Reviews11/16/1511/16/151:00 AMSaveReviews11/16/15AReviewsBeatlebone overcomes a gimmick for a surprisingly poignant Beatles storyGregg LaGambina120
Reviews10/19/1510/19/151:00 AMSaveReviews10/19/15BReviewsElvis Costello pens a scattershot scrapbook autobiographyGregg LaGambina28
Reviews9/14/159/14/152:58 PMSaveReviews9/14/15B+ReviewsIn Jonathan Franzen’s Purity, truth is found in fiction—not in dataGregg LaGambina134
Reviews3/23/153/23/151:00 AMSaveReviews3/23/15A-ReviewsDavid Vann leaves the forest to find yet another fractured family in AquariumGregg LaGambina6
Inventory2/25/152/25/151:00 AMSaveInventory2/25/15InventorySickbed successes: 20 great works created by the gravely illGwen Ihnat, Josh Modell, Joshua Alston, Drew Toal, and 7 more379
Reviews2/16/152/16/151:00 AMSaveReviews2/16/15B+ReviewsSatin Island plays with genre on slippery groundGregg LaGambina20
AVQ&A12/17/1412/17/141:00 AMSaveAVQ&A12/17/14AVQ&AWhat book did you finally get around to reading in 2014?Jesse Hassenger, Gregg LaGambina, Caroline Siede, and 12 more610
Reviews11/4/1411/4/141:00 AMSaveReviews11/4/14B+ReviewsDenis Johnson’s The Laughing Monsters asks what it means to belong anywhereGregg LaGambina33
Reviews9/29/149/29/1411:23 AMSaveReviews9/29/14BReviewsMartin Amis looks at the domestic life of a Nazi in The Zone Of InterestGregg LaGambina55
Reviews9/8/149/8/1412:33 PMSaveReviews9/8/14BReviewsIan McEwan’s latest novel is well executed and tidy, if unremarkableGregg LaGambina46
Reviews5/12/145/12/141:00 AMSaveReviews5/12/14A-ReviewsJoshua Ferris’ latest novel explores what it means to be “connected”Gregg LaGambina11
Reviews3/24/143/24/141:00 AMSaveReviews3/24/14B-ReviewsNew Alex Chilton bio brings the facts, forgets the heartGregg LaGambina
Reviews3/10/143/10/141:00 AMSaveReviews3/10/14AReviewsLiterary biographer Blake Bailey turns his eye toward his own familyGregg LaGambina11
Reviews1/27/141/27/141:00 AMSaveReviews1/27/14A-ReviewsOrfeo ponders philosophy and music in a socio-political thrillerGregg LaGambina26
1/21/1412:00 PMSave1/21/14Frankenstein’s monster makes an unlikely cameo in The Spirit Of The BeehiveGregg LaGambina29
Reviews1/20/141/20/141:00 AMSaveReviews1/20/14BReviewsAndrew’s Brain is a grieving man’s confession from his therapist’s couchGregg LaGambina7
Best Of12/9/1312/9/131:00 AMSaveBest Of12/9/13Best OfOur favorite books of the yearKevin McFarland, Noah Cruickshank, Eric Thurm, and 5 more381
Reviews11/18/1311/18/131:00 AMSaveReviews11/18/13B-ReviewsRobert Stone: Death Of The Black-Haired GirlGregg LaGambina14
For Our Consideration9/25/139/25/1312:00 PMSaveFor Our Consideration9/25/13For Our ConsiderationHow David Vann’s literature about violence is different from literature with violenceGregg LaGambina31