Book Reviews Archives
Jesse Bering, Why Is the Peni…
Jesse Bering is sort of the Michael Pollan of boners; he’s read up,… more »
Paul Auster, Winter Journal…
Death does not become Paul Auster but, in this memoir, it consumes him. I… more »
Augusten Burroughs, This Is H…
Life lessons from a best-selling screw-up Who does Augusten Burroughs thi… more »
Marilynne Robinson, When I Wa…
Over the past decade, Marilynne Robinson has emerged as one of our most l… more »
Lizz Winstead, Lizz Free Or D…
“Messays” from your favorite snarky, sarcastic but also secre… more »
Jonathan Franzen, Farther Awa…
In addition to writing prize-winning epics of American family life, Jonat… more »
Tina Fey, Bossypants
Embraces the irreverent even as wisdom seeps through Do yourself a favor … more »
Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Han…
How a girl goes from a glasses-wearing dork to a writer for a beloved TV … more »
Nora Ephron, I Remember Nothi…
The beloved director turns her charisma and honesty onto her past Nora Ep… more »
Sloane Crosley, How Did You G…
More tales of worldly young adulthood Following her best-selling, Andy-Bo… more »
Malcolm Gladwell, What the Do…
A collection of some of Gladwell’s most thought-provoking essays To… more »
Zadie Smith, Changing My Mind…
A wide-ranging and mind-expanding essay collection brimming with wit and … more »
Chuck Klosterman, Eating the …
More appealingly idle musings from the Gen-X Andy Rooney Chuck Klosterman… more »
David Foster Wallace, This Is…
One of the last pieces of writing Wallace completed before his far-too-ea… more »
Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable …
A posthumous look at Hemingway’s years in Paris Published in 1961, … more »
Dorothy Parker, The Portable …
A collection of criticism, poetry, and fiction from the acid-tongued mast… more »
Salman Rushdie, Step Across T…
What do you do if a cleric calls on Muslims everywhere to assassinate you… more »
Chuck Klosterman, Sex, Drugs,…
The high priest of Gen-X navel gazing, Chuck Klosterman proudly elevates … more »
David Sedaris, When You Are E…
The celebrated humorist travels the world in search of. . . something. Wi… more »
David Foster Wallace, Conside…
One of the greatest writers in recent history surveys everything from lob… more »
Kurt Vonnegut, Armageddon in …
Previously unpublished work from folksy humanist. This posthumous collect… more »
Christopher Hitchens, The Por…
Just about every possible thesis against the existence of an all-powerful… more »
David Sedaris, Dress Your Fam…
The King of Cringe gets darker and deeper. Nobody does cringing quite lik… more »
David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty…
One of America’s most popular essayists battles midget abilities, s… more »
