book reviews

Paul Falkowski’s book is a big read about a little thing: the sophisticated, durable bacteria

Book review: Graham Swift’s morose stylings come through in his pensive short story collection

Book review: Canadian author Neil Smith’s debut, ’Boo’, posits a creepy, off-kilter reality for the youthful dead

Book review: Ardis Cameron’s look back on the legacy of ’Peyton Place’

Book review: Willie Nelson’s memoir looks back on the long, winding life of a troubadour nonpareil

Book review: Hardly your typical beachside read, Jessica Knoll’s debut is a sharp summertime novel about society’s facades

Book review: A Booker Prize winner’s new book offers a heady narrative of love and family

Book review: Mairtin O’Cadhain’s 1949 Irish classic, freshly translated, is an ode to life, death, and Samuel Beckett

Book review: Lynn Crosbie’s fictional homage to Kurt Cobain paints an opiate-inspired, vivid world

Book review: Mark Essig’s book is jam-packed with facts and trivia, but it doesn’t quite deliver the whole hog