Book Review: The Book
September 1, 2016Savor this deeply researched love letter to every bibliophile’s favorite object.
Historical Novels Review Summer 2016 Issue
August 27, 2016
A brilliant debut sure to scandalize Jefferson worshippers; human decency and magical realism fighting Nazi atrocities in occupied Poland; and celebrating the bicentenary of a Brontë with an homage to Jane Eyre–all in Historical Novels Review.
When Your Favorite Author Breaks Your Heart
July 20, 2016What is a reviewer to do when faced with a favorite author’s disappointing latest book?
Historical Novels Review Spring 2016 Issue
May 1, 2016Two beautifully rendered debut novels, one set in post-WWII Japan and the other in mid-WWI Italy, and a blood-pumping tale of slave revolt in ancient Rome.
More from the Historical Novels Review Spring 2016 Issue
April 29, 2016A memoir spotlighting family dysfunction amid old-Hollywood glamour, a scholarly coffee table history of the Battle of Agincourt, and a drug-fueled alternative history of Vietnam and its aftermath.
Book Review: The Human Cost of Welfare
April 25, 2016A refreshingly non-partisan dissection of the social safety net’s unintended consequences.
Historical Novels Review Winter 2016 Issue
March 28, 2016An exegesis on the nature of time, a sympathetic revisiting of a notorious woman’s story, and the last survivor of an ancient culture, all in the winter issue of the Historical Novels Review.
Book Review: Almost Everything Very Fast
March 27, 2016
There’s light and charm amid dark subjects of murder, incest, Nazis, and bad parents.
Book Review: The Cabaret of Plants
February 12, 2016
A compulsively readable exploration of the secret lives of the flora all around us.
Book Review: The Loss of All Lost Things
February 8, 2016
Powerful stories plumb the heartache of losses in everyday living.
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