Book Reviews
Category
Book Review: “Why We Love Star Wars” Celebrates the Small Moments of an Epic Series
Ken Napzok’s compendium of “great moments” is completely inessential and yet, for just about any Star Wars fan, compulsively readable.
Book Review: In “Make My Day,” J. Hoberman revisits “Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan”
Ronald Reagan was America’s only movie-star president — a distinction it now seems he’ll hold forever. That fact wasn’t incidental to his presidency.
Audiobook Review: Margaret Atwood’s “Testaments” Brings New Voices to Gilead
The audio edition of “The Testaments” enlists six readers — including the author herself — to bring Margaret Atwood’s multi-vocal manuscript to life.
Audiobook Review: Star Wars Adventures Introduce the World of Galaxy’s Edge
Delilah S. Dawson’s “Black Spire,” Zoraida Córdova’s “A Crash of Fate,” and George Mann’s “Star Wars Myths & Fables” become immersive Star Wars audiobooks.
The Baby-Sitters Club Books Are Now Out on Audio. All 131 of Them.
Millennials who binged on the paperbacks in their youth can now introduce their own kids to the series as Audible drops all 131 titles in audio form.
Audiobook Review: “Thrawn: Treason” Concludes an Epic Star Wars Trilogy
Author Timothy Zahn keeps us engaged with a character who can outguess just about everyone he encounters — while Thrawn’s own motivations remain elusive.
Book Review: Steve Rushin’s “Nights in White Castle,” in Which a Sportswriting Boy Becomes a Sportswriting Man
In the second volume of his memoir, sportswriting great Steve Rushin chronicles his rise from a Dome Dog vendor to a “Sports Illustrated” staff writer.
Book Review: Howard Rodman’s “The Great Eastern” Pits Ahab Against Nemo
If you’re the kind of steampunk who wears a striped tank suit and a monocle on vacation, Howard A. Rodman’s new novel is the beach read for you.
Audiobook Review: Mona Awad’s “Bunny” Is a Hare-Raising Allegory of the Writing Process
Mona Awad’s new novel is a gothic fairy tale rife with symbolism, one that takes a cartoonish distillation of a graduate program as its setting.
Book Review: Did Disney Save Star Wars? The Question is Academic.
In two new books, scholars suss out how a franchise built by a solo auteur has flourished in the care of a giant corporation.
Audiobook Review: “Alphabet Squadron” Spells Out a New Kind of Star Wars Story
“Alphabet Squadron” takes us deep into the trenches with a ragtag band of New Republic pilots, and the audiobook has a new sound for this gritty story.
Book Review: Emily Nussbaum and Jia Tolentino Change the Channel
Two of this summer’s essential new books, “I Like to Watch” and “Trick Mirror,” come from staff writers at the New Yorker.