Book Reviews

This cover image released by Crash Course Books shows "Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection" by John Green. (Crash Course Books via AP)

Book Review: John Green is obsessed with tuberculosis. He makes a strong case that we should be, too

Bestselling young adult author John Green’s newest book is a nonfiction thesis on the deadliest infectious disease, which infects millions of people per year.

This cover image released by Tin House Books shows "We Contain Landscapes" by Patrycja Humienik. (Tin House via AP)

Book Review: Patrycja Humienik’s powerful debut poetry collection is a conundrum worth mulling over

This cover image released by Knopf shows "Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War" by Michael Vorenberg. (Knopf via AP)

Book Review: ‘Lincoln’s Peace’ offers lessons for these times from the Civil War

This cover image released by Farrar, Straus and Giroux shows "Wildcat Dome" by Yuko Tsushima. (FSG via AP)

Book Review: Yuko Tsushima, now in English translation, explores nuclear, and personal, nightmares

This cover image released by Mariner Books shows "The Californians" by Brian Castleberry. (Mariner Books via AP)

Book Review: Brian Castleberry aims for a Jonathan Franzen-style saga with ‘The Californians’

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This cover image released by Gallery Books shows "The Close-Up" by Pip Drysdale. (Gallery Books via AP)

Book Review: Pip Drysdale’s new Hollywood thriller ‘The Close-Up’ weighs legacy against love

This cover image released by Knopf shows "The Rivals" by Jane Pek. (Knopf via AP)

Book Review: ‘The Rivals’ is Jane Pek’s fine new mystery novel of online dating, love and death

This cover image released by Putnam shows "Bellevue" by Robin Cook. (Putnam via AP)

Book Review: Robin Cook sets his latest thriller in the iconic Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital

This cover image released by Rowman & Littlefield shows "Dead Air: The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America" by William Elliott Hazelgrove. (Rowman & Littlefield via AP)

Book Review: ‘Dead Air’ tells history of night Orson Welles unleashed fake Martian invasion

This cover image released by Mariner Books shows "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" by Naomi Wood. (Mariner via AP)

Book Review: British novelist Naomi Wood is out with an astonishingly good short story collection

This cover image released by St. Martin's Press shows "How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World" by Donald J. Robertson. (St. Martin's Press via AP)

Book Review: ‘How to Think Like Socrates’ leaves readers with questions

This cover image released by William Morrow shows "That Deserves a Wow: Untold Stories of Legends and Champions, Their Wins and Heartbreaks" by Chris Myers. (William Morrow via AP)

Book Review: Chris Myers looks back on his career in ’That Deserves a Wow’

Book Review: A young Walt Longmire battles animal and human predators on Alaska’s North Slope

This cover image released by Dutton shows "Believe: The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way Into Our Hearts" by Jeremy Egner. (Dutton via AP)

Book Review: ‘Believe’ takes a curious, not judgmental, look at success of ‘Ted Lasso’

This cover image released by FSG shows "Lazarus Man" by Richard Price. (FSG via AP)

Book Review: Richard Price returns with another portrait of urban America, ‘Lazarus Man’

This cover image released by Scribner shows "Didion & Babitz" by Lili Anolik. (Scribner via AP)

Book Review: A new book about cult favorite Eve Babitz throws shade on reputation of Joan Didion

This cover image released by Atlantic Monthly Press shows "Those Opulent Days" by Jacquie Pham. (Atlantic Monthly Press via AP)

Book Review: ‘Those Opulent Days’ is a mystery drenched in cruelties of colonial French Indochina

This cover image released by Atria shows "What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird" by Sy Montgomery. (Atria via AP)

Book Review: Sy Montgomery shares ‘What the Chicken Knows’ in new mini hardcover

This cover image released by Tin House Books shows "Masquerade" by Mike Fu. (Tin House Books via AP)

Book Review: A man searches for meaning in Mike Fu’s unnerving debut novel, ‘Masquerade’

This cover image released by Ecco shows "How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?" by Anna Montague. (Ecco via AP)

Book Review: 70-year-old psychiatrist takes to the road in Anna Montague’s beguiling new novel

This cover image released by Gallery Books shows "Memorials" by Richard Chizmar. (Gallery Books via AP)

Book Review: Richard Chizmar tells a creepy occult tale in ‘Memorials’

This cover image released by Knopf shows "Don't Be a Stranger" by Susan Minot. (Knopf via AP)

Book Review: Single mother in her 50s falls hard for much younger man in Susan Minot’s latest novel

This cover image released by Little, Brown & Co. shows "The Waiting" by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown & Co. via AP)

Book Review: Cop cold case unit pursues a rapist, foils a terrorist plot and tackles a 1947 murder

This cover image released by Dutton shows "Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Chaned America's Politics Forever" by Chris Wallace, with Mitch Weiss. (Dutton via AP)

Book Review: ‘Countdown 1960' shows parallels with this year’s presidential election season

This cover image released by Holt shows "The Book of George" by Kate Greathead. (Holt via AP)

Book Review: ‘The Book of George’ is a witty novel in lively episodes like a first-rate TV sitcom

This cover image released by Mariner shows "The Blue Hour" by Paula Hawkins. (Mariner via AP)

Book Review: Paula Hawkins returns with psychological thriller ’The Blue Hour’

This cover image released by FSG shows "The Position of Spoons: And Other Intimacies" by Deborah Levy. (FSG via AP)

Book Review: Deborah Levy’s ‘The Position of Spoons’ may be just for the diehard fans

This cover image released by One World shows "The Message" by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (One World via AP)

Book Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates visits Senegal, South Carolina and the Middle East for ‘The Message’

This cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows "John Lewis: A Life" by David Greenberg. (Simon & Schuster via AP)

Book Review: ‘John Lewis: A Life’ further humanizes a civil rights giant

This cover image released by Little, Brown & Co. shows "Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering" by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown & Co. via AP)

Book Review: ‘Revenge of the Tipping Point’ is fan service for readers of Gladwell’s 2000 book

This cover image released by HarperVia shows "The Last Dream" by Pedro Almodovar. (HarperVia via AP)

Book Review: ‘The Last Dream,’ short stories scattered with the seeds of Pedro Almodovar films

This cover image released by FSG shows "Intermezzo" by Sally Rooney. (FSG via AP)

Book Review: Sally Rooney’s latest novel ‘Intermezzo’ examines unacknowledged grief

This cover image released by Mira shows "In the Garden of Monsters" by Crystal King. (Mira via AP)

Book Review: Crystal King combines food, myths and surrealism with ‘In the Garden of Monsters’

Book Review: ‘America First’ is a resonant history of FDR’s fight against isolationist movement

This cover image released by Penguin shows "The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi" by Wright Thompson. (Penguin via AP)

Book Review: Wright Thompson exposes deep racist roots of the Mississippi Delta in ‘The Barn’