14,424 book reviews and counting...

"...clever, satisfying, and often playful..."

"a freewheeling collection of essays explores black culture in the US..."

"an intimate and affectionate read...."

"(a) dazzling and accomplished collection from the South Korean writer Kim Bo-young..."

"This is natural history as police procedural; and life on Earth as the scene of a crime...."

"the book delivers on the huge, mind-bending promise made in its first few pages...."

"To get a feel for The Loop, imagine if the TV series Stranger Things lost its sense of humour. ..."

"While I admire brevity, the subject demands more depth than this volume provides...."

"At times reading this memoir feels like travelling on a high-speed train – no sooner have we stopped at one place than we’re hurtling on to the next. ..."

"Twisted, dark and fizzing with fury, it’s a lot of fun...."

"lashings of local mysticism and a flair for transgressive imagery make her an arrestingly original talent..."

"(a) critical, generous and heartfelt biography..."

"deliciously sinister and obsessive, an immersive journey into a world where ballet is everything, with one hell of a twist...."

"Lighthearted, witty and effortlessly clever, just like its wonderful heroine..."

"a striking first novel, a chilling insight into an oppressive world, where bad thoughts and bad deeds ripple just below the surface..."

"In these seductively curious essays, Dyer scrutinises images and photographers, unearthing hidden truths and a sense of the uncanny..."

"Anthony Quinn’s latest period novel extends his richly pleasurable and loosely connected series portraying London down the decades..."

"the intensely personal story of one woman being soothed by nature and finding closure in the process..."

"The unspeakable is succeeded by the unthinkable in this passionately written history..."

"Patrick Radden Keefe delivers a damning account of Purdue Pharma, Oxycontin and a family that grew rich..."

"a torturous history of the massacre..."

"Ostler is very good at conjuring up the 18th century..."

"A city dweller’s views of the countryside are upended in this subtle, moving study..."

"there are some good jokes along the way..."

"John Sutherland makes a brave attempt to rescue the reputation of Larkin’s longstanding lover and muse..."

"reckless, marvellous and unforgettable..."

"a proud, angry and ultimately hopeful rallying cry for the causes of democratisation and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa..."

"an insightful study into a period of history often overlooked in fiction..."

"melancholy, tender, comic..."

"This fascinating book makes a persuasive, sanctimony-free case for treating animals more humanely..."

"Patrick Radden Keefe delivers a damning account of Purdue Pharma, Oxycontin and a family that grew rich..."

"Alec MacGillis offers a timely account of how the online giant has reshaped the US economy and wider society..."

"a torturous history of the massacre..."

"the book delivers on the huge, mind-bending promise made in its first few pages...."

"Kaiser chases down the facts (fingers-crossed) of Abraham Kajzer’s story, and they devastated me..."

"Bear is a bizarre but strangely uplifting book about a woman’s quest for freedom..."

"the intensely personal story of one woman being soothed by nature and finding closure in the process..."

"A city dweller’s views of the countryside are upended in this subtle, moving study..."

"a powerful blend of health, self-help and memoir..."

"Laing's writing is never less than bracing, combining formidable intelligence with truly radical ways of looking at the world..."

"This fascinating book makes a persuasive, sanctimony-free case for treating animals more humanely..."

"An Anglican vicar deals with his drinking, divorce and family history..."

"Kaitlyn Greenidge is good on the contradictions of freedom, and the persistent, sour legacy of slavery, but it is the mother-daughter relationship that makes this novel dazzle..."

"Motel, money, murder, madness: it has all you need to keep you happy..."

"Lea writes beautifully of island life and love, and the sacrifices that both demand...."

"[an] unforgettable debut..."

"Saint’s version is energetic and compelling, and the women become more than just the victims of the whims of men..."

"Beth is quite rightly earning her title as 'Queen of Uplit'..."

"Benjamin Myers’s multifaceted short stories grapple with the nature of masculinity..."

"explores the optimistic and pessimistic implications of life’s persistence..."

"While I admire brevity, the subject demands more depth than this volume provides...."

"an intimate and affectionate read...."

"Twisted, dark and fizzing with fury, it’s a lot of fun...."

"a manifesto encouraging women to defy, disobey and disrupt the patriarchy..."

"I was captivated by this debut, which blends ornithology, travelogue and biography..."

"a superb, sensitive account..."

"Authors and the bottle make for an entertaining read despite a whiff of disapproval..."

"All these stories are brilliant, but with few exceptions they are bleak..."

"Hitchcock is insightful on the limitations of sibling loyalty, poor parenting and the inherent contradiction of life in a small town..."

"Darling has interesting insights and marshals her arguments well. ..."