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reviewed: Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation

Not truly a memoir, nor really an essay collection, Self-Inflicted Wounds defies any kind of classification. Ms. Tyler first ...

Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation - Aisha Tyler

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reviewed: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Like Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, Loung Ung’s memoir First They Killed My Father is the kind of book that leaves...

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers - Loung Ung

reviewed: The Man Who Quit Money

The title of Mark Sundeen’s account of the revolutionary lifestyle and philosophy of Daniel Suelo was what first caught my ey...

The Man Who Quit Money - Mark Sundeen

reviewed: Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town

I absolutely loved Warren St. John’s Outcasts United. I’m not a soccer fan but that didn’t effect my interest in this story o...

Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town - Warren St. John

reviewed: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

I’m beginning to think that Cheryl Strayed is one of the most remarkable humans I could ever know (in the figurative rather t...

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar - Cheryl Strayed

reviewed: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Reading Skloot’s account of Henrietta Lacks’ life and legacy is a deeply rewarding experience, and the true story recounted w...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot

reviewed: Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered

“A Study of Economics as if People Mattered” is the tagline for Small is Beautiful but don’t think this is a boring book on s...

Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered - E.F. Schumacher

reviewed: Eating Animals

Most of you probably know Jonathan Safran Foer as the author behind Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredib...

Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer

reviewed: Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream

The idea of living in a 12 foot by 12 foot cabin is likely more appealing and trendy today than it’s ever been before. I see ...

Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream - William Powers

reviewed: This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

One of the longest and earliest essays featured in this collection recounts Patchett’s method of composition, how she creates...

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage - Ann Patchett

reviewed: Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming

From Al Gore to Kyoto, from sea level rise to fatal disease, Bjorn Lomborg tackles it all in his book Cool It: The Skeptical ...

Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming - Bjørn Lomborg

reviewed: Moranthology

Caitlin Moran has quite quickly taken up residence as one of my new favorite writers. Though she is a renowned columnist acro...

Moranthology - Caitlin Moran

reviewed: Gabriel García Márquez: a Life

Recently I embarked on a daunting and arduous task: completing Gerald Martin’s biography of Colombian writer Gabriel “Gabo” G...

Gabriel García Márquez: a Life - Gerald Martin

reviewed: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

This amazing book addresses a multitude of international women’s issues while placing them in the larger scheme of humanitari...

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide - Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn

reviewed: Small Wonder

I believe that there are a few authors who really speak to each of us in an extremely personal and almost eery way. Maybe the...

Small Wonder - Barbara Kingsolver

reviewed: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

One year without supermarkets. One year of planting, watering, weeding, harvesting. One year without sugary cereals, Chinese ...

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life - Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Camille Kingsolver, Richard A. Houser

reviewed: Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World

I finally got around to reading the incredible Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder as recommended by my friend Sarah, ...

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World - Tracy Kidder

reviewed: All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan

It didn’t take much for me to fall in love with Elizabeth Warren. Her progressive politics, her earnest concern for the pligh...

All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan - Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi

reviewed: Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit

I picked up Barry Estabrook’s Tomatoland with a little bit of resistance. I’m a huge fan of food non-fiction, but I also had ...

Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit - Barry Estabrook

reviewed: Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

When I picked Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bright-Sided up from the library, I was almost embarrassed to be seen with the book, even ...

Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America - Barbara Ehrenreich

reviewed: The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion

I’m pretty smitten with this Meghan Daum character. I read rave reviews of her recently released essay collection The Unspeak...

The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion - Meghan Daum

reviewed: Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House

Meghan Daum’s pseudo-memoir “Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived In That House” is an account of her life told in zip codes, out...

Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House - Meghan Daum

reviewed: Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

Have you ever realized how clothing is restocked so much more quickly in stores these days than a decade or two in the past? ...

Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion - Elizabeth L. Cline

reviewed: The Book Thief

I recently finished re-reading one of my most favorite books, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Though technically a young adul...

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

reviewed: Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name

Vendela Vida’s Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name has been on my to-read list for quite some time now. I’m not sure what...

Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name - Vendela Vida

reviewed: Vaclav and Lena

Haley Tanner’s debut novel Vaclav and Lena is a particular brand of boy meets girl story that was a true delight to read. Vac...

Vaclav and Lena - Haley Tanner

reviewed: Glaciers

completely relished my reading of Alexis M. Smith’s debut novel Glaciers, a delightful book that took barely two hours to fin...

Glaciers - Alexis M. Smith

reviewed: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

What starts as a slightly sketchy job opening working the night shift in a 24-hour bookstore nestled beside a questionable es...

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan

reviewed: The Other Typist

Author Suzanne Rindell crafts an enticing, easy to devour story of deception and sin in her debut novel The Other Typist. Thi...

The Other Typist - Suzanne Rindell

reviewed: Serena

While the setting is not one to which I would typically be drawn – a Depression-era North Carolina lumber camp – Ron Rash’s ...

Serena - Ron Rash

reviewed: The Summer of the Bear

Bella Pollen’s The Summer of the Bear was an absolutely incredible novel. I read all 430 pages in a matter of three days, so ...

The Summer of the Bear - Bella Pollen

reviewed: Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig is an iconic story chronicling a father-son American West motor...

Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values - Robert M. Pirsig

reviewed: The Hand That First Held Mine

Maggie O’Farrell’s The Hand That First Held Mine may not be the most challenging piece of fiction I’ve read in recent months,...

The Hand That First Held Mine - Maggie O'Farrell

reviewed: I'll Give You the Sun

I’ve had trouble getting into most young adult fiction that I’ve crossed paths with lately. Certainly you have to bring some ...

I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson

reviewed: Norwegian Wood

We all know Haruki Murakami is an extremely skilled literary superstar. With Norwegian Wood we get more of the stunning story...

Norwegian Wood - Jay Rubin, Haruki Murakami

reviewed: God, Sex, Drugs, & Suicide And Other Things That Are Good For You

I first knew Joshua McCarthy as a cast member of the little known film “The Life and Times of Andrew Quinn.” The movie was my...

God, Sex, Drugs, & Suicide And Other Things That Are Good For You - Joshua McCarthy

reviewed: Labor Day

I was initially drawn to previews for the film Labor Day because of the story alone: a single mother living takes in an escap...

Labor Day - Joyce Maynard

reviewed: Shopgirl

The more I learn about him, the more convinced I am that Steve Martin is the ultimate Renaissance man. I read his most recent...

Shopgirl - Steve Martin

reviewed: You Deserve Nothing

The story of a teacher and his students at a Parisian school for diplomat’s students, You Deserve Nothing centers upon one of...

You Deserve Nothing - Alexander Maksik

reviewed: The Lover's Dictionary

David Levinthan’s new novel The Lover’s Dictionary is a short and mostly sweet look at an anonymous relationship from A to Z,...

The Lover's Dictionary - David Levithan

reviewed: Callisto

Torsten Krol’s 2007 novel Callisto offers a brilliant, insightful, and hilarious look at modern day American politics, delive...

Callisto - Torsten Krol

reviewed: The History of Love

Nicole Krauss’ The History of Love is quite possibly my very favorite modern novel. Though I’ve read this story more times th...

The History of Love - Nicole Krauss

reviewed: The Lacuna

Mrs. Kingsolver has done it again! I don’t even know how to begin to describe this novel for it is so elaborately written and...

The Lacuna - Barbara Kingsolver

reviewed: Flight Behavior

As is often the case with Barbara Kingsolver’s novels, it took more time than I preferred to get hooked into Flight Behavior....

Flight Behavior - Barbara Kingsolver

reviewed: Last Night in Twisted River

Don’t let the fact that the first chapter of John Irving’s twelfth novel is focused almost entirely upon a logging accident i...

Last Night in Twisted River - John Irving

reviewed: Blind Sight

The last week of December offered me an unusual wealth of free time that I occupied primarily with eating, sleeping, and read...

Blind Sight - Meg Howrey

reviewed: Why We Broke Up

Although I consider young adult fiction to be a guilty pleasure of mine, sometimes I don’t feel quite so guilty about it. Des...

Why We Broke Up - Daniel Handler, Maira Kalman

reviewed: Arcadia

Some books just begged to be discussed with others. For this very reason, I began a book club… and then started another one. ...

Arcadia - Lauren Groff

reviewed: Freedom

Jonathan Franzen is one of today’s most undeniably talented and intelligent writers and, currently, he is pretty much on top ...

Freedom - Jonathan Franzen

reviewed: By Nightfall

After studying his Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel The Hours in college, there was no doubt in my mind that Michael Cunningham i...

By Nightfall - Michael Cunningham

reviewed: Say Her Name

Francisco Goldman’s novel Say Her Name seems to be all the rage right now. I randomly came across a recommendation somewhere ...

Say Her Name - Francisco Goldman

reviewed: Middlesex

Sure, Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex was published back in the early 2000’s and won a Pulitzer in 2003. But this novel has stoo...

Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides

reviewed: Ready Player One

When a member of my book club first suggested Ready Player One as our read for the month of March, I didn’t have high hopes. ...

Ready Player One - Ernest Cline

reviewed: My American Unhappiness

I was first drawn to Dean Bakopoulos’ second novel because of the title My American Unhappiness. This phrase sums up a lot of...

My American Unhappiness - Dean Bakopoulos

reviewed: The Robber Bride

I consider myself a big Margaret Atwood fan, though I’ve only delved into a few of her novels. And I actually only first read...

The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood

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