Book Review Archive
Below the image are links to my book reviews, sorted by category. Note that some books appear in more than one category. (To see book reviews listed by the date they were published, go here.)
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Adventure
- Oct 17, 2024 Marie Brennan's "VOYAGE OF THE BASILISK: A MEMOIR BY LADY TRENT"
- Jun 27, 2024 J.R.R. Tolkien’s "THE TWO TOWERS"
- Dec 26, 2023 Andy Weir's "ARTEMIS"
- Jun 2, 2023 The Best Books I Read in 2022
- Dec 6, 2022 Tade Thompson's "ROSEWATER"
- Aug 11, 2022 James Blish's "A CASE OF CONSCIENCE"
- Jul 14, 2022 Adrian Tchaikovsky's "THE DOORS OF EDEN"
- Mar 24, 2022 Barry Lopez' "HORIZON"
- Sep 14, 2021 Andy Weir’s “PROJECT HAIL MARY”
- Jul 1, 2021 C.J. Box's "DARK SKY"
- Mar 27, 2021 James Calvert’s “SURFACE AT THE POLE: THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGES OF THE USS SKATE”
- Jan 31, 2021 Robert Harris’ “V2”
- Jan 23, 2021 Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “CHILDREN OF RUIN”
- Aug 19, 2020 C. J. Box's "LONG RANGE"
- Aug 8, 2020 Rowland White's "VULCAN 607"
- Feb 23, 2020 C. J. Box's "WOLF PACK"
- Nov 12, 2019 Robert Harris' "AN OFFICER AND A SPY"
- Nov 6, 2019 Stephen King's "11/22/63"
- Jun 4, 2019 Adrian Tchaikovsky's "CHILDREN OF TIME"
- Jan 13, 2019 A. E. van Vogt's “THE VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE”
- Dec 25, 2018 Jeff VanderMeer’s BORNE
- Jul 26, 2018 Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS VOL. 1
- Jun 23, 2018 Guy Delisle's HOSTAGE
- Feb 18, 2018 The Silent Service in World War II: The Story of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in the Words of the Men Who Lived It.
- Oct 9, 2017 Pierce Brown's “RED RISING”
- Jul 15, 2017 Bernd Heinrich's “THE SNORING BIRD: MY FAMILY'S JOURNEY THROUGH A CENTURY OF BIOLOGY”
- Mar 16, 2017 Barry Lopez' “ARCTIC DREAMS”
- Mar 14, 2015 Felipe Fernández-Armesto’s “OUR AMERICA: A HISPANIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES”
- Jun 21, 2005 Arturo Pérez-Reverte's “THE FENCING MASTER”
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Aircraft
- Dec 22, 2023 Frederick Forsyth's "THE SHEPHERD"
- Dec 21, 2022 Brian K. Bryans' "FLYING LOW"
- Dec 9, 2021 Roddick Chisholm‘s “COVER OF DARKNESS: THE MEMOIRS OF A WWII NIGHT FIGHTER"
- Dec 6, 2021 Donald L. Miller's "MASTERS OF THE AIR"
- Oct 11, 2021 Malcom Gladwell's “THE BOMBER MAFIA"
- Sep 23, 2021 Don A. Farrell's "ATOMIC BOMB ISLAND"
- Aug 8, 2020 Rowland White's "VULCAN 607"
- Oct 8, 2019 Scott Crossfield's "ALWAYS ANOTHER DAWN: THE STORY OF A ROCKET TEST PILOT"
- Feb 3, 2019 Scott Kelly’s ENDURANCE: MY YEAR IN SPACE AND A LIFETIME OF DISCOVERY
- Jul 17, 2018 Phil Rowe's B-58A SUPERSONIC STRATEGIC BOMBER
- May 23, 2018 Martin Caidin’s BLACK THURSDAY: THE STORY OF THE SCHWEINFURT RAID
- Oct 12, 2017 Earl J. McGill’s JET AGE MAN: SAC B-47 AND B-52 OPERATIONS IN THE COLD WAR.
- Sep 28, 2017 Michael Korda’s WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES: A HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
- Apr 22, 2017 Gene Fish's OL' SHAKEY: MEMORIES OF A FLIGHT ENGINEER
- Nov 1, 2016 Vito Lasala’s B-36 COLD WAR SHIELD: NAVIGATOR’S JOURNAL
- Oct 9, 2016 George Holt Jr.’s “THE B-58 BLUNDER: HOW THE U.S. ABANDONED ITS BEST STRATEGIC BOMBER”
- Dec 18, 2015 Bill Yenne's THE AMERICAN AIRCRAFT FACTORY IN WWII
- Oct 21, 2015 Peter W. Merlin's UNLIMITED HORIZONS: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE U-2
- Aug 9, 2015 Mori Juzo's THE MIRACULOUS TORPEDO SQUADRON
- Jul 28, 2015 Curtis Peebles' PROBING THE SKY
- May 19, 2015 Nigel Walpole's “VOODOO WARRIORS: THE STORY OF THE MCDONNELL VOODOO FAST-JETS”
- Apr 2, 2015 James Holland's “DAM BUSTERS: THE TRUE STORY OF THE INVENTORS AND AIRMEN WHO LED THE DEVASTATING RAID TO SMASH THE GERMAN DAMS IN 1943”
- Mar 8, 2015 Hugh Harkins’ USAF JET POWERED FIGHTERS XP 59 – XF 85
- Oct 6, 2013 Robert F. Dorr's MISSION TO TOKYO: The American Airmen Who Took the War to the Heart of Japan
- Aug 11, 2013 Dennis R. Jenkins' X-15: EXTENDING THE FRONTIERS OF FLIGHT
- Jul 1, 2013 Donald Mallick's “THE SMELL OF KEROSENE; A TEST PILOT'S ODYSSEY”
- Jun 5, 2013 Richard H. Graham's “FLYING THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD; in the cockpit on a secret operational mission”
- Jan 28, 2012 Barrett Tillman's “WHIRLWIND: THE AIR WAR AGAINST JAPAN, 1942-1945”
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Ancient Rome
- Sep 30, 2024 Guy de la Bédoyère's “Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier”
- May 28, 2023 Harry Sidebottom's "FALLING SKY"
- Feb 23, 2019 Robert Harris’ "POMPEII"
- Jan 28, 2016 Robert Harris’ “DICTATOR”
- Feb 23, 2015 Robert Harris' “CONSPIRATA”
- Aug 26, 2014 Richard Foreman’s “SWORD OF EMPIRE: CENTURION”
- Aug 25, 2014 Robert Harris’ “IMPERIUM”
- Mar 16, 2014 Richard Foreman's SWORD OF EMPIRE: PRAETORIAN
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Antiquity
- Dec 3, 2024 Ava McKevitt's "Queen of Heaven: a thrilling reimagining of an Ancient Goddess" (book 1 of 3)
- Sep 30, 2024 Guy de la Bédoyère's “Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier”
- May 28, 2023 Harry Sidebottom's "FALLING SKY"
- Apr 21, 2023 Joshua Frydman's "THE JAPANESE MYTHS: A GUIDE TO GODS, HEROES AND SPIRITS"
- Aug 3, 2022 Imogen & Isabel Greenberg’s “ATHENA GODDESS OF WISDOM AND WAR"
- Feb 23, 2019 Robert Harris’ "POMPEII"
- Feb 23, 2015 Robert Harris' “CONSPIRATA”
- Aug 26, 2014 Richard Foreman’s “SWORD OF EMPIRE: CENTURION”
- Aug 25, 2014 Robert Harris’ “IMPERIUM”
- Mar 16, 2014 Richard Foreman's SWORD OF EMPIRE: PRAETORIAN
- Jul 3, 2011 Dan Simmons' ILIUM
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Antisemitism
- Feb 17, 2025 Solomon J. Brager's "HEAVYWEIGHT: A FAMILY STORY OF THE HOLOCAUST, EMPIRE, AND MEMORY"
- Oct 6, 2024 Maurice Samuels’ “Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair”
- Dec 2, 2023 Hannah Arendt's "ANTISEMITISM: PART ONE OF THE ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM"
- Jan 23, 2021 Alex Ross’ “Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music"
- Nov 12, 2019 Robert Harris' "AN OFFICER AND A SPY"
- May 17, 2019 Umberto Eco's "THE PRAGUE CEMETERY"
- Jun 10, 2007 Will Eisner's THE PLOT: THE SECRET STORY OF THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION
- May 28, 2007 Elie Wiesel's “NIGHT”
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Astronomy
- Jul 24, 2022 Arthur C. Clarke's "RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA"
- Mar 24, 2022 Barry Lopez' "HORIZON"
- Sep 14, 2021 Andy Weir’s “PROJECT HAIL MARY”
- Jun 4, 2020 Old Golden Nature Guides for a New Generation
- Apr 25, 2018 Neal Stephenson’s "SEVENEVES"
- Jan 16, 2016 William Bixby's “GALILEO AND NEWTON”
- Sep 23, 2013 Benford & Brin's HEART OF THE COMET
- Dec 13, 2011 Richard Holmes' THE AGE OF WONDER: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
- Oct 3, 2011 Bob Berman's THE SUN'S HEARTBEAT: And Other Stories from the Life of the Star That Powers Our Planet
- Jan 19, 2008 Lisa Jardine's INGENIOUS PURSUITS: BUILDING THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
- May 1, 2007 Michael Carlowicz and Ramon Lopez' STORMS FROM THE SUN
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Audible
- Jan 28, 2016 Robert Harris’ “DICTATOR”
- Jan 5, 2016 Marie Brennan's A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS
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Autobiography
- Aug 19, 2024 Élodie Durand's "TRANSITIONS: A MOTHER'S JOURNEY"
- Dec 21, 2022 Brian K. Bryans' "FLYING LOW"
- Sep 26, 2022 David Lynch & Kristine McKenna‘s "ROOM TO DREAM"
- Mar 24, 2022 Barry Lopez' "HORIZON"
- Oct 8, 2019 Scott Crossfield's "ALWAYS ANOTHER DAWN: THE STORY OF A ROCKET TEST PILOT"
- Feb 3, 2019 Scott Kelly’s ENDURANCE: MY YEAR IN SPACE AND A LIFETIME OF DISCOVERY
- May 6, 2018 Yeon-Sik Hong's UNCOMFORTABLY HAPPILY
- Apr 22, 2017 Gene Fish's OL' SHAKEY: MEMORIES OF A FLIGHT ENGINEER
- Sep 1, 2015 Michael Harris' ATOMIC TIMES
- May 27, 2014 Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace’s “CREATIVITY INC: OVERCOMING THE UNSEEN FORCES THAT STAND IN THE WAY OF TRUE INSPIRATION”
- Feb 17, 2014 Richard P. Feynman's “SURELY YOU MUST BE JOKING, MR. FEYNMAN!”
- Jun 11, 2010 Guy Delisle's SHENZHEN
- Jun 5, 2010 Herman Wouk's THE LANGUAGE GOD TALKS
- May 22, 2010 Guy Delisle's PYONGYANG
- Apr 21, 2010 Guy Delisle's BURMA CHRONICLES
- May 28, 2007 Elie Wiesel's “NIGHT”
- Oct 28, 2005 Suketu Mehta's MAXIMUM CITY
- May 30, 2005 George Orwell's HOMAGE TO CATALONIA
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Awesome
- Jun 2, 2023 The Best Books I Read in 2022
- Jan 2, 2022 The Best Books I Read in 2021
- Dec 9, 2019 James R. French's "FIRING A ROCKET"
- Feb 3, 2019 Scott Kelly’s ENDURANCE: MY YEAR IN SPACE AND A LIFETIME OF DISCOVERY
- Dec 25, 2018 Jeff VanderMeer’s BORNE
- Apr 25, 2018 Neal Stephenson’s "SEVENEVES"
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Battle of the Atlantic
- Jan 2, 2020 C. S. Forester's “THE GOOD SHEPHERD”
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Best Books 2023
- Dec 26, 2023 Andy Weir's "ARTEMIS"
- Dec 2, 2023 Hannah Arendt's "ANTISEMITISM: PART ONE OF THE ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM"
- Sep 3, 2023 Howard Markel's "The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix"
- Jul 15, 2023 Quentin Tarantino's "ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD" (novel)
- Jun 2, 2023 George Steiner’s “Language in Silence: essays on language, literature, and the inhuman”
- Apr 21, 2023 Joshua Frydman's "THE JAPANESE MYTHS: A GUIDE TO GODS, HEROES AND SPIRITS"
- Feb 19, 2023 Lisa See's "SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN"
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Big Science
- Sep 14, 2021 Andy Weir’s “PROJECT HAIL MARY”
- Dec 9, 2019 James R. French's "FIRING A ROCKET"
- Jul 26, 2018 Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS VOL. 1
- Nov 29, 2016 Siddhartha Mukherjee's THE GENE: AN INTIMATE HISTORY
- May 16, 2016 Janna Levin's "BLACK HOLE BLUES AND OTHER SONGS FROM OUTER SPACE"
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Biography
- Mar 7, 2025 Edmund Morris' "Beethoven: The Universal Composer"
- Oct 6, 2024 Maurice Samuels’ “Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair”
- Aug 19, 2024 Élodie Durand's "TRANSITIONS: A MOTHER'S JOURNEY"
- Feb 1, 2024 Emilia McKenzie's "But You Have Friends"
- Sep 3, 2023 Howard Markel's "The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix"
- Jun 2, 2023 The Best Books I Read in 2022
- Dec 20, 2022 Charles Bracelen Flood's "GRANT AND SHERMAN: THE FRIENDSHIP THAT WON THE CIVIL WAR"
- Nov 3, 2022 Rodrigo García’s “A FAREWELL TO GABO AND MERCEDES: A SON’S MEMOIR”
- Sep 26, 2022 David Lynch & Kristine McKenna‘s "ROOM TO DREAM"
- Sep 30, 2020 George Orwell DIARIES
- Jan 14, 2020 Stephen E. Ricks' "CHURCHILL AND ORWELL: THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM"
- Jul 15, 2017 Bernd Heinrich's “THE SNORING BIRD: MY FAMILY'S JOURNEY THROUGH A CENTURY OF BIOLOGY”
- Jul 17, 2013 Stephen Budiansky's “BLACKETT'S WAR: THE MEN WHO DEFEATED THE NAZI U-BOATS AND BROUGHT SCIENCE TO THE ART OF WARFARE”
- Jul 1, 2013 Donald Mallick's “THE SMELL OF KEROSENE; A TEST PILOT'S ODYSSEY”
- Feb 22, 2013 Evan Thomas' IKE'S BLUFF: PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S SECRET BATTLE TO SAVE THE WORLD
- Dec 13, 2011 Richard Holmes' THE AGE OF WONDER: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
- Jun 25, 2010 Conor Cruise O’Brien's FIRST IN PEACE: HOW GEORGE WASHINGTON SET THE COURSE FOR AMERICA
- Mar 4, 2010 Osamu Tezuka's BUDDHA (volumes 1-8)
- Jan 19, 2008 Lisa Jardine's INGENIOUS PURSUITS: BUILDING THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
- May 1, 2005 Richard Current's “THE LINCOLN NOBODY KNOWS”
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Biology
- Oct 17, 2024 Marie Brennan's "VOYAGE OF THE BASILISK: A MEMOIR BY LADY TRENT"
- Aug 19, 2024 Élodie Durand's "TRANSITIONS: A MOTHER'S JOURNEY"
- Sep 3, 2023 Howard Markel's "The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix"
- Mar 24, 2022 Barry Lopez' "HORIZON"
- Sep 14, 2021 Andy Weir’s “PROJECT HAIL MARY”
- Jul 15, 2017 Bernd Heinrich's “THE SNORING BIRD: MY FAMILY'S JOURNEY THROUGH A CENTURY OF BIOLOGY”
- Mar 16, 2017 Barry Lopez' “ARCTIC DREAMS”
- Nov 29, 2016 Siddhartha Mukherjee's THE GENE: AN INTIMATE HISTORY
- Oct 15, 2015 Edward O. Wilson's THE MEANING OF HUMAN EXISTENCE
- Mar 3, 2014 Alan de Queiroz' THE MONKEY's VOYAGE: HOW IMPROBABLE JOURNEYS SHAPED THE HISTORY OF LIFE
- Dec 13, 2011 Richard Holmes' THE AGE OF WONDER: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
- Apr 1, 2010 Peter Bernhardt's “THE ROSE'S KISS: A NATURAL HISTORY OF FLOWERS”
- Aug 29, 2009 Ed Regis' WHAT IS LIFE: INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF LIFE IN THE AGE OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
- Apr 6, 2008 Evelyn Fox Keller's THE CENTURY OF THE GENE
- Jan 19, 2008 Lisa Jardine's INGENIOUS PURSUITS: BUILDING THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
- Bollywood
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Book Reviews
- Feb 1, 2024 Emilia McKenzie's "But You Have Friends"
- Jun 2, 2023 The Best Books I Read in 2022
- Mar 12, 2022 On the Abandoning of Books
- Jan 2, 2022 The Best Books I Read in 2021
- Apr 3, 2017 Rick Wilber's ALIEN MORNING
- Aug 31, 2016 Roger Ebert's I HATED, HATED, HATED THIS MOVIE
- Mar 3, 2014 Alan de Queiroz' THE MONKEY's VOYAGE: HOW IMPROBABLE JOURNEYS SHAPED THE HISTORY OF LIFE
- Dec 27, 2012 Tiffany Shlain's BRAINPOWER: FROM NEURONS TO NETWORKS
- May 29, 2012 Drew Gilpin Faust's “THIS REPUBLIC OF SUFFERING: DEATH AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR”
- Oct 14, 2010 Peter F. Hamilton's THE TEMPORAL VOID
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Books
- Jun 2, 2023 The Best Books I Read in 2022
- Mar 12, 2022 On the Abandoning of Books
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CJ Box
- Jul 1, 2021 C.J. Box's "DARK SKY"
- Aug 19, 2020 C. J. Box's "LONG RANGE"
- Feb 23, 2020 C. J. Box's "WOLF PACK"
- Sep 24, 2011 C. J. Box's “COLD WIND”
- Nov 22, 2008 C.J. Box's “IN PLAIN SIGHT”
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Calm
- Jan 15, 2020 Gail Tsukiyama's "THE SAMURAI'S GARDEN"
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Cartoon
- Jul 26, 2018 Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS VOL. 1
- Jun 23, 2018 Guy Delisle's HOSTAGE
- May 24, 2018 Tom Gauld's MOONCOP
- May 6, 2018 Yeon-Sik Hong's UNCOMFORTABLY HAPPILY
- Jan 20, 2018 Will Eisner’s NEW YORK: THE BIG CITY
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ChatGPT
- Feb 1, 2024 Emilia McKenzie's "But You Have Friends"
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China
- Feb 19, 2023 Lisa See's "SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN"
- Aug 11, 2021 Gail Tsukiyama’s “A HUNDRED FLOWERS”
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Classic
- Mar 18, 2024 Richard P. Feynman’s “THE MEANING OF IT ALL: THOUGHTS OF A CITIZEN-SCIENTIST”
- Dec 22, 2023 Frederick Forsyth's "THE SHEPHERD"
- Aug 14, 2023 Clifford Simak's "TIME AND AGAIN"
- Jun 2, 2023 The Best Books I Read in 2022
- Dec 7, 2022 Philip K. Dick's "UBIK"
- Aug 11, 2022 James Blish's "A CASE OF CONSCIENCE"
- Mar 20, 2019 Arthur C. Clarke's “THE CITY AND THE STARS”
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Cold War
- Mar 12, 2024 David Holloway’s “STALIN AND THE BOMB”
- Jul 17, 2018 Phil Rowe's B-58A SUPERSONIC STRATEGIC BOMBER
- Oct 12, 2017 Earl J. McGill’s JET AGE MAN: SAC B-47 AND B-52 OPERATIONS IN THE COLD WAR.
- Nov 1, 2016 Vito Lasala’s B-36 COLD WAR SHIELD: NAVIGATOR’S JOURNAL
- Oct 27, 2016 Lee Vyborny and Dan Davis’ AMERICA’S SECRET SUBMARINE
- Oct 9, 2016 George Holt Jr.’s “THE B-58 BLUNDER: HOW THE U.S. ABANDONED ITS BEST STRATEGIC BOMBER”
- Oct 21, 2015 Peter W. Merlin's UNLIMITED HORIZONS: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE U-2
- Sep 1, 2015 Michael Harris' ATOMIC TIMES
- Mar 8, 2015 Hugh Harkins’ USAF JET POWERED FIGHTERS XP 59 – XF 85
- Jul 8, 2014 Andrew Karam’s RIG SHIP FOR ULTRA QUIET
- Feb 25, 2014 Boris Chertok's “ROCKETS AND PEOPLE VOLUME 3: HOT DAYS OF THE COLD WAR”
- Apr 11, 2012 David E. Hoffman's THE DEAD HAND: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE COLD WAR ARMS RACE AND ITS DANGEROUS LEGACY
- Comedy
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Coming of Age
- Jul 3, 2024 Wiesner and Napoli’s "FISH GIRL"
- Jan 30, 2022 Molly Knox Ostertag's "THE GIRL FROM THE SEA"
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Creativity
- Mar 7, 2025 Edmund Morris' "Beethoven: The Universal Composer"
- Oct 24, 2024 Charles Burns' “FINAL CUT” (graphic novel)
- Jan 23, 2021 Alex Ross’ “Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music"
- Jun 2, 2016 Alix Christie’s "GUTENBERG’S APPRENTICE"
- May 27, 2014 Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace’s “CREATIVITY INC: OVERCOMING THE UNSEEN FORCES THAT STAND IN THE WAY OF TRUE INSPIRATION”
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Crime
- Sep 4, 2023 Keigo Higashino's "A MIDSUMMER'S EQUATION"
- Jun 2, 2023 The Best Books I Read in 2022
- Dec 6, 2022 Tade Thompson's "ROSEWATER"
- Nov 21, 2022 Keigo Higashino's "THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X"
- Jul 3, 2022 James McBride's "DEACON KING KONG"
- Mar 7, 2022 Neil Gaiman's "THE GRAVEYARD BOOK"
- Jun 3, 2021 Elmore Leonard's “THE SWITCH”
- Cryptography
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Culture
- Oct 6, 2024 Maurice Samuels’ “Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair”
- Feb 16, 2024 Haruki Murakami's "KAFKA ON THE SHORE"
- Jul 15, 2023 Quentin Tarantino's "ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD" (novel)
- Jun 2, 2023 The Best Books I Read in 2022
- Jun 2, 2023 George Steiner’s “Language in Silence: essays on language, literature, and the inhuman”
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Delisle
- Jun 23, 2018 Guy Delisle's HOSTAGE
- Jun 11, 2010 Guy Delisle's SHENZHEN
- May 22, 2010 Guy Delisle's PYONGYANG
- Apr 21, 2010 Guy Delisle's BURMA CHRONICLES
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Disappointing
- Oct 11, 2021 Malcom Gladwell's “THE BOMBER MAFIA"
- Sep 24, 2011 C. J. Box's “COLD WIND”
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Drama
- Dec 3, 2024 Ava McKevitt's "Queen of Heaven: a thrilling reimagining of an Ancient Goddess" (book 1 of 3)
- Oct 24, 2024 Charles Burns' “FINAL CUT” (graphic novel)
- Aug 19, 2024 Élodie Durand's "TRANSITIONS: A MOTHER'S JOURNEY"
- Dec 22, 2023 Frederick Forsyth's "THE SHEPHERD"
- Jul 15, 2023 Quentin Tarantino's "ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD" (novel)
- Feb 19, 2023 Lisa See's "SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN"
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Dystopian
- Dec 13, 2024 Dante's "INFERNO"
- Jul 23, 2019 Jeff VanderMeer's "THE STRANGE BIRD: A BORNE STORY"
- Apr 3, 2019 Pat Cadigan's “ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL” (movie novelization)
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Emotional
- Dec 3, 2024 Ava McKevitt's "Queen of Heaven: a thrilling reimagining of an Ancient Goddess" (book 1 of 3)
- Oct 24, 2024 Charles Burns' “FINAL CUT” (graphic novel)
- Aug 19, 2024 Élodie Durand's "TRANSITIONS: A MOTHER'S JOURNEY"
- Jul 3, 2024 Wiesner and Napoli’s "FISH GIRL"
- Feb 16, 2024 Haruki Murakami's "KAFKA ON THE SHORE"
- Jun 2, 2023 The Best Books I Read in 2022
- Feb 19, 2023 Lisa See's "SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN"
- Dec 6, 2022 Tade Thompson's "ROSEWATER"
- Jul 3, 2022 James McBride's "DEACON KING KONG"
- Sep 14, 2021 Andy Weir’s “PROJECT HAIL MARY”
- Aug 11, 2021 Gail Tsukiyama’s “A HUNDRED FLOWERS”
- Jan 15, 2020 Gail Tsukiyama's "THE SAMURAI'S GARDEN"
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Engineering
- Dec 26, 2023 Andy Weir's "ARTEMIS"
- Jul 24, 2022 Arthur C. Clarke's "RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA"
- Oct 11, 2021 Malcom Gladwell's “THE BOMBER MAFIA"
- Sep 23, 2021 Don A. Farrell's "ATOMIC BOMB ISLAND"
- Sep 14, 2021 Andy Weir’s “PROJECT HAIL MARY”
- May 19, 2021 Mark Kurlansky's "PAPER: PAGING THROUGH HISTORY"
- Jan 31, 2021 Robert Harris’ “V2”
- Dec 9, 2019 James R. French's "FIRING A ROCKET"
- Oct 8, 2019 Scott Crossfield's "ALWAYS ANOTHER DAWN: THE STORY OF A ROCKET TEST PILOT"
- Feb 3, 2019 Scott Kelly’s ENDURANCE: MY YEAR IN SPACE AND A LIFETIME OF DISCOVERY
- Apr 25, 2018 Neal Stephenson’s "SEVENEVES"
- Oct 21, 2015 Peter W. Merlin's UNLIMITED HORIZONS: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE U-2
- Mar 8, 2015 Hugh Harkins’ USAF JET POWERED FIGHTERS XP 59 – XF 85
- Jan 6, 2015 Andy Weir’s THE MARTIAN
- Dec 8, 2014 David McCullough’s "THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS"
- Oct 20, 2013 Jim Baggott: “THE FIRST WAR OF PHYSICS: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB, 1939-1949”
- Jul 17, 2013 Stephen Budiansky's “BLACKETT'S WAR: THE MEN WHO DEFEATED THE NAZI U-BOATS AND BROUGHT SCIENCE TO THE ART OF WARFARE”
- Nov 15, 2004 Jill Jonnes' EMPIRES OF LIGHT
- Oct 28, 2004 Neal Bascomb's HIGHER
- Oct 3, 2004 Richard Rhodes' DARK SUN: THE MAKING OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB
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Environment
- Jun 2, 2023 The Best Books I Read in 2022
- Mar 24, 2022 Barry Lopez' "HORIZON"
- Essays
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Evolution
- Jul 14, 2022 Adrian Tchaikovsky's "THE DOORS OF EDEN"
- Sep 14, 2021 Andy Weir’s “PROJECT HAIL MARY”
- Jun 4, 2019 Adrian Tchaikovsky's "CHILDREN OF TIME"
- Apr 25, 2018 Neal Stephenson’s "SEVENEVES"
- Nov 29, 2016 Siddhartha Mukherjee's THE GENE: AN INTIMATE HISTORY
- Oct 15, 2015 Edward O. Wilson's THE MEANING OF HUMAN EXISTENCE
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Exceptional
- Dec 13, 2024 Dante's "INFERNO"
- Oct 24, 2024 Charles Burns' “FINAL CUT” (graphic novel)
- Jun 27, 2024 J.R.R. Tolkien’s "THE TWO TOWERS"
- Jun 16, 2024 Thoughts on reading Tolkien’s “THE RETURN OF THE KING”
- Dec 2, 2023 Hannah Arendt's "ANTISEMITISM: PART ONE OF THE ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM"
- Dec 6, 2022 Tade Thompson's "ROSEWATER"
- Nov 3, 2022 Rodrigo García’s “A FAREWELL TO GABO AND MERCEDES: A SON’S MEMOIR”
- Mar 24, 2022 Barry Lopez' "HORIZON"
- Mar 7, 2022 Neil Gaiman's "THE GRAVEYARD BOOK"
- Dec 28, 2021 Madeline Miller’s "CIRCE"
- Jan 23, 2021 Alex Ross’ “Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music"
- Oct 22, 2020 Tamaki & Pugh's “HARLEY QUINN: BREAKING GLASS”
- Sep 3, 2019 Clifford D. Simak’s “WAY STATION”
- May 17, 2019 Umberto Eco's "THE PRAGUE CEMETERY"
- Jul 15, 2017 Bernd Heinrich's “THE SNORING BIRD: MY FAMILY'S JOURNEY THROUGH A CENTURY OF BIOLOGY”
- Mar 16, 2017 Barry Lopez' “ARCTIC DREAMS”
- Nov 29, 2016 Siddhartha Mukherjee's THE GENE: AN INTIMATE HISTORY
- Oct 15, 2015 Edward O. Wilson's THE MEANING OF HUMAN EXISTENCE
- Mar 14, 2015 Felipe Fernández-Armesto’s “OUR AMERICA: A HISPANIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES”
- May 27, 2014 Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace’s “CREATIVITY INC: OVERCOMING THE UNSEEN FORCES THAT STAND IN THE WAY OF TRUE INSPIRATION”
- May 5, 2014 Tim Wu’s MASTER SWITCH: THE RISE AND FALL OF INFORMATION EMPIRES
- Oct 1, 2013 Melvyn Bragg's THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH
- Jan 19, 2008 Lisa Jardine's INGENIOUS PURSUITS: BUILDING THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
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Exploration
- Mar 24, 2022 Barry Lopez' "HORIZON"
- Jan 23, 2021 Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “CHILDREN OF RUIN”
- Feb 3, 2019 Scott Kelly’s ENDURANCE: MY YEAR IN SPACE AND A LIFETIME OF DISCOVERY
- Apr 25, 2018 Neal Stephenson’s "SEVENEVES"
- Mar 16, 2017 Barry Lopez' “ARCTIC DREAMS”
- Mar 14, 2015 Felipe Fernández-Armesto’s “OUR AMERICA: A HISPANIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES”
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Family
- Feb 17, 2025 Solomon J. Brager's "HEAVYWEIGHT: A FAMILY STORY OF THE HOLOCAUST, EMPIRE, AND MEMORY"
- Feb 1, 2024 Emilia McKenzie's "But You Have Friends"
- Aug 11, 2021 Gail Tsukiyama’s “A HUNDRED FLOWERS”
- Jan 15, 2020 Gail Tsukiyama's "THE SAMURAI'S GARDEN"
- Oct 6, 2018 Kyung-sook Shin's PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM
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Fantasy
- Dec 13, 2024 Dante's "INFERNO"
- Oct 24, 2024 Charles Burns' “FINAL CUT” (graphic novel)
- Oct 17, 2024 Marie Brennan's "VOYAGE OF THE BASILISK: A MEMOIR BY LADY TRENT"
- Jul 3, 2024 Wiesner and Napoli’s "FISH GIRL"
- Jun 27, 2024 J.R.R. Tolkien’s "THE TWO TOWERS"
- Jun 16, 2024 Thoughts on reading Tolkien’s “THE RETURN OF THE KING”
- Feb 16, 2024 Haruki Murakami's "KAFKA ON THE SHORE"
- Jul 15, 2023 Quentin Tarantino's "ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD" (novel)
- Aug 3, 2022 Imogen & Isabel Greenberg’s “ATHENA GODDESS OF WISDOM AND WAR"
- Mar 7, 2022 Neil Gaiman's "THE GRAVEYARD BOOK"
- Jan 2, 2022 The Best Books I Read in 2021
- Dec 28, 2021 Madeline Miller’s "CIRCE"
- Mar 27, 2021 Stephen King's "LATER"
- Oct 22, 2020 Tamaki & Pugh's “HARLEY QUINN: BREAKING GLASS”
- Sep 3, 2019 Clifford D. Simak’s “WAY STATION”
- Jul 26, 2018 Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS VOL. 1
- Oct 9, 2017 Pierce Brown's “RED RISING”
- Jan 5, 2016 Marie Brennan's A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS
- Aug 24, 2015 Stephen King’s “THE STAND”
- Nov 18, 2013 Martin Vaughn-James' THE CAGE
- Jul 3, 2011 Dan Simmons' ILIUM
- Oct 14, 2010 Peter F. Hamilton's THE TEMPORAL VOID
- Sep 14, 2010 Peter F. Hamilton's THE DREAMING VOID
- Feb 16, 2006 Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS
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Fiction
- Feb 27, 2025 Larry McMurtry's “BUFFALO GIRLS”
- Dec 13, 2024 Dante's "INFERNO"
- Dec 3, 2024 Ava McKevitt's "Queen of Heaven: a thrilling reimagining of an Ancient Goddess" (book 1 of 3)
- Oct 24, 2024 Charles Burns' “FINAL CUT” (graphic novel)
- Oct 17, 2024 Marie Brennan's "VOYAGE OF THE BASILISK: A MEMOIR BY LADY TRENT"
- Jul 3, 2024 Wiesner and Napoli’s "FISH GIRL"
- Jun 27, 2024 J.R.R. Tolkien’s "THE TWO TOWERS"
- Jun 16, 2024 Thoughts on reading Tolkien’s “THE RETURN OF THE KING”
- May 5, 2024 Percival Everett’s “JAMES”
- Feb 16, 2024 Haruki Murakami's "KAFKA ON THE SHORE"
- Dec 26, 2023 Andy Weir's "ARTEMIS"
- Dec 22, 2023 Frederick Forsyth's "THE SHEPHERD"
- Jul 15, 2023 Quentin Tarantino's "ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD" (novel)
- Jun 2, 2023 The Best Books I Read in 2022
- May 28, 2023 Harry Sidebottom's "FALLING SKY"
- Mar 18, 2023 Bernard Cornwell's "SWORD OF KINGS" (Saxon Tales #12)
- Feb 19, 2023 Lisa See's "SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN"
- Dec 7, 2022 Philip K. Dick's "UBIK"
- Dec 6, 2022 Tade Thompson's "ROSEWATER"
- Nov 21, 2022 Keigo Higashino's "THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X"
- Aug 11, 2022 James Blish's "A CASE OF CONSCIENCE"
- Aug 3, 2022 Imogen & Isabel Greenberg’s “ATHENA GODDESS OF WISDOM AND WAR"
- Jul 14, 2022 Adrian Tchaikovsky's "THE DOORS OF EDEN"
- Jul 3, 2022 James McBride's "DEACON KING KONG"
- Mar 7, 2022 Neil Gaiman's "THE GRAVEYARD BOOK"
- Jan 30, 2022 Molly Knox Ostertag's "THE GIRL FROM THE SEA"
- Jan 2, 2022 The Best Books I Read in 2021
- Dec 28, 2021 Madeline Miller’s "CIRCE"
- Sep 14, 2021 Andy Weir’s “PROJECT HAIL MARY”
- Aug 11, 2021 Gail Tsukiyama’s “A HUNDRED FLOWERS”
- Jun 3, 2021 Elmore Leonard's “THE SWITCH”
- Mar 27, 2021 Stephen King's "LATER"
- Jan 31, 2021 Robert Harris’ “V2”
- Jan 23, 2021 Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “CHILDREN OF RUIN”
- Oct 22, 2020 Tamaki & Pugh's “HARLEY QUINN: BREAKING GLASS”
- Aug 19, 2020 C. J. Box's "LONG RANGE"
- Feb 23, 2020 C. J. Box's "WOLF PACK"
- Jan 24, 2020 Bernard Cornwell's "THE ARCHER'S TALE" (The Grail Quest #1)
- Jan 15, 2020 Gail Tsukiyama's "THE SAMURAI'S GARDEN"
- Dec 1, 2019 John Allyn’s “47 RONIN”
- Aug 4, 2019 Akira Yoshimura’s "SHIPWRECKS"
- Jul 23, 2019 Jeff VanderMeer's "THE STRANGE BIRD: A BORNE STORY"
- Jun 4, 2019 Adrian Tchaikovsky's "CHILDREN OF TIME"
- May 17, 2019 Umberto Eco's "THE PRAGUE CEMETERY"
- Mar 10, 2019 Stephen King's END OF WATCH
- Feb 23, 2019 Robert Harris’ "POMPEII"
- Feb 7, 2019 Stephen King's FINDERS KEEPERS
- Jan 13, 2019 A. E. van Vogt's “THE VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE”
- Dec 25, 2018 Jeff VanderMeer’s BORNE
- Dec 4, 2018 Jeff VanderMeer's “ACCEPTANCE”
- Oct 6, 2018 Kyung-sook Shin's PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM
- Jul 26, 2018 Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS VOL. 1
- Jul 9, 2018 Jeff Shaara’s “GONE FOR SOLDIERS”
- Jul 9, 2018 Jeff VanderMeer’s “ANNIHILATION”
- Feb 7, 2018 Richard Morgan's ALTERED CARBON (novel)
- Jan 20, 2018 Will Eisner’s NEW YORK: THE BIG CITY
- Apr 3, 2017 Rick Wilber's ALIEN MORNING
- Jun 2, 2016 Alix Christie’s "GUTENBERG’S APPRENTICE"
- Jan 28, 2016 Robert Harris’ “DICTATOR”
- Jan 5, 2016 Marie Brennan's A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS
- Aug 24, 2015 Stephen King’s “THE STAND”
- Feb 23, 2015 Robert Harris' “CONSPIRATA”
- Jan 6, 2015 Andy Weir’s THE MARTIAN
- Aug 31, 2014 Todd Tucker's COLLAPSE DEPTH
- Aug 26, 2014 Richard Foreman’s “SWORD OF EMPIRE: CENTURION”
- Aug 25, 2014 Robert Harris’ “IMPERIUM”
- Mar 16, 2014 Richard Foreman's SWORD OF EMPIRE: PRAETORIAN
- Sep 23, 2013 Benford & Brin's HEART OF THE COMET
- Aug 6, 2013 C.S. Forester's THE SHIP
- Jun 24, 2013 Josh Barkan's BEFORE HIROSHIMA: THE CONFESSION OF MURAYAMA KAZUO (Short Story)
- Jan 26, 2013 Junot Díaz' THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
- Oct 1, 2012 Stephen King's UNDER THE DOME
- Sep 24, 2011 C. J. Box's “COLD WIND”
- Jul 23, 2011 Bernard Cornwell's AZINCOURT
- Jul 3, 2011 Dan Simmons' ILIUM
- May 11, 2011 Charles Portis' TRUE GRIT
- Nov 17, 2010 Patrick O'Brian's THE REVERSE OF THE MEDAL
- Oct 14, 2010 Peter F. Hamilton's THE TEMPORAL VOID
- Sep 14, 2010 Peter F. Hamilton's THE DREAMING VOID
- Aug 16, 2010 Graham Greene's OUR MAN IN HAVANA
- Mar 11, 2010 Osamu Tezuka's PHOENIX: A TALE OF THE FUTURE
- Sep 22, 2009 W. Somerset Maugham's THE NARROW CORNER
- Nov 22, 2008 C.J. Box's “IN PLAIN SIGHT”
- Aug 31, 2008 Peter Watts' BLINDSIGHT
- Feb 24, 2008 Arturo Pérez-Reverte's CAPTAIN ALATRISTE
- Jan 19, 2008 Shelby Foote's “SHILOH”
- Dec 19, 2006 Arturo Pérez-Reverte's THE NAUTICAL CHART
- Oct 11, 2006 Conn Iggulden's EMPEROR: THE GODS OF WAR
- Aug 5, 2006 Patrick O'Brian's DESOLATION ISLAND
- May 29, 2006 Patrick O'Brian's THE MAURITIUS COMMAND
- Feb 16, 2006 Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS
- Jan 1, 2006 Patrick O'Brian's THE POST CAPTAIN
- Aug 26, 2005 Patrick O'Brian's MASTER AND COMMANDER
- Jul 10, 2005 Kerri Sakomoto’s “ONE HUNDRED MILLION HEARTS”
- Jun 21, 2005 Arturo Pérez-Reverte's “THE FENCING MASTER”
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First Contact
- Aug 11, 2022 James Blish's "A CASE OF CONSCIENCE"
- Sep 14, 2021 Andy Weir’s “PROJECT HAIL MARY”
- Jun 4, 2019 Adrian Tchaikovsky's "CHILDREN OF TIME"
- Jan 13, 2019 A. E. van Vogt's “THE VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE”
- Apr 3, 2017 Rick Wilber's ALIEN MORNING
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Friendship
- Feb 1, 2024 Emilia McKenzie's "But You Have Friends"
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Genetics
- Sep 3, 2023 Howard Markel's "The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix"
- Sep 14, 2021 Andy Weir’s “PROJECT HAIL MARY”
- Jul 23, 2019 Jeff VanderMeer's "THE STRANGE BIRD: A BORNE STORY"
- Dec 25, 2018 Jeff VanderMeer’s BORNE
- Apr 25, 2018 Neal Stephenson’s "SEVENEVES"
- Jul 15, 2017 Bernd Heinrich's “THE SNORING BIRD: MY FAMILY'S JOURNEY THROUGH A CENTURY OF BIOLOGY”
- Nov 29, 2016 Siddhartha Mukherjee's THE GENE: AN INTIMATE HISTORY
- Apr 1, 2010 Peter Bernhardt's “THE ROSE'S KISS: A NATURAL HISTORY OF FLOWERS”
- Aug 29, 2009 Ed Regis' WHAT IS LIFE: INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF LIFE IN THE AGE OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
- Apr 6, 2008 Evelyn Fox Keller's THE CENTURY OF THE GENE
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Graphic Novel
- Oct 24, 2024 Charles Burns' “FINAL CUT” (graphic novel)
- Aug 19, 2024 Élodie Durand's "TRANSITIONS: A MOTHER'S JOURNEY"
- Jul 3, 2024 Wiesner and Napoli’s "FISH GIRL"
- Feb 1, 2024 Emilia McKenzie's "But You Have Friends"
- Jun 2, 2023 The Best Books I Read in 2022
- Aug 3, 2022 Imogen & Isabel Greenberg’s “ATHENA GODDESS OF WISDOM AND WAR"
- Jan 30, 2022 Molly Knox Ostertag's "THE GIRL FROM THE SEA"
- Oct 22, 2020 Tamaki & Pugh's “HARLEY QUINN: BREAKING GLASS”
- Dec 26, 2018 Simon Stålenhag's “THE ELECTRIC STATE”
- Jul 26, 2018 Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS VOL. 1
- Jun 23, 2018 Guy Delisle's HOSTAGE
- May 24, 2018 Tom Gauld's MOONCOP
- May 6, 2018 Yeon-Sik Hong's UNCOMFORTABLY HAPPILY
- Jan 20, 2018 Will Eisner’s NEW YORK: THE BIG CITY
- Nov 18, 2013 Martin Vaughn-James' THE CAGE
- Jun 11, 2010 Guy Delisle's SHENZHEN
- May 22, 2010 Guy Delisle's PYONGYANG
- Apr 21, 2010 Guy Delisle's BURMA CHRONICLES
- Mar 11, 2010 Osamu Tezuka's PHOENIX: A TALE OF THE FUTURE
- Mar 4, 2010 Osamu Tezuka's BUDDHA (volumes 1-8)
- Jun 10, 2007 Will Eisner's THE PLOT: THE SECRET STORY OF THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION
- Feb 18, 2007 Gene Luen Yang's AMERICAN BORN CHINESE
- Graphic memoir
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Historical Fiction
- May 5, 2024 Percival Everett’s “JAMES”
- May 28, 2023 Harry Sidebottom's "FALLING SKY"
- Mar 18, 2023 Bernard Cornwell's "SWORD OF KINGS" (Saxon Tales #12)
- Feb 19, 2023 Lisa See's "SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN"
- Aug 11, 2021 Gail Tsukiyama’s “A HUNDRED FLOWERS”
- Jan 31, 2021 Robert Harris’ “V2”
- Jan 24, 2020 Bernard Cornwell's "THE ARCHER'S TALE" (The Grail Quest #1)
- Dec 1, 2019 John Allyn’s “47 RONIN”
- Nov 12, 2019 Robert Harris' "AN OFFICER AND A SPY"
- Nov 6, 2019 Stephen King's "11/22/63"
- Aug 4, 2019 Akira Yoshimura’s "SHIPWRECKS"
- May 17, 2019 Umberto Eco's "THE PRAGUE CEMETERY"
- Feb 23, 2019 Robert Harris’ "POMPEII"
- Jul 9, 2018 Jeff Shaara’s “GONE FOR SOLDIERS”
- Jun 2, 2016 Alix Christie’s "GUTENBERG’S APPRENTICE"
- Jan 28, 2016 Robert Harris’ “DICTATOR”
- Feb 23, 2015 Robert Harris' “CONSPIRATA”
- Aug 31, 2014 Todd Tucker's COLLAPSE DEPTH
- Aug 26, 2014 Richard Foreman’s “SWORD OF EMPIRE: CENTURION”
- Aug 25, 2014 Robert Harris’ “IMPERIUM”
- Jul 23, 2011 Bernard Cornwell's AZINCOURT
- Jun 21, 2005 Arturo Pérez-Reverte's “THE FENCING MASTER”