Delta-V by Daniel Suarez
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Delta-V never falters because it never doubts its own storytelling virtue.
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The Pandemic Century by Mark Honigsbaum
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The book is unfailingly fascinating reading, despite its appalling subject matter, with vividly drawn portraits of many of the people at the front lines.
Read MoreRevolutionary by Robert L. O'Connell
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Readers will need to assess the balance between an insightful overview of the birth of the United States alongside the usual starry-eyed heroic poem about Washington himself.
Read MoreWhite by Bret Easton Ellis
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If Ellis is obsessed with anything as a craftsman, it’s voice.
Read MoreMetropolis by Phillip Kerr
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In Metropolis, we meet the gimlet-eyed gumshoe with a penchant for wiseass humor in the summer of 1928.
Read MoreHenrik Ibsen: The Man & the Mask By Ivo De Figueiredo
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Written with a surprisingly light tempo and an unerring instinct for, oddly enough, zingers.
Read MoreThe Damascus Road by Jay Parini
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A squarely straight-laced affair, a prosier elaboration of the Epistles, an Act Two of the Apostles.
Read MoreLeft To Their Own Devices by Julie M. Albright
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Young digital natives deserve better than this hyperventilating wad of pseudoscience.
Read MoreNicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist by Elizabeth Goldring
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A comprehensive and almost certainly definitive life of Hilliard and a richly involving portrait of his time.
Read MoreCrown Jewel by Christopher Reich
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Crown Jewel takes its readers on many hairpin turn at breakneck speed.
Read MoreCommander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump by Rick Reilly
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“It’s not so much the promises Trump breaks or the lies he tells, it’s the sheer volume of them.”
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time”
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Truth is often stranger than fiction, particularly when inspired by it.
Read MoreThe World of Dinosaurs: An Illustrated Tour by Mark A. Norell
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This author is well-practiced at conveying vast amounts of complex scientific information in a smooth and accessible narration.
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The Back Channel by William J. Burns
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The clear animating force of the book is the author’s worry that all the behind-the-scenes labors of his friends and colleagues over the years have been summarily invalidated.
Read MoreThe Right Side of History by Ben Shapiro
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A living, breathing reminder of how popular baby alligators have always been as pets.
Read MoreWinter War by Eric Rauchway
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A timely look at an epic realignment in American political history.
Read MoreManual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future by Kate Brown
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A damning portrait not only of callous Soviet bureaucracy but also of the shocking complicity of international regulatory bodies.
Read MoreHow To Know the Birds by Ted Floyd
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A “storybook for bird lovers” organized by season and general type of birding experience.
Read MoreThe Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe
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One of the most charming, offbeat biographies to appear in years.
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