Book Review: The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
When The Kiss of Deception came out in 2014, it slotted neatly into that post-Throne…
Book Review: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
When An Ember in the Ashes came out in 2015, it was pitched as “Ancient…
Book Review: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt was twenty-eight when The Secret History came out in 1992, and it landed…
Book Review: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane published Shutter Island in 2003, and it sits in that delicious space between…
Book Review: Atonement by Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan published Atonement in 2001, and it very quickly cemented itself as one of…
Book Review: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
When The Thirteenth Tale came out in 2006, it arrived wrapped in gothic fog and…
Book Review: Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette (2012) is what happens when a social satire crash-lands…
Book Review: The Passage by Justin Cronin
Before The Passage was a book, it was a challenge. As the story goes, Justin…
Book Review: The Maze Runner by James Dashner
When The Maze Runner hit shelves in 2009, it slid straight into that golden era…
Book Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Published in 2003, We Need to Talk About Kevin is one of those novels that…
Book Review: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas, just weeks before Sylvia Plath’s death, The…
Book Review: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Published in 1988, The Silence of the Lambs is one of those rare thrillers that…
Book Review: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
When The Immortalists came out in 2018, it felt like one of those high-concept literary…
Book Review: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett is known for novels that feel both intimate and sweeping—like someone whispering secrets…
Book Review: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
When The Help was released in 2009, it became an instant publishing phenomenon: a debut…
Book Review: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas, published in 2004, is one of those rare literary feats that…