..."

"insights into Indian family values and the looming presence of the New Zealand landscape hold the attention throughout..."

" a gritty tale of life in a North Dakota oilfield..."

"an elegant novel that is as interested in the notion of hope and acceptance as it is in murder and revenge...."

"Nolan’s headlong, fearless prose feels like salt wind on cracked lips...."

"her prose has a richness that adds extra depth to a familiar story..."

"A fascinating study of one of the most fraught ethical issues..."

"the book is most fascinating for those new to AI..."

"Holmesian sleuthing meets a case of racist injustice..."

"wry insights from medicine’s grumpy old man..."

"an epic achievement..."

"This is a moving story of a mother battling addiction..."

"exhilarating, bleakly funny ..."

"an enjoyably sinister tale..."

"The psychologist’s fascinating study of friendship finds that the quality of our relationships determines our health, happiness and chance of a long life..."

"The gifted writer summons the eclectic travels of Albrecht Dürer with captivating passion, poignancy, pure wonder and a personal twist..."