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This enchanting book is a reminder that not all youthful vainglory is silly; sometimes it’s preparation. Few artists ever proved it like these two.

NY Times

84%
In ''The Kite Runner,'' Khaled Hosseini gives us a vivid and engaging story that reminds us how long his people have been struggling to triumph over the forces of violence -- forces that continue to threaten them even today.

NY Times

86%
Sometimes you finish reading a book and you think, Okay. That’s it. That captures it. I felt like that, reading M Train.

NY Journal of Books

72%
This ambitious first novel introduces 16-year-old Miles Halter, whose hobby is memorizing famous people's last words...But the novel's chief appeal lies in Miles's well-articulated lust and his initial excitement about being on his own for the first time. Readers will only hope that this is not the last word from this promising new author.

Publishers Weekly

80%
Gripping drama, captured with a reporter’s nose for a good story and a novelist’s flair for telling it. The result is a synthetic blend that doesn't do justice to either.

Kirkus

74%
After reading the book, I feel like I managed to pick up the main ideas that Oscar Wilde was trying to convey.

Guardian

74%
...it’s not exactly a humour book — though its footnotes are actually jokey asides, and you’re bound to laugh out loud more than once while you’re reading it.

National Post arts

74%
It was Rebecca that made me realize I didn't wish my life were more like a Gothic novel.

NPR

82%
The book is filled with shout-outs to old friends and frequent addresses to the reader...

National Post arts

93%
“Born to Run” will please the most hardcore Bruce Springsteen fan. It is also critical to understanding one of rock’s most introspective figures. Experiencing Mr. Springsteen’s life in “Born to Run” is a road trip and a concert in one.

Washington Times

78%
Brownstein is unafraid to reveal her emotional vulnerability, making this one of the smartest and most articulate music memoirs in recent years.

Publishers Weekly

76%
...has proved to be the most lasting element of Burnett's literary legacy. Perhaps that shouldn't surprise us, given how ahead of its time it was.

Guardian

80%
The chapters alternate between Cal’s point of view and Frida’s and are heavy on flashbacks that bog down an otherwise tense narrative of survival. This has the bones of an excellent book, but, sadly, an untenable amount of flab is covering them.

Kirkus

64%
This is Story of My Life Annabel, who suffers a not uncommon high school experience, and who excels at avoidance...When Annabel begins a relationship with Owen, who specializes in truth telling, she begins to find courage within herself to face her worst fears...But the flaws were few and your writing, as always, was a wonder to read.

Dear Author

82%
This book lets you make your own opinion on each character and it's not all black and white with baddies and goodies as each of them has multiple flaws which make them all the more interesting.

Guardian

81%
Better even than Robert Stone in his otherwise brilliant Damascus Gate, Kingsolver convinces us that her characters are, first and foremost, breathing, fallible human beings and only secondarily conduits for her book’s vigorously expressed and argued social and political ideas. A triumph.

Kirkus

79%
My first thought was, 'wait, what?' It was very anticlimactic. I am glad to be able to say that I have read this book but I did not really enjoy it at all.

So Many Books, So Little Time

69%
He takes her to a mushroom town, buys a lot, puts up a store and makes the town sit up and take notice. His success goes to his head -- their life becomes a mockery of her high hopes. And after his death, she goes off with a youth who brings her happiness and tragedy. A poignant story, told with almost rhythmic beauty.

Kirkus

84%
Chapters from the girls’ father’s journal, written to the missing Julia, form a poignant counterpoint to the chilling violence of this unsettling tale.

Publishers Weekly

79%
The descent of her older brother, Keller, into schizophrenia shadows the first half of the book; Moore’s adultery the second. Although Gordon includes expected list of celebrities she met throughout life, her unique sensibility never fades.

Publishers Weekly

72%

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