Book Reviews, Listed by Rating
Good Omens
4.9
A Comedic, Apocalyptic, Wonderful, Beloved Novel, By Neil Gaiman
Review Posted January 2, 2015 The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law 4.7
An Incredibly Informative and Well-Laid Out Guide, By Constance E. Bagley
Review Posted December 18, 2014 We Have Always Lived in the Castle 4.5
A Suspenseful Tale of Two Sisters and a Haunting Past, By Shirley Jackson
Review Posted December 10, 2014 Shakespeare: The World as Stage 4.5
A Concise and Well-Researched Biography, By Bill Bryson
Review Posted December 22, 2014 A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.5
A Moving, Heart-breaking, Powerful Story of Survival, By Khaled Hosseini
Review Posted January 4, 2015 The Goldfinch 4.5
An Engrossing and Entertaining Dickensian Tale, By Donna Tartt
Review Posted May 28, 2015 Station Eleven 4.5
Civilization in a Post-Apocalyptic World, By Emily St. John Mandel
Review Posted September 7, 2017 Shalimar The Clown 4.3
An Inquiry Into Religion, Love and Revenge, By Salman Rushdie
Review Posted December 12, 2006 The Sense of an Ending 4.1
A Well-Crafted, Elegant Novel on the Vagaries of Memory, By Julian Barnes
Review Posted December 15, 2014 The Orphan Master’s Son 4.1
A Powerful Tale of Survival and Life in North Korea, By Adam Johnson
Review Posted April 11, 2015 My Name Is Red 4
A Philosophical Art Mystery, By Orhan Pamuk
Review Posted February 3, 2010 Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell 4
An Alternate History of Two Magicians During the Napoleonic Wars, By Susanna Clarke
Review Posted November 1, 2009 The Final Solution 4
Like Encyclopedia Brown on Crack, By Michael Chabon
Review Posted January 20, 2007 Norse Mythology 4
A charming and satisfying little book, By Neil Gaiman
Review Posted January 22, 2018 The Last Black Unicorn 4
If you're curious at all, you should just read it, By Tiffany Haddish
Review Posted February 15, 2018 All the Light We Cannot See 4
A lyrical and moving story of two kids in German-occupied France during WWII, By Anthony Doerr
Review Posted February 24, 2018 Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore 3.9
An Ode to Nerds, RPGs and Book Lovers, By Robin Sloan
Review Posted December 16, 2014 The Rosie Project 3.9
A Lighthearted and Comedic Love Story for the Overly Logical, By Graeme Simsion
Review Posted March 30, 2015 In the Woods 3.9
A Substantial and Engaging Thriller, By Tana French
Review Posted May 7, 2015 Beautiful Ruins 3.9
A colorful but subtly moralistic story set in Hollywood and the Amalfi Coast, By Jess Walter
Review Posted September 10, 2017 A Man Called Ove 3.9
A sweet, uplifting and surprisingly funny story about a grumpy old man called Ove, By Frederik Backman
Review Posted June 28, 2018 Love and Houses 3.8
A Funny and Endearing Story of Love and, of Course, Houses, By Marti Leimbach
Review Posted December 11, 2014 The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared 3.8
An Unconventional and Cheeky Romp Through Modern History, By Jonas Jonasson
Review Posted April 6, 2015 The Dog Stars 3.8
A Poetic and Introspective Vision of a Post-Apocalyptic Future, By Peter Heller
Review Posted May 14, 2015 Sourdough 3.8
A cheerful and fun book for tech and food lovers, By Robin Sloan
Review Posted June 16, 2018 The Poisonwood Bible 3.7
A Well-Written Story of A Missionary Family in the Congo, By Barbara Kingsolver
Review Posted January 4, 2010 Assassination Vacation 3.7
An Irreverent Road Trip Through Presidential Assassinations, By Sarah Vowell
Review Posted April 25, 2006 Yes, Please 3.7
All You Need to Know Is That I Love Amy Poehler So You Can Guess Where This Review Is Headed, By Amy Poehler
Review Posted December 25, 2014 What Happened 3.7
A relatively benign memoir from a historical presidential candidate, By Hillary Clinton
Review Posted September 16, 2017 Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) 3.6
It's Pretty Much What You'd Expect From Her (In A Good Way), By Mindy Kaling
Review Posted December 10, 2014 House of Leaves 3.6
A post-modernist psychological horror story, By Mark Danielewski
Review Posted January 26, 2018 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay 3.6
A story about the rise of the modern comic book hero and its role as a Social Justice Warrior in pre-WWII America, By Michael Chabon
Review Posted February 9, 2018 The Woman in the Window 3.6
A serviceable thriller and homage to Hitchcock's Rear Window, By A.J. Finn
Review Posted February 4, 2018 Where’d You Go, Bernadette? 3.5
A Suprisingly Funny and Energetic Story Considering It's Basically About A Touchy Recluse, By Maria Semple
Review Posted December 10, 2014 Mathilda Savitch 3.5
An Engrossing Tale of a Girl Coping With Grief and Loss, By Victor Lodato
Review Posted December 10, 2014 The Wonder Spot 3.5
A Charming Collection of Short Stories, By Melissa Bank
Review Posted November 1, 2005 The Age of Miracles 3.5
A Light Read About a World In Crisis, By Karen Thompson Walker
Review Posted December 11, 2014 You Suck! A Love Story 3.5
A Little More Count Chocula Than Count Dracula, By Christopher Moore
Review Posted March 21, 2006 Against the Day 3.5
Congratulations on Getting Through This Book, By Thomas Pynchon
Review Posted April 22, 2017 The Girl on the Train 3.5
A pretty okay thriller slash mystery, By Paula Hawkins
Review Posted September 28, 2017 Everything I Never Told You 3.5
An empathetically-told story of a family trying to make sense of a tragedy, By Celeste Ng
Review Posted January 30, 2018 A Place for Us 3.5
A sympathetic and well-crafted, but uneven family saga, By Fatima Farheen Mirza
Review Posted June 19, 2018 The Historian 3.4
A Gothic Adventure through European History, By Elizabeth Kostova
Review Posted January 16, 2007 Crazy Rich Asians 3.4
A Nuanced but Lengthy Comedy of Manners About Crazy Rich Asians, By Kevin Kwan
Review Posted December 19, 2014 The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. 3.4
A Portrait of the Type of Guy Most Post-College, Pre-Marriage Women Know Very Well, By Adelle Waldman
Review Posted December 29, 2014 Uprooted 3.4
A flawed but fun high fantasy novel, By Naomi Novik
Review Posted January 21, 2018 The Night Circus 3.4
A dreamy cream-puff of a book, By Erin Morgenstern
Review Posted April 21, 2018 Eat, Pray, Love 3.2
A Three For One Deal, By Elizabeth Gilbert
Review Posted September 19, 2008 Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails 3.2
Somewhat Contrived Premise, But You'll Learn A Lot About Rum, By Wayne Curtis
Review Posted October 24, 2006 A Long Way Down 3.2
A Humorous Book Touching Upon Some Big Questions, By Nick Hornby
Review Posted November 1, 2005 State of Wonder 3.2
A Journey into the Heart of the Amazon, By Ann Patchett
Review Posted January 7, 2015 Armageddon in Retrospect 3.1
A Posthumous Collection of Essays on War and Peace, By Kurt Vonnegut
Review Posted January 9, 2015 Magpie Murders 3.0
An inventive mystery-within-a-mystery, By Anthony Horowitz
Review Posted August 14, 2018 The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them 3
Something of An Acquired Taste and A Book Only A Russian Lit Scholar Would Write, By Elif Batuman
Review Posted December 10, 2014 A Conspiracy of Paper 2.9
Not A Lot Of Substance But A Faced-Paced Historical Mystery, By David Liss
Review Posted August 29, 2008 The Storied Life of A.J. Fikrey 2.9
A Cute But Imperfect Little Story, By Gabrielle Zevin
Review Posted May 3, 2015 Ready Player One 2.9
A nostalgic romp but only for geeky white dudes, By Ernest Cline
Review Posted January 22, 2018 The Dinner 2.6
A Disappointing and Amateurish Book About Two Families and a Difficult Situation, By Herman Koch
Review Posted April 22, 2015 Me Before You 2.5
A Disappointing Read, By Jojo Moyes
Review Posted February 20, 2014 The Keep 2.4
A Disappointing Attempt at a Literary Gothic Novel, By Jennifer Egan
Review Posted May 11, 2015 The Imperfectionists 2
A Uninspired Glimpse into the Lives of A Group of Newspaper Professionals that is Well-Edited but Not Well-Written, And Also, Go Fuck Yourself, Tom Rachman, By Tom Rachman
Review Posted December 13, 2014 The Tragedy of Arthur 1.7
A Tedious Read with a Deceptively Good Premise, By Arthur Phillips
Review Posted December 28, 2014 Sweet Valley Confidential 1.5
A Dip Back Into Sugary Waters, By Francine Pascal
Review Posted March 30, 2011 The Perfect Letter 1
Unfortunately, A Very Bad Romance Novel, By Chris Harrison
Review Posted May 21, 2015
A Comedic, Apocalyptic, Wonderful, Beloved Novel, By Neil Gaiman
Review Posted January 2, 2015 The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law 4.7
An Incredibly Informative and Well-Laid Out Guide, By Constance E. Bagley
Review Posted December 18, 2014 We Have Always Lived in the Castle 4.5
A Suspenseful Tale of Two Sisters and a Haunting Past, By Shirley Jackson
Review Posted December 10, 2014 Shakespeare: The World as Stage 4.5
A Concise and Well-Researched Biography, By Bill Bryson
Review Posted December 22, 2014 A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.5
A Moving, Heart-breaking, Powerful Story of Survival, By Khaled Hosseini
Review Posted January 4, 2015 The Goldfinch 4.5
An Engrossing and Entertaining Dickensian Tale, By Donna Tartt
Review Posted May 28, 2015 Station Eleven 4.5
Civilization in a Post-Apocalyptic World, By Emily St. John Mandel
Review Posted September 7, 2017 Shalimar The Clown 4.3
An Inquiry Into Religion, Love and Revenge, By Salman Rushdie
Review Posted December 12, 2006 The Sense of an Ending 4.1
A Well-Crafted, Elegant Novel on the Vagaries of Memory, By Julian Barnes
Review Posted December 15, 2014 The Orphan Master’s Son 4.1
A Powerful Tale of Survival and Life in North Korea, By Adam Johnson
Review Posted April 11, 2015 My Name Is Red 4
A Philosophical Art Mystery, By Orhan Pamuk
Review Posted February 3, 2010 Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell 4
An Alternate History of Two Magicians During the Napoleonic Wars, By Susanna Clarke
Review Posted November 1, 2009 The Final Solution 4
Like Encyclopedia Brown on Crack, By Michael Chabon
Review Posted January 20, 2007 Norse Mythology 4
A charming and satisfying little book, By Neil Gaiman
Review Posted January 22, 2018 The Last Black Unicorn 4
If you're curious at all, you should just read it, By Tiffany Haddish
Review Posted February 15, 2018 All the Light We Cannot See 4
A lyrical and moving story of two kids in German-occupied France during WWII, By Anthony Doerr
Review Posted February 24, 2018 Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore 3.9
An Ode to Nerds, RPGs and Book Lovers, By Robin Sloan
Review Posted December 16, 2014 The Rosie Project 3.9
A Lighthearted and Comedic Love Story for the Overly Logical, By Graeme Simsion
Review Posted March 30, 2015 In the Woods 3.9
A Substantial and Engaging Thriller, By Tana French
Review Posted May 7, 2015 Beautiful Ruins 3.9
A colorful but subtly moralistic story set in Hollywood and the Amalfi Coast, By Jess Walter
Review Posted September 10, 2017 A Man Called Ove 3.9
A sweet, uplifting and surprisingly funny story about a grumpy old man called Ove, By Frederik Backman
Review Posted June 28, 2018 Love and Houses 3.8
A Funny and Endearing Story of Love and, of Course, Houses, By Marti Leimbach
Review Posted December 11, 2014 The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared 3.8
An Unconventional and Cheeky Romp Through Modern History, By Jonas Jonasson
Review Posted April 6, 2015 The Dog Stars 3.8
A Poetic and Introspective Vision of a Post-Apocalyptic Future, By Peter Heller
Review Posted May 14, 2015 Sourdough 3.8
A cheerful and fun book for tech and food lovers, By Robin Sloan
Review Posted June 16, 2018 The Poisonwood Bible 3.7
A Well-Written Story of A Missionary Family in the Congo, By Barbara Kingsolver
Review Posted January 4, 2010 Assassination Vacation 3.7
An Irreverent Road Trip Through Presidential Assassinations, By Sarah Vowell
Review Posted April 25, 2006 Yes, Please 3.7
All You Need to Know Is That I Love Amy Poehler So You Can Guess Where This Review Is Headed, By Amy Poehler
Review Posted December 25, 2014 What Happened 3.7
A relatively benign memoir from a historical presidential candidate, By Hillary Clinton
Review Posted September 16, 2017 Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) 3.6
It's Pretty Much What You'd Expect From Her (In A Good Way), By Mindy Kaling
Review Posted December 10, 2014 House of Leaves 3.6
A post-modernist psychological horror story, By Mark Danielewski
Review Posted January 26, 2018 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay 3.6
A story about the rise of the modern comic book hero and its role as a Social Justice Warrior in pre-WWII America, By Michael Chabon
Review Posted February 9, 2018 The Woman in the Window 3.6
A serviceable thriller and homage to Hitchcock's Rear Window, By A.J. Finn
Review Posted February 4, 2018 Where’d You Go, Bernadette? 3.5
A Suprisingly Funny and Energetic Story Considering It's Basically About A Touchy Recluse, By Maria Semple
Review Posted December 10, 2014 Mathilda Savitch 3.5
An Engrossing Tale of a Girl Coping With Grief and Loss, By Victor Lodato
Review Posted December 10, 2014 The Wonder Spot 3.5
A Charming Collection of Short Stories, By Melissa Bank
Review Posted November 1, 2005 The Age of Miracles 3.5
A Light Read About a World In Crisis, By Karen Thompson Walker
Review Posted December 11, 2014 You Suck! A Love Story 3.5
A Little More Count Chocula Than Count Dracula, By Christopher Moore
Review Posted March 21, 2006 Against the Day 3.5
Congratulations on Getting Through This Book, By Thomas Pynchon
Review Posted April 22, 2017 The Girl on the Train 3.5
A pretty okay thriller slash mystery, By Paula Hawkins
Review Posted September 28, 2017 Everything I Never Told You 3.5
An empathetically-told story of a family trying to make sense of a tragedy, By Celeste Ng
Review Posted January 30, 2018 A Place for Us 3.5
A sympathetic and well-crafted, but uneven family saga, By Fatima Farheen Mirza
Review Posted June 19, 2018 The Historian 3.4
A Gothic Adventure through European History, By Elizabeth Kostova
Review Posted January 16, 2007 Crazy Rich Asians 3.4
A Nuanced but Lengthy Comedy of Manners About Crazy Rich Asians, By Kevin Kwan
Review Posted December 19, 2014 The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. 3.4
A Portrait of the Type of Guy Most Post-College, Pre-Marriage Women Know Very Well, By Adelle Waldman
Review Posted December 29, 2014 Uprooted 3.4
A flawed but fun high fantasy novel, By Naomi Novik
Review Posted January 21, 2018 The Night Circus 3.4
A dreamy cream-puff of a book, By Erin Morgenstern
Review Posted April 21, 2018 Eat, Pray, Love 3.2
A Three For One Deal, By Elizabeth Gilbert
Review Posted September 19, 2008 Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails 3.2
Somewhat Contrived Premise, But You'll Learn A Lot About Rum, By Wayne Curtis
Review Posted October 24, 2006 A Long Way Down 3.2
A Humorous Book Touching Upon Some Big Questions, By Nick Hornby
Review Posted November 1, 2005 State of Wonder 3.2
A Journey into the Heart of the Amazon, By Ann Patchett
Review Posted January 7, 2015 Armageddon in Retrospect 3.1
A Posthumous Collection of Essays on War and Peace, By Kurt Vonnegut
Review Posted January 9, 2015 Magpie Murders 3.0
An inventive mystery-within-a-mystery, By Anthony Horowitz
Review Posted August 14, 2018 The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them 3
Something of An Acquired Taste and A Book Only A Russian Lit Scholar Would Write, By Elif Batuman
Review Posted December 10, 2014 A Conspiracy of Paper 2.9
Not A Lot Of Substance But A Faced-Paced Historical Mystery, By David Liss
Review Posted August 29, 2008 The Storied Life of A.J. Fikrey 2.9
A Cute But Imperfect Little Story, By Gabrielle Zevin
Review Posted May 3, 2015 Ready Player One 2.9
A nostalgic romp but only for geeky white dudes, By Ernest Cline
Review Posted January 22, 2018 The Dinner 2.6
A Disappointing and Amateurish Book About Two Families and a Difficult Situation, By Herman Koch
Review Posted April 22, 2015 Me Before You 2.5
A Disappointing Read, By Jojo Moyes
Review Posted February 20, 2014 The Keep 2.4
A Disappointing Attempt at a Literary Gothic Novel, By Jennifer Egan
Review Posted May 11, 2015 The Imperfectionists 2
A Uninspired Glimpse into the Lives of A Group of Newspaper Professionals that is Well-Edited but Not Well-Written, And Also, Go Fuck Yourself, Tom Rachman, By Tom Rachman
Review Posted December 13, 2014 The Tragedy of Arthur 1.7
A Tedious Read with a Deceptively Good Premise, By Arthur Phillips
Review Posted December 28, 2014 Sweet Valley Confidential 1.5
A Dip Back Into Sugary Waters, By Francine Pascal
Review Posted March 30, 2011 The Perfect Letter 1
Unfortunately, A Very Bad Romance Novel, By Chris Harrison
Review Posted May 21, 2015