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Review: ‘Twist’ hints that the more we reach out, the more isolated we are
Fiction: Irish writer Colum McCann considers our era of “unfathomable isolation” via a tale about technology and communication.
March 18, 2025
In ’After the North Pole,' explorer chronicles impossible challenges
Nonfiction: An engaging history of the quest to reach the North Pole from a Norwegian explorer who knows all about extreme trips.
February 3, 2025
A look at the trailblazing musicians who came ‘Before Elvis’
Nonfiction: A wide-ranging look at several pioneering Black artists from the Memphis scene who influenced the music and career of Elvis Presley.
January 7, 2025
Stop us if you’ve heard this one: Grizzled loner and kid make their way in an unforgiving land
Fiction: Imaginative post-apocalyptic journey in “The Way” is more focused on the ends than the means.
November 29, 2024
Review: Haruki Murakami is in fine form with ‘The City and Its Uncertain Walls’
Fiction: The novel is a fantastical consideration of life, love and longing from the revered Japanese author.
November 27, 2024
Love, war and the birth of many of the world’s most beloved artworks in ‘Paris in Ruins’
NONFICTION: It’s a precise, engrossing account of the artistic and military environment that preceded the emergence of the Impressionist movement.
September 4, 2024
From Japan, a novel about a girl who makes new friends and rides a hippo to school
FICTION: In “Mina’s Matchbox,” a girl lives with her aunt’s family for a year and discovers a world of knowledge and mystery.
August 14, 2024
A mysterious body is just one adventure the narrator encounters in ‘The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia’
FICTION: A young woman learns about the pitfalls of good intentions in an isolated Italian village.
July 18, 2024
Review: Haruki Murakami is in fine form with ‘The City and Its Uncertain Walls’
Fiction: The novel is a fantastical consideration of life, love and longing from the revered Japanese author.
November 27, 2024
Love, war and the birth of many of the world’s most beloved artworks in ‘Paris in Ruins’
NONFICTION: It’s a precise, engrossing account of the artistic and military environment that preceded the emergence of the Impressionist movement.
September 4, 2024
From Japan, a novel about a girl who makes new friends and rides a hippo to school
FICTION: In “Mina’s Matchbox,” a girl lives with her aunt’s family for a year and discovers a world of knowledge and mystery.
August 14, 2024
A mysterious body is just one adventure the narrator encounters in ‘The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia’
FICTION: A young woman learns about the pitfalls of good intentions in an isolated Italian village.
July 18, 2024