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The Hungry Gene

by Ellen Ruppel Shell

“Compelling. . . . Journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell takes us into the wide world of obesity, seeking answers to how we got here and how we can get back to…

How the Dead Live

by Will Self

“How the Dead Live overflows with rhetorical ecstasy–arabesques of assonance and alliteration, puns peppering every paragraph, chiasmus turning clause after clause back on themselves like a hall of mirrors, page…

The Holiday Season

by Michael Knight

“Michael Knight has the rare power to make a setting breathe, to invest it with a vitality that seems as authentic and intense as the pulse beats of his characters.”…

Here They Come

by Yannick Murphy

“Murphy flawlessly captures a child’s-eye view of a battered society and a battered family . . . Most impressive of all is [her] remarkable use of language, the expressive way…

The Healing Land

by Rupert Isaacson

“A more clear-sighted view [of the Bushmen] is long overdue–which makes Rupert Isaacson’s book most welcome.” –The Economist…

Happiness

by Darrin M. McMahon

“From Herodotus and Aristotle through Locke and Rousseau down to Darwin, Marx and Freud. The musings on happiness of these and dozens of lesser thinkers are lucidly presented in fine,…

Guided by Voices: A Brief History

by James Greer

“Guided By Voices: A Brief History delves into [Robert Pollard’s] music and the vast circle of rock musicians which have contributed to his development. From the band’s incarnations to Pollard’s…

Grey Area

by Will Self

“If Magritte had been a writer instead of a painter, his work might have looked something like the nine stories in Grey Area. . . . Self is daring, original,…

The Good Parents

by Joan London

“Populated with an astonishing number of stories ranging through three generations of an Australian family. Presented with economy and nimble interleaving, they pivot around a central mystery. . . ….

A Girl Could Stand Up

by Leslie Marshall

“Elray Mayhew is one of the truly original literary heroines of the past few decades. . . . A Girl Could Stand Up is the kind of novel that one…