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Ned Beauman’s New Novel Will “Teleport” You to a Not-So- “Accidentally” Great...
“When you haven’t had sex in a long time, it feels like the worst thing that could ever happen. If you’re living in Germany in the 1930s, it probably isn’t.” So begins the blurb to describe Ned...
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You’ll Be “Reconstructing Amelia” Into the Wee Hours of the Night
Attention Upper East Siders, Gossip Girl here…or rather, gRaCeFULLY here, your guide to the scandalous lives of Grace Hall prep school’s elite. So goes Kimberly McCreight’s addicting debut novel being...
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“Copy” Is Anything But a “Nearly Perfect” Novel
A Nearly Perfect Copy tells two very different yet tangentially connected stories about copies—one involving cloning, the other art forgeries. Reeling from the devastating loss of her young son, Elm...
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Hilary Mantel’s Novel Will Encourage You to Vacation at “Wolf Hall”
Everyone is familiar with Henry VIII’s story, one way or another. Whether from TV (The Tudors) or film (The Other Boleyn Girl) or just plain old history class, we all know about King Henry’s driving...
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“Revenge Wears Prada” Is a Book Served Lukewarm
Fans of The Devil Wears Prada have been eagerly anticipating Lauren Weisberger’s follow-up novel (or at least some of them have). Weisberger herself has said that she’s been eager to revisit her...
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Dan Brown’s “Inferno” Burns with Intrigue and Thrills
Dan Brown has certainly outdone himself this time. After that less-than-stellar Robert Langdon offering, The Lost Symbol, Brown takes his favorite protagonist back to Europe for Inferno. Set mainly in...
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Kate Atkinson’s Literary Page-Turner “Life After Life” Will Have You...
It’s a snowy night in 1910 and Ursula Todd is struggling to breathe as the umbilical cord chokes her to death before she can barely experience birth. Darkness falls. It’s a snowy night in 1910 and...
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Jonathan Tropper Is Skilled at Dude Lit (If You’re Into That Sorta Thing)
We’re all familiar with chick lit (and either find it a nifty subgenre or an offensive term); but how well-versed are you “dude lit?” If you’re looking for a prime example of this oft-ignored...
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Book vs. Film: “Creatures” Is “Beautiful” in Either Form
If Dorothy Gale ran into Lena Duchannes she would inevitably ask her, “Are you a good witch or a bad witch?” Sadly, Lena (played by Alice Englert) would be unsure how to answer such a question because...
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John le Carre’s Newest Novel Is Another Addicting and “Delicate” Thriller
A secret operation in Gibraltar seemingly goes off without a hitch. But when the British Foreign Office minister freezes out his private secretary, Toby Bell, Toby gets suspicious. It’s not until three...
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In Which I Rave About Off-Broadway’s “Around the World in 80 Days”
My discovery of Around the World in 80 Days was almost completely happenstance. I spent 30 minutes hoping to win the lottery for Kinky Boots tickets, when some couple from Arizona scored the last...
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You Should “Maybe” Read Lauren Graham’s Novel “Someday”
I’m sure you’re familiar with actress Lauren Graham—you know, from Gilmore Girls and Parenthood—but did you know she wrote a novel? Someday, Someday, Maybe is in the same vein as Jennifer Weiner’s The...
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Matt Haig’s Latest Is a Darkly Comic Novel About “Humans”
In his first person account of his mission to Earth, one alien delivers hilarious and thought-provoking observations of humans. He assumes the form of professor Andrew Martin of Cambridge College, a...
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Millennials Will Be Drawn to WHATEVER THIS IS
Adam Goldman’s follow-up to his (hit?—it’s certainly got a following in NYC) webseries The Outs is the equally bleak series Whatever this is. Instead of following the intense break-up of a couple, this...
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Join ALEX WOODS in His Extraordinary (and Humorous) Adventures
Whilst roaming about the Book Expo of America this year, I kept passing a booth advertising The Universe Versus Alex Woods. I was immediately put off by its cover, which too closely resembled that of...
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The CUCKOO Is CALLING for You to Read This Hardboiled Mystery Novel
Famed supermodel Lula Landry has plummeted to her death from her third-story balcony in what the police assume is a suicide. But three months later, her brother John Bristow seeks out private detective...
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THE HUSBAND’S SECRET Is Not Worth Learning
When Cecilia finds a letter by her (very alive) husband that’s not to be opened until after he has died, she immediately faces a dilemma that we know will end with her reading the contents of that...
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J.M. Coetzee’s New Novel Is a Philosophical Reimagining of the CHILDHOOD OF...
In his newest novel, J.M. Coetzee reimagines the life that Jesus might have had in a vague, almost-contemporary setting. The boy, named David, finds himself in a peculiar Spanish town with the older...
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Twit-view: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
(The following Twit-view contains minimal spoilers.) The opening credit sequence is so superb…it’s like a Bond film (ironic because of Daniel Craig) Robin Wright’s hair is weird when it’s long (and...
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Enjoy a Full Dose of Post-Apocalyptic Worry with ORYX AND CRAKE
On the coast of North America (just north of New New York), Snowman (formerly Jimmy) keeps a semi-watchful eye over a group of genetically superior—yet psychologically simple—beings, called Crakers. He...
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