Book Reviews
Bohjalian’s ‘Strangers’ will keep you up at night
By Patty Rhule, USA TODAY
Book Title: The Night Strangers | Publisher: Crown
In Chris Bohjalian’s ‘The Night Strangers,’ an airplane pilot is haunted by the ghosts of passengers who died under his watch.
Read More'Judy Blue Eyes’ reveals Judy Collins’ many sides
By Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY
Book Title: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes | Publisher: Crown Archetype
Judy Collins’ memoir is mostly easy on the eyes, though her writing can be a bit overblown at times.
Read MoreNew bio uncovers ‘Truthiness’ about Stephen Colbert
By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY
Book Title: And Nothing But the Truthiness: The Rise (and Further Rise) of Stephen Colbert | Publisher: St. Martin's
Lisa Rogak’s new biography of Stephen Colbert discovers the ‘Truthiness’ about the Comedy Central comedian.
Read MoreFriendship explored in de los Santos’ ‘Falling Together’
By Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY
Book Title: Falling Together | Publisher: William Morrow
Three best friends from college sort out complex feelings in Marisa de los Santos’ third novel, ‘Falling Together.’
Read More‘The Marriage Plot’ conspires to charm, amuse
By David Daley, USA TODAY
Book Title: The Marriage Plot | Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Jeffrey Eugenides’ new novel is an unconventional romance that spins Jane Austen anew.
Read MoreWilliam Kennedy’s ‘Albany cycle’ reaches Cuba in ‘Chango’s Beads’
By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY
Book Title: Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes | Publisher: Viking
'Chango's Beads' is best read for its jazzy writing rather than its crowded plot. Kennedy fans will feel like they've stumbled into a raucous family reunion.
Read MoreAlice Hoffman’s ‘Dovekeepers’ is a passionate saga
By Patty Rhule, USA TODAY
Book Title: The Dovekeepers | Publisher: Scribner
In 'The Dovekeepers,' novelist Alice Hoffman weaves a passionate saga around the ancient tale of the Jewish settlement of Masada.
Read MoreCharles Frazier’s ‘Nightwoods’: Dazzling prose, little else
By Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY
Book Title: Nightwoods | Publisher: Random House
Author of best-selling Cold Mountain Charles Frazier returns this week with a new novel set in North Carolina in the 1960s called ‘Nightwoods.’
Read MoreSit up, speak praises of mighty 'Rin Tin Tin'
By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY
Book Title: Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend | Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Susan Orlean tells the heartfelt story of a German shepherd who became a pop culture hero, fetching thousands of TV and movie fans.
Read MoreAravind Adiga’s ‘Last Man in Tower’ is first-rate
By Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY
Book Title: Last Man in Tower | Publisher: Knopf
Money changes everything in this muscular tale about the occupants of a Mumbai apartment building.
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