"a scroll of beautifully juxtaposed snapshots of the young, newly wealthy and utterly absurd..."

"Her reflections... have the quality of a lucid dream..."

"an impressive debut that puts her firmly on the literary map...."

"his book is his refreshing willingness to address controversial issues with candour..."

"..has the potential to become the millennial generation’s answer to self-help books like Eat Pray Love..."

"it is both a fitting legacy left by a blazing talent and a deeply moving reminder of all she might still have achieved..."

"This is a pitiful, jaw-dropping story, brilliantly told...."

"Like a course in reading and writing fiction for the price of a book..."

"a memoir that reads like a novel..."

"comes across as an attempt to address this guilt..."

"This is a remarkable celebration of the “alchemical combination of sun, earth, and physical effort” that is at the heart of truly sustainable farming...."

"At times it's a little dry ... but the story he has to tell is so strange and funny that his deadpan style actually suits it rather well..."

" Machado’s approach is as compelling as any thriller, playful in its self-discovery, and intriguing in its references..."

"Switched On Pop makes the case that this might be “serious music” after all. ..."

"She is shrewd and witty about the medical profession..."

"Our young women need literary heroines to teach them how to be heroines of their own lives..."

"Michelangelo’s final, forgotten masterpiece..."

"It could be asked: do we really need to read more Holocaust memoirs? And the answer is, we need them now more than ever. ..."

"This study of Edward Snowden and others who exposed wrongdoing asks why things rarely turn out well for them..."

"Vladimir Nabokov’s high-literary trolling is a delight in his acerbic interviews and essays..."

"(a) gripping, nightmarish story..."

"Hendrickson has clearly done a lot of research and largely knows his stuff, even if it takes him off on lengthy tangents..."