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  • Book Review Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter: The Long Earth 

    A fantasy luminary and a science-fiction star team up for a novel that isn’t as satisfying or definitive as it should be. 

    July 9, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Book Review Harriet Lane: Alys, Always 

    This debut novel about a scheming, manipulative mastermind comes from a faulty premise. 

    July 9, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Book Review Mitch Winehouse: Amy, My Daughter 

    In a book written to support his charitable foundation, Amy Winehouse’s father delves into her addiction, her “scumbag” boyfriend, and her short, troubled life. 

    July 9, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review J.R. Angelella: Zombie 

    There are no zombies in this novel, but everything else about it seems to shamble. 

    July 9, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Mark Haddon: The Red House

    The author of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time returns with a frustratingly fractured new novel.

    July 2, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Book Review Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl

    A woman's disappearance exposes the troubled roots of her marriage in this page-turning thriller.

    July 2, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Book Review Parmy Olson: We Are Anonymous

    A writer investigates the figures behind Anonymous and the "global cyber insurgency" in this compelling journalistic overview.

    July 2, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Book Review Gideon Lewis-Kraus: A Sense Of Direction

    This travel memoir reports back from a series of pilgrimages around the world, but the author can't get his head out of his own concerns.

    July 2, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review John Scalzi: Redshirts 

    A light parody of a hoary old Star Trek trope becomes richer and more rewarding as it goes along. 

    June 25, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Book Review Andrew Blackwell: Visit Sunny Chernobyl 

    This unusual travel book takes its author to some of the most polluted places on Earth, and finds grief and beauty there. 

    June 25, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Book Review Charlie Schroeder: Man Of War: My Adventures In The World Of Historical Reenactment 

    An NPR commentator finds the human-interest comedy and the disturbing racism in various re-enactment societies around the country. 

    June 25, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Gareth Roberts: Shada

    A frequent modern Doctor Who writer turned a lost show arc by the author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy into a novel, with admirable but mixed results.

    June 25, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Daniel H. Wilson: Amped 

    The author of Robopocalypse returns with another slick but shallow thriller, this time featuring augmented humans who become a persecuted minority. 

    June 18, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Book Review Kate Hopkins: Sweet Tooth: The Bittersweet History Of Candy 

    This bloggy overview of the history of candy by the author of 99 Drams Of Whiskey is mostly empty calories.

    June 18, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Book Review Grant McCracken: Culturematic 

    This how-to book about new media and the connections between pop-cultural breakthroughs is suspiciously contemptuous about—or oblivious to—historical successes in art. 

    June 18, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Book Review Anouk Markovits: I Am Forbidden

    A debut novel about two women growing up in an insular religious community gives one of them short shrift, which weakens the story’s balance.

    June 18, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Jesse Jarnow: Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo And The Rise Of Indie Rock 

    A simultaneous bio of a longstanding indie-rock band and the genre surrounding it tries to tell too many stories, and only does some of them well. 

    June 11, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Book Review Paul Tobin: Prepare To Die! 

    This sparkling superhero novel turns an old dialogue cliché into a winning plotline. 

    June 11, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Book Review Richard Ford: Canada 

    The Pulitzer-winning author of The Sportswriter returns with a complicated look at a man trying to understand the marks his bank-robber parents left on his life. 

    June 11, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Book Review Laurent Binet: HHhH 

    A self-aware author struggles with accuracy in this possibly postmodern, consistently fascinating history of the assassination of a key Nazi. 

    June 11, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Billy Bob Thornton with Kinky Friedman: The Billy Bob Tapes 

    The actor’s oral history covers how he went from starvation to success, by way of controversy and infamy. 

    June 4, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Book Review Dave Hill: Tasteful Nudes 

    The first book from a notable comedian follows the David Sedaris model of semi-autobiographical, lightly comic essays. 

    June 4, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Book Review Jennifer Miller: The Year Of The Gadfly 

    This debut novel follows some of the familiar patterns of young-adult books, but takes a more adult attitude, right down to its thoughts on becoming a grown-up. 

    June 4, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Book Review Paolo Bacigalupi: The Drowned Cities

     The author of the award-winning young-adult novel Ship Breaker follows up with a semi-sequel, centered on a memorable new character.

    June 4, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Lizz Winstead: Lizz Free Or Die

    The comic memoir from the co-creator of The Daily Show brims with unearned self-praise and unrevealing positivity about her career downturns. 

    May 28, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Book Review Toni Morrison: Home 

    The shortest book to date from the Nobel-winning author is still rich with characterization and emotion. 

    May 28, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • Book Review Peter Carey: The Chemistry Of Tears 

    The bestselling author of Parrot & Olivier In America returns with a dual-timeline book that links two people through the history of an elaborate mechanical swan. 

    May 28, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Book Review Buddy Guy with David Ritz: When I Left Home

    The famed Chicago bluesman tells his own story, plus the story of the many colorful music-scene characters who’ve surrounded him over the years. 

    May 28, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Book Review Bear Grylls: Mud, Sweat And Tears

    The star of Man Vs. Wild tells his own pre-stardom story, but leaves out all the most interesting bits. 

    May 21, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Book Review Warren Littlefield and T.R. Pearson: Top Of The Rock

    A former NBC president offers an oral history of the network’s ’80s and ’90s heyday, from not enough perspectives, but plenty of solid anecdotes. 

    May 21, 2012 | 12:02am -