Book Reviews

5053 reviews in Author Q&As, Collections, Contemporary, Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Literary, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult, Horror, GBF13, Non-Fiction, Art & Architecture, Biography & Memoir, Business & Economics, Computers & Technology, Cooking & Food, Cultural Studies, Education, English Language & Writing, Essays & Literary Criticism, Gender & Sexuality, History, United States, Humor, Law, Math, Medicine & Health, Mythology, Performing Arts & Entertainment, Philosophy, Poetry, Political Science, Psychology, Reference, Religion, Science, Social Science, Sports & Games, Transportation, Travel, Popular

Book Review

Wil S. Hylton

Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II

An absorbing forensic narrative that combines historical detective work with a long-forgotten tale of WWII aviation.

Book Review

By Hugh Wilford

America’s Great Game: The CIA’s Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East

How U.S. intelligence set sail into the Middle East and ran aground on its own failings.

Book Review

Edward P. Kohn

Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt

This account synthesizes the 26th president's career as an elected and appointed official in New York.

Book Review

Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York’s Legendary Chelsea Hotel

Sherill Tippins

Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York’s Legendary Chelsea Hotel

A remarkable and valuable history of a cultural, artistic and architectural icon that inspired dreams, dashed hopes and launched legacies.

Book Review

The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme

By Joe Sacco and Adam Hochschild

The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme

This may have a cover and pages inside, it isn’t really a book.

No more results!