Category: Book Reviews

May 22, 2026

Paradise by Adulrazak Gurnah *** (of 4)

In this fourth novel by Nobel Prize recipient Abdulrazak Gurnah, the author tells a coming of age story of Yusuf. It is in the first...

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May 22, 2026

Judgement at Tokyo by Gary Bass **** (of 4)

Not long after the start of the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals, while Douglas MacArthur was Supreme Commander over a conquered Japanese nation, defeated...

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April 30, 2026

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford *** (of 4)

Genghis Khan gets a bad rap. His negatives have been mostly related by Medieval Europeans who were about as close-minded and backward as any society...

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April 15, 2026

Heaven’s Prisoners by James Lee Burke ****( of 4)

James Lee Burke is a multiple award winning mystery writer and a nominee for a Pulitzer and one of the finest writers I read. Heaven’s...

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April 15, 2026

A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif *** (of 4)

Ali Shingri is serving in Pakistan’s army just before the unexplained plane crash of Dictator Zia Al-Huq in 1988. Shingri’s father committed forced suicide at...

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April 15, 2026

Heartwood, Amity Gaige *** (of 4)

Valerie, a 42-year-old nurse, burnt out by round-the-clock care for dying Covid patients during the height of the epidemic, decides to hike the Appalachian Trail....

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March 23, 2026

Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson ** (of 4)

Overrated, repetitive, inconsistent, and terribly out of date just 18 months after publication. Don’t get me wrong. I think Ezra Klein is one of the...

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March 16, 2026

American by Day by Derek Miller *** (of 4)

Sigrid Odegard, a Norwegian Chief Inspector, travels to the United States to search for her missing brother. Her brother may or may not be responsible...

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March 16, 2026

A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst *** (of 4)

In 1973, Maurice and Maralyn Bailey set sail from England in a small sailboat. They were headed for New Zealand and had already crossed the...

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March 3, 2026

Dinner with King Tut by Sam Kean *** (of 4)

In his introduction, Sam Kean makes clear how little regard he has for the classical approach to archaeology with its tedious unearthing of potsherds with...

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