eMusic Archives: Book Reviews
Betty White, If You Ask Me…
Equal parts sweetness and saucy wit, with a pinch of kindly grandma throw… more »
Tom Mueller, Extra Virginity: …
"A substance of such prestige and volume, the ancient world's answer to s… more »
Alex Ross, Listen to This…
Introducing his subjects' human side without straining for it It's hard t… more »
Michael Cunningham, By Nightfa…
As much a puzzle of a marriage as a portrait As a specialist in domestic … more »
Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriag…
Rewarding nostalgia for college grads of any era In nearly two decades, J… more »
Denis Johnson, Train Dreams…
At once gruff and tender, rich and spare Denis Johnson's Train Dreams is,… more »
Barbara Ehrenreich, Bright-sid…
One of our most astute critics exposes some inconvenient truths From over… more »
Jonathan Franzen, Freedom…
Follows a couple as they meet, marry, breed, and then fall apart Let’s sa… more »
Sam Lipsyte, The Ask
A social comedy worthy of Wodehouse If one were to boil Sam Lipsyte's glo… more »
Olivia Munn, Suck it, Wonderwo…
Olivia Munn may be most infamous for being the subject of a high-profile … more »
Paul Auster, SunsetPark…
We meet Miles Helle in his capacity as a trash-out worker in southern Flo… more »
Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My…
Sometimes a stomachache is just a stomachache. But when Eric Weiner's was… more »
Helen DeWitt, Lightning Rods…
Should be required for anyone who has ever worked in an office After year… more »
Stephen King, 11/22/63…
What comes through most powerfully is the author's joy at working a new m… more »
Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers…
Turning the little moments of suburbia into graceful and intriguing scene… more »
Stephen Greenblatt, The Swerve…
An accessible window into the evolution of modern thought Perhaps it’s no… more »
Ann Beattie, Mrs. Nixon…
Hotwires historical biography with fiction Ann Beattie hotwires historica… more »
Don DeLillo, The Angel Esmeral…
A tour through one of the most fertile literary careers of the past 40 ye… more »
Lev Grossman, The Magician Kin…
The drawbacks of having the whole world at your fingertips What exactly d… more »
Rob Lowe, Stories I Only Tell …
An entertaining memoir of a serious thespian trapped in the body of a tee… more »
Dana Spiotta, Stone Arabia…
A first rate rock ‘n’ roll novel, and an ode to family Dana Spiotta's thi… more »
Mitchell Zuckoff, Welcome to t…
A wild and harrowing adventure/survival story Mitchell Zuckoff's wild and… more »
Lily Tuck, I Married You for H…
The aftermath of an unexpected death An unexpected death can throw the li… more »
Tina Fey, Bossypants
Embraces the irreverent even as wisdom seeps through Do yourself a favor … more »
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eMusic Loves McSweeney’s
By Maris Kreizman , Audiobooks Editor
McSweeney's is an indie publisher known for championing emerging literary voices, so how thrilling it is to actually hear what these voices sound like. These four wonderful collections of readings created specifically for eMusic are culled from… more »
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