Portrait of a Spy Every summer we get a new Gabriel Allon book. As I […]
Dreadnought, by Cherie Priest
Dreadnought I somehow managed to miss the second novel* in Cherie Priest’s Clockwork Century series, […]
Life, On the Line, by Grant Achatz
I don’t envy the job of food writers. How do you describe the ephemeral pleasures […]
Flashback, by Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons’ Flashback is a very angry book. I’m hard pressed to say whether it’s […]
A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness
The further I got into Deborah Harkness’ A Discovery of Witches, the more I thought, […]
Unfamiliar Fishes, by Sarah Vowell
Sarah Vowell is the history teacher I wished I’d had in college. Not that I […]
The Broken Kingdoms, by N.K. Jemisin
I’ve been waiting for N.K. Jemisin’s The Broken Kingdoms since I finished the first book […]
Embassytown, by China Miéville
China Miéville’s Embassytown is a book of ideas, more than anything else. While it has […]
Neuromancer, by William Gibson
William Gibson’s Neuromancer has been on my reading list for a long time. And now […]
Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart
It’s strange to say, but George R. Stewart’s Earth Abides is a curiously hopeful post-apocalyptic novel. […]