11,630 book reviews and counting...

"Neil Oliver’s new book has enough platitudes to get him a job with a greetings card company, but little in the way of interest or insight..."

"Trenchant, carefully researched and often very funny, Evans’s book is a pleasure to read..."

"(an) elegant and measured account..."

"It is like being stuck in a lift with nothing to read but The New York Times. ..."

"Students at Tulane University who protested this book missed the point: it lifts Black voices as it exposes white..."

"Charles Spencer has shown himself to be a perceptive and lively historian of the 17th-century civil wars, a gifted storyteller..."

"a balanced account based on interviews with 175 sources..."

"like am-dram itself, her book can at different times endear, move, fascinate, bore and infuriate..."

"tells the tragic story of the people of Tibet..."

"When Ben Macintyre’s name is on the cover you know you are in for a thrilling ride..."

"A new study of the destruction of knowledge explores how societies depend on fragile archives..."

"Anderson’s memories and those of his family are vividly rendered. ..."

"Heather Cox Richardson offers an eloquent history of the negation of the American idea, with clear lessons for November..."

"An exploration of early medicine makes for a vivid ride through ancient Greece..."

"Carys Davies’s exploration of postcolonial India via a British librarian escaping south-east London is enthralling..."

"Vivid writing brings the agonising Allied invasion to life..."

"Diana Darke explores how western architecture owes a great debt to eastern inspiration..."

"The Life and Death of Ancient Cities is an impressive sweep of a book..."

"an enjoyable read, but an unserious one..."

"The book is a fitting tribute to the hundreds of men and women who risked their lives in assisting Allied escapees..."

"a fascinating and engaging new look at an old legend..."

"This is not a new tale, but Levenson tells it with a light touch..."

"Dylan Taylor-Lehman sees the rusting North Sea platform as a proud principality rather than a base for shady offshore business..."

"Alec Crawford displays appealing sangfroid in his fascinating account of exploring shipwrecks off the Scottish coast..."

"Townsend’s interpretations are marred by conjectures..."

"Mikhail’s ‘revisionist’ account of Selim’s life and times is shoutily that. ..."