eMusic Archives: Book Reviews
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Zadie Smith, NW
The title of Zadie Smith’s fourth novel refers to the neighborhood … more »
Libba Bray, The Diviners…
In this eponymous first installment of her new The Diviners series, YA fa… more »
Harris Wittels, Humblebrag…
Twitter has made great strides in the field of famous/non-famous-people r… more »
Jean Shepard, A Christmas Sto…
Listening to Jean Shepard’s A Christmas Story is a little like disc… more »
David Sedaris, Holidays on Ic…
Chances are you’ve already heard, or read, “The Santaland Dia… more »
Junot Díaz, This Is Ho…
Some books, like some songs and movies, can be so achingly sad they… more »
J.R. Moehringer, Sutton…
Wake up in Attica, go to bed at the Plaza. Fuckin’ America. Such wa… more »
Neil Young, Waging Heavy Peac…
Have you ever wished your grandfather told cooler stories? Like, say, abo… more »
Henri Charrière, Papil…
Papillon, Henri Charrière’s bestselling memoir of his incarc… more »
Jesse Bering, Why Is the Peni…
Jesse Bering is sort of the Michael Pollan of boners; he’s read up,… more »
Ryan Holiday, Trust Me, I…
As epiphanies go, Ryan Holiday’s came pretty late. By the time the … more »
Molly Ringwald, When It Happe…
Whether it’s a chance encounter or code-red crisis, every gesture i… more »
John Boyne, The Absolutist…
War is John Boyne’s topic; his best-known novel is the concentratio… more »
Paul Auster, Winter Journal…
Death does not become Paul Auster but, in this memoir, it consumes him. I… more »
Jay Caspian Kang, The Dead Do…
In The Dead Do Not Improve, author Jay Caspian Kang describes the travail… more »
Lydia Netzer, Shine Shine Shi…
Lydia Netzer creates a sci-fi folk tale with her debut novel, weaving tog… more »
Megan Abbott, Dare Me…
Megan Abbott’s Dare Me is Bring It On in a Blue Velvet world. Abbot… more »
Carlos Fuentes, Vlad
In Vlad, Mexican literary giant Carlos Fuentes puts his own spin on the c… more »
Muriel Spark, The Girls of Sl…
In this slim tale centered around a London ladies’ hostel at the en… more »
Alice Hoffman, The Dovekeeper…
Reaching back to the first century, Hoffman offers a feminist retelling o… more »
Amy Bloom, Away
After surviving the pogroms that killed her parents, husband, and child, … more »
Paula McLain, The Paris Wife…
This fictionalized account of Ernest Hemingway’s first marriage, to… more »
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief…
Death narrates this now-iconic young adult novel about an illiterate youn… more »
Brian Castner, The Long Walk…
The last few years have produced a plethora of memoirs, articles, movies … more »
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eMusic Features
Interview: George Saunders
By Amanda Davidson, eMusic Contributor
George Saunders's newest story, published only as an audiobook and Kindle Single, is told from the point of view of Fox 8, the title character who pens his tale of friendship and loss by way… more »
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