'Medium Raw,' Anthony Bourdain

The Travel Channel host and former chef spices up food writing with the three Fs.

Daniel Walters
| Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Word, People

Local booksellers, like most of us, have a preferred type. Is it you?

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, August 25, 2010

'Imperial Bedrooms,' Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis has written a satire. Either that, or he’s just sick.

Luke Baumgarten
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Holy Water

In a funny satiric novel, capitalism rapes countries even when it doesn’t mean to.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, August 11, 2010

'Voyager,' Stephen J. Pyne

We live in the Third Age of Exploration. Jealous, Magellan?

Nicholas Deshais
| Wednesday, August 4, 2010

'Super Sad True Love Story,' Gary Shteyngart

A May-December romance is crumbling. So is America.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, July 28, 2010

'Beatrice and Virgil,' Yann Martel

Holocaust humor? It’s doomed to turn dark and depressing.

Audrey Gore
| Wednesday, July 21, 2010

'The Magicians,' Lev Grossman

A tale of magicians that's no fairy-tale fantasy.

Dan Herman
| Wednesday, July 7, 2010

'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest,' Stieg Larsson

After nearly 1,800 pages, the Millennium Trilogy fails to pull off a satisfying conclusion.

Kevin Taylor
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010

'American Voyeur,' Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Go inside the high school hook-up scene and you’ll uncover lots of self-doubt.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, June 9, 2010
 
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