December 31st, 2013
PEOPLE Book Review Index, 2013
People does not offer an online index to their reviews. Below is EarlyWord’s index to reviews from 2013.
The indices to previous years are archived here.
Links from the dates, below, are to the book section for each issue when available (People archives the complete issues on People.com, several weeks after publication); title links are to information from the publishers’ catalogs.
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TOP TEN BOOKS of 2013
1) Tenth of December, George Saunders, (Random House)
2) The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt, Hachette/Little, Brown
3) Going Clear: Scientology, Celebrity, and the Prison of Belief, (RH/Knopf)
4) The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer, (Penguin/Riverhead)
5) The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri, (RH/Knopf)
6) Johnny Carson, Henry Bushkin, HMH
7) The Husband’s Secret, Liane Moriarty, (Penguin/Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam)
8) Wave, Sonali Deraniyagala, RH/Knopf
9) Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson, (S&S)
10) The Engagements, J. Courtney Sullivan, (RH/Knopf)
12/23/13 — Book Review Section — Holiday Gift Guide
A Charlie Brown Christmas, Lee Mendelson, HarperCollins/It Books
The Wizard of Oz : The Official 75th Anniversary Companion, Jay Scarfone and William Stillman, HarperDesign
Skyscrapers, Judith Dupre, Workman/Black Dog & Leventhal
Before They Pass Away, Jimmy Nelson, teNeues Publishing
India, Eric Meola, Welcome Books
All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release, Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin, Workman/Black Dog & Leventhal
Hollywood in Kodachrome, Daviid Wills, HarperCollins/It Books
Verve, Richard Havers, Thames & Hudson
Remodelista, Julie Carlson, Workman/Artisan
Much Loved, Mark Nixon, Abrams
At Home, Bill Bryson, RH/Doubleday
Giraffe Reflections, Dale Peterson and Karl Ammann, University of California Press
The Big New Yorker Book of Cats, Random House
Shake, Carli Davidson, Harper Design
Audio Books:
Matilda, Roald Dahl, read by Kate Winslet, Penguin Audio
The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien, read by Brian Crsnston, Brilliance Audio
The Testament of Mary, Colm Toibin, read by Meryl Streep, S&S Audio
Kids:
Dot, Randi Zuckerberg, HarperCollins
Year of the Jungle, Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
My Pen Pal, Santa, Melissa Stanton, Random House BYR
Locomotive, Brian Floca, S&S/Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
Teens:
Boxers & Saints, Gene Luen Yang, Macmillan/First Second
Go, Chip Kidd, Workman
The Gods of Guilt, Michael Connelly, Hachette/Little, Brown, 3 of 4 stars
Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh, S&S/Touchstone, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Vatican Waltz, Roland Merullo, RH/Crown, 3 of 4 stars
City of Lost Dreams, Magnus Flyte, Penguin, 4 of 4 stars
Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage, Rob Delaney, RH/Spiegel & Grau, 3.5 of 4 stars
Feature:
We Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor, Brilliance/Grand Harbor Press
The Supreme Macaroni Company, Adriana Trigiani, Harper, 3 of 4 stars
The Death of Santini, Pat Conroy, RH/Nan A. Talese, 3.5 of 4 stars
Feature:
Masterminds and Wingmen, RH/Harmony, Rosalind Wiseman
Someone Else’s Love Story, HarperCollins/Morrow, Joshilyn Jackson, 3.5 of 4 stars
Tatiana, Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, 3.5 of 4 stars
A Permanent Member of the Family, Russell Banks, HarperCollins/Ecco, 3 of 4 stars
Knitting Yarns, Ann Hood, Norton , 4 of 4 stars
Interview:
Staying Strong, Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends, Demi Lovato
Feature:
Bargain Fever, Penguin/Portfolio Mark Ellwood
New Books For Dog Lovers To Curl Up With:
Dog Shaming, Pascale Lemire, RH/Three Rivers Press
How To Train Your Boss To Roll Over, Wendy Diamond, Changing Lives Press
Paper Pups, Daniel Stark, powerHouse Books
Pure Joy, Danielle Steel, RH/Delacorte Press
A Story Lately Told, Anjelica Huston, S&S/Scribner, 3.5 of 4 stars
Double Down, Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, Penguin Press, 4 of 4 stars
Stella Bain, Anita Shreve, Hachette/Little, Brown, 3.5 of 4 stars
New in Fiction:
Lies You Wanted To Hear, Sourcebooks Landmark, James Whitfield Thomson
Havisham, Macmillan/Picador, Ronald Frame
Accused,Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press, Lisa Scottoline
Feature:
When Will The Heaven Begin?, Penguin/NAL, Ally Breedlove
Fall Cookbooks:
One Good Dish, Workman/Artisan, David Tanis
The New Midwestern Table,RH/Clarkson Potter, Amy Thielen
Keepers: Two Home Cooks Share Their Tried-and-True Weeknight Recipes and the Secrets to Happiness in the Kitchen, Macmillan/Rodale, Kathy Brennan & Caroline Campion
Moosewood Restaurant Favorites, Macmillan /St. Martin’s Griffin, The Moosewood Collective
The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book, Hachette/Grand Central, Emily Elsen & Melissa Elsen
Johnny Cash: The Life, Robert Hilburn, Hachette/Little, Brown, 4 of 4 stars
Sycamore Row, John Grisham, RH/Doubleday, 3.5 of 4 stars
Mrs. Poe, Lynn Cullen, S&S/Gallery, 3.5 of 4 stars
Feature:
LIFE The Day Kennedy Died: Fifty Years Later: LIFE Remembers the Man and the Moment, Hachette/Life
The Valley of Amazement, Amy Tan, HarperCollins/Ecco, 3 of 4 stars
Nicholson: A Biography, Marc Eliot, RH/Crown Archetype, 3 of 4 stars
The Boy Detective: A New York Childhood, Roger Rosenblatt, HarperCollins/Ecco, 4 of 4 starsStitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair, Anne Lamott, Penguin/Riverhead, 4 of 4 stars
GREAT READS: NEW IN NONFICTION
Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorpsDave Isay, Penguin PressThe Most of Nora Ephron, Nora Ephron, RH/KnopfMonsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football, Rich Cohen, Macmillan/FSGFeature:
Scandal: A Manual, George Rush, Joanna Molloy, Skyhorse PublishingCaffe Lena: Inside America’s Legendary Folk Music Coffeehouse, Jocelyn Arem, Joe Alper, Tim Robbins, powerHouse Books
Quiet Dell, Jayne Anne Phillips, S&S/Scribner, 3.5 of 4 stars
Longbourn, Jo Baker, RH/Knopf, 3.5 of 4 stars
GREAT READS FOR HALLOWEEN:
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune, Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., RH/Ballantine
The Wolves of Midwinter: The Wolf Gift Chronicles, Anne Rice, RH/Knopf
The Daylight Gate, Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press
TIDBITS FROM THE LATEST CROP OF CELEBRITY MEMOIRS:
Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life, Melissa Joan Hart, Macmillan/St. Martin’s
Coreyography: A Memoir, Corey Feldman, Macmillan/St. Martin’s
All in All: An Actor’s Life On and Off the Stage, Stacy Keach, Lyon’s Press
This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith & Life, Gavin MacLeod, Mark Dagostino, Thomas Nelson
The Shift: How I Finally Lost Weight and Discovered a Happier Life, Tory Johnson, HMHHachette/Hyperion
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt, Hachette/Little, Brown, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields, Wendy Lower, 3.5 of 4 stars
GREAT READS NEW IN FICTION:
Lola Bensky, Lily Brett, Counterpoint
Dirty Love, Andre Dubus III, Norton
Blowback, Valerie Plame, Sarah Lovett, Penguin/Blue Rider Press
ALICE MUNRO ESSENTIALS:
Stories from Dear Life, RH/Knopf: “Royal Beatings,” “The Bear Came Over the Mountain,” “Amundsen”
FEATURE:
Johnny Carson, Henry Bushkin, HMH
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Helen Fielding, (RH/Knopf), 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
One Summer: America, 1927, Bill Bryson, (RH/Doubleday), 4 of 4 stars
Interview — My Story, Elizabeth Smart, (Macmillan/St. Martin’s)
The Signature of All Things. Elizabeth Gilbert, (Penguin/Viking), 4 of 4 stars
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, Malcolm Gladwell, (Hachette/Little, Brown), 4 of 4 stars
Picture Me Gone, Meg Rosoff, (Penguin/Putnam Juvenile), 4 of 4 stars
The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard, Stephen Jimenz, (Steerforth), 4 of 4 stars
Interview:
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Helen Fielding, (RH/Knopf)
Doctor Sleep, Stephen King, (S&S/Scribner) 3.5 of 4 stars and a “People Pick”
Enon, Paul Harding, (Random House) 3.5 of 4 stars
Nine Inche: Stories, Tom Perrotta, (Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press), 3 of 4 stars
The Edge of Normal, Carla Norton, (Macmillan/Minotaur) 3 of 4 stars
Help for the Haunted, john Searles, (HarperCollins/Morrow), 3 of 4 stars
GREAT READS: MEMOIRS
Raising My Rainbow (paper original): Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son, Lori Duron, Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka, (RH/Broadway)
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing, Anya Von Bremzen, (RH/Crown)
The Dark Path: A Memoir, David Schickler, (Penguin/Riverhead)
SPOTLIGHT ON:
Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir, Linda Ronstadt, (S&S)
Interviews:
It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way: How to Divorce Without Destroying Your Family or Bankrupting Yourself, Laura Wasser, (Macmillan/ St. Martin’s)
The Girl: A Life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski, Samantha Geimer, (S&S/Atria)
The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri, (RH/Knopf) 4 of 4 stars and a “People Pick”
Tinderbox, Lisa Gornick, (Macmillan/FSG), 4 of 4 stars
The Affairs of Others, Amy Grace Loyd, (Macmillan/Picador), 3 of 4 stars
GREAT READS: NEW IN NONFICTION
I Don’t Know: In Praise of Admitting Ignorance (Except When You Shouldn’t), Leah Hager Cohen, (Penguin/Riverhead)
Five Days At Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, Sheri Fink, (RH/Crown)
Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, John Bradshaw (Basic Books)
INTERVIEWS
Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc., Delia Ephron, (Penguin/Blue Rider)
Still Foolin’ ‘Em : Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?, Billy Crystal, (Macmillan/Holt)
9/23 Book Review Section
FALL’S HOT TITLES
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Helen Fielding, (RH/Knopf)
The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert, (Penguin/Viking)
David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell, (Hachette/Little, Brown)
Doctor Sleep, Stephen King, (S&S/Scribner)
The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri, (RH/Knopf)
We Are Water, Wally Lamb, (Harper)
A House in the Sky, Amanda Lindhout, (S&S/Scribner)
Who Asked You?, Terry McMillan, (Penguin/Viking)
Simple Dreams, Linda Ronstadt, (Simon & Schuster)
The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion, (Simon & Schuster)
The Valley of Amazement, Amy Tan, (HarperCollins/Ecco)
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt, (Hachette/Little, Brown)
9/16 Book Reviews Section
Someone, Alice McDermott, (Macmillan/FSG) 3.5 of 4 stars
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism, Naoki Higashida, KA Yoshida, David Mitchell, (Random House), 3.5 of 4 stars
Margot, Jillian Cantor, (Penguin/Riverhead Trade), 3.5 of 4 stars
Spotlight:
Airline: Style at 30,000 Feet, Keith Lovegrove, (Laurence King Publishers)
GREAT READS: NEW IN NONFICTION
One Doctor: Close Calls, Cold Cases, and the Mysteries of Medicine, Brandan Reilly, (S&S/Atria)
My Brother My Sister: Story of a Transformation, Molly Haskell, (Penguin/Viking)
The Asylum: A collage of couture reminiscences…and hysteria, Simon Doonan, (Penguin/Blue Rider Press)
The Returned, Jason Mott, (Harlequin MIRA), 4 of 4 stars and a “People Pick”
Lookaway, Lookaway, Wilton Barnhardt, (Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press), 4 of 4 stars
Early Decision, Lacy Crawford, (HarperCollins/Morrow ), 3.5 of 4 stars
Interview:
Skinnygirl Solutions, Bethenny Frankel, (S&S/Touchstone)
The Bone Season, Samantha Shannon, (Bloomsbury USA), 3.5 of 4 stars
Queen’s Gambit, Elizabeth Fremantle, (S&S), 3.5 of 4 stars
Night Film, Marisha Pessl, (Random House), 4 of 4 stars
How The Light Gets In, Louise Penny, (Macmillan/Minotaur), 4 of 4 stars
Etched in Sand, Regina Calcaterra, (HarperCollins/William Morrow Paperback original), 3.5 of 4 stars
GEAT READS: NEW IN FICTION
Babayaga, Toby Barlow, (Macmillan/FSG)
After Her, Joyce Maynard, (HarperCollins/William Morrow)
The Violet Hour, Katherine Hill, (S&S/Scribner)
Remembering Elmore Leonard: Titles to try
Rum Punch, (HarperCollins/William Morrow Paperbacks)
The Switch, (HarperCollins/William Morrow Paperbacks)
Swag, (HarperCollins/William Morrow Paperbacks)
The Good Lord Bird, James McBride, Penguin/Riverhead, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Girl You Left Behind, Jojo Moyes, (Penguin/Pamela Dorman), 3 of 4 stars
Great Reads: New AudioBooks:
Heartburn, Nora Ephron, (RH/BOT)
The Silent Wife, A. S. A. Harrison, (Blackstone Audio)
Ask Bob, Peter Gethers, (Blackstone Audio)
Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson, (S&S), 4 of 4 stars
Sandrine’s Case, Thomas H. Cook, (Perseus/Mysterious Press), 3 of 4 stars
Ten Things I’ve Learnt About Love, Sarah Butler, (Penguin Press), 3 of 4 stars
Great Reads: New in Paperback
Dear Life: Stories, Alice Munro, (RH/Knopf)
The Casual Vacancy, J. K. Rowling, (Hachette/Back Bay)
Shine Shine Shine, Lydia Netzer, (Macmillan/St. Martin’s Griffin)
8/12 Book Reviews Section
The Husband’s Secret, Liane Moriarty, (Penguin/Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam), 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Paris Was the Place, Susan Conley, (RH/Knopf), 4 of 4 stars
Coming Clean: A Memoir, Kimberly Rae Miller, (HMH/New Harvest) 4 of 4 stars
The Night of the Comet, George Bishop, (RH/Ballantine), 4 of 4 stars
The Thinking Woman’s Guide To Real Magic, Emily Croy Barker, (Penguin/Pamela Dorman Books), 3 of 4 stars
Interview
A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life, James Bowen, (Macmillan /Thomas Dunne Books)
Great Reads: New in Nonfiction
JFK’s Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President, Thurston Clarke, (Penguin Press)
Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love and Karaoke, Rob Sheffield, (HarperCollins/It Books)
The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving, Leigh Gallagher, (Penguin/Portfolio)
Best New Kids’s Books
Crankee Doodle, Tom Angleberger, Cece Bell, (HMH/Clarion Books)
The Dark, Lemony Snicket, Jon Klassen, (Hachette /Little, Brown BYR)
Ol’ Mama Squirrel, David Ezra Stein, (Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books)
Journey, Aaron Becker, (Candlewick)
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin, Liesl Shurtliff, (RH/Knopf)
Doll Bones, Holly Black, Eliza Wheeler, (S&S/Margaret K. McElderry)
Blood & Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel, Sarah Dunant, (Random House), 4 of 4 stars
The English Girl, Daniel Silva, (Harper), 4 of 4 stars
The White Princess, Philippa Gregory, (S&S/Touchstone), 3.5 of 4 stars
On the Come Up: A Novel, Based on a True Story, Hannah Weyer, (RH/Nan A. Talese), 4 of 4 stars
Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch, Barbara A. Perry, (Norton), 4 of 4 stars
Great Reads: New in Fiction
The Exiles, Allison Lynn, (HMH/New Harvest)
The Execution of Noa P. Singleton, Elizabeth L. Silver. (RH/Crown)
The Measures Between Us, Ethan Hauser, (Macmillan/Bloomsbury USA)
Noted:
This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral – Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking! – in America’s Gilded Capital, Mark Leibovich, (Penguin/Blue Rider Press)
Shirley Jones: A Memoir, Shirley Jones, (S&S/Gallery Books)
Cuckoo’s Calling, J.K, Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith, (Hachette/Grand Central/Mulholland), 3.5 of 4 stars
& Sons, David Gilbert, (Random House), 3.5 of 4 stars
Big Girl Panties, Stephanie Evanovich, (HarperCollins/Morrow), 3.5 of 4 stars
7/22 Book Reviews Section
The Light in the Ruins, Chris Bohjalian, (RH/Doubleday), 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Fin & Lady, Cathleen Schine, (Macmillan/FSG/Chrichton), 4 of 4 stars
Kiss Me First, Lottie Moggach, (RH/Doubleday), 3 of 4 stars
The Lemon Orchard, Luanne Rice, (Penguin/Pamela Dorman), 3 of 4 stars
Blue Plate Special, Kate Christensen, (RH/Doubleday), 4 of 4 stars
The Unknowns, Gabriel Roth, (Hachette/Reagan Arthur), 3.5 of 4 stars
Visitation Street, Ivy Pochoda, (HarperCollins/Ecco/Dennis Lehane), 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Universe Versus Alex Woods, Gavin Extence, (Hachette/Redhook), 3.5 of 4 stars
Freud’s Mistress, Karen Mack, Jennifer Kaufman, (Penguin/Putnam/Einhorn), 4 of 4 stars
Mother Daughter Me, Katie Hafner, (Random House), 3 of 4 stars
Feature:
Dogs Who Smile, Virginia Woof, (Macmillan/St. Martin’s Griffin)
Her Best-Kept Secret: Why Women Drink-And How They Can Regain Control, Gabrielle Glaser, (S&S), 3.5 of 4 stars
Run, Brother, Run: A Memoir of a Murder in My Family, David Berg, (S&S/Scribner), 3.5 of 4 stars
Killer Ambition, Marcia Clark, (Hachette/Mulholland Books), 3 of 4 stars
Great Reads: New in Fiction
Damn Love, Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, (Perseus/PGW/Consortium/Ig Publishing)
Claudia Silver to the Rescue, Kathy Ebel, (HMH)
Sisterland, Curtis Sittenfeld, (Random House), 3.5 of 4 stars
The Last Summer of the Camperdowns, Elizabeth Kelly, (Norton/Liveright), 3.5 of 4 stars
Interview:
Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine, Paul A. Offit, (Harper)
The Astronaut’s Wives Club: A True Story, Lily Koppel, (Hachette/Grand Central)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman, (HarperCollins/Morrow), 3.5 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Why of Things, Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop, (S&S), 3 of 4 stars
Till Human Voices Wake Us, (Amazon CreateSpace), 3 of 4 stars
GREAT READS: NEW IN FICTION
The Son, Philipp Meyer, (Harper/Ecco)
The Bookman’s Tale: A Novel of Obsession, Charlie Lovett, (Penguin/Viking)
On Sal Mal Lane, Ru Freeman, (Graywolf)
Interview:
Safe Kids, Smart Parents: What Parents Need to Know to Keep Their Children Safe, Rebecca Bailey, Elizabeth Bailey, Terry Probyn, (S&S)
Big Brother: A Novel, Lionel Shriver, (Harper) 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World, Nancy Jo Sales (HarperCollins/IT), 3.5 of 4 stars
Sparta: A Novel, Roxana Robinson, (Macmillan/FSG/Crichton), 4 of 4 stars
Crazy Rich Asians, Kevin Kwan, (RH/Doubleday), 3.5 of 4 stars
The Lullaby of Polish Girls, Dagmara Dominczy, (RH/Spiegel & Grau), 3.5 of 4 stars
Featured:
The Tao of Martha: My Year of LIVING; Or, Why I’m Never Getting All That Glitter Off of the Dog, Jen Lancaster, (Penguin/NAL)
World War Z (Movie Tie-In Edition): An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks, (RH/Broadway)
6/10 Book Reviews Section
Great Summer Reads:
Ladies’ Night, Mary Kay Andrews, (Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 6/4)
Sisterland: A Novel, Curtis Sittenfeld, (Random House, 6/25)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler, (Penguin/Marian Wood, 5/30)
The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story, Lily Koppel, (Hachette/Grand Central, 6/11)
The Silver Star: A Novel, Jeannette Walls, (S&S/Scribner, 6/11)
TransAtlantic, Colum McCann, (Random House, 6/4)
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., Adelle Waldman, (Macmillan/Holt, 7/16)
A Hundred Summers, Beatriz Williams, (Putnam, 5/30)
Bad Monkey, Carl Hiaasen, (RH/Knopf, 6/11)
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls: A Novel, Anton DiSclafani, (Penguin/Riverhead, 6/4)
The Engagements, J. Courtney Sullivan, (RH/Knopf, 6/11)
The Widow Waltz, Sally Koslow, (Penguin/Viking, 6/13)
And the Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hossein, (Penguin/Riverhead), 4 of 4 stars, People Pick
We Need New Names, NoViolet Bulawayo, (Hachette/Little, Brown/Arthur), 3.5 of 4 stars
Inferno, Dan Brown, (RH/Doubleday), 3.5 of 4 stars
She Left Me the Gun: My Mother’s Life Before Me, Emma Brockes, (Penguin Press) 3 of 4 stars
The Star Attraction, Alison Sweeney, (Hachette/Hyperion), 3 of 4 stars
Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity, Emily Matchar, (S&S) 3.5 of 4 stars
Feature:
VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave by Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Martha Quinn, with Gavin Edwards, (S&S/Atria)
From Our Contributors:
Is This Tomorrow, Caroline Leavitt, (Workman/Algonquin)
The Outsider: A Memoir, Jimmy Connors, (Harper), 3.5 of 4 stars
The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family, Josh Hanagarne, (Penguin/Gotham), 3.5 of 4 stars
Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall: How I Learned to Love My Body by Not Looking at It for a Year, Kjerstin Gruys,(Penguin/Avery), 3.5 of 4 stars
Flora, Gail Godwin, (Macmillan/Bloomsbury), 3.5 of 4 stars
The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey, (Penguin/Putnam Juvenile), 3.5 of 4 stars
Feature
Raising the Bar, Gabrielle Douglas, (Zonderkids)
Lead — Author Interview:
Obsessed: America’s Food Addiction–and My Own, Mika Brzezinski, (Perseus/Weinstein)
The Lost Husband: A Novel, Katherine Center (RH/Ballantine trade paper original), 3.5 of 4 stars
Carried in Our Hearts: The Gift of Adoption: Inspiring Stories of Families Created Across Continents, Jane Aronson, (Penguin/Tarcher), 3 of 5 stars
Author Interview:
Someday, Someday, Maybe: A Novel, Lauren Graham, (RH/Ballantine)
The Woman Upstairs, Claire Messud, (RH/Knopf)3.5 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Humanity Project, Jean Thompson, (Penguin/Blue Rider), 3 of 4 stars
Somebody To Love, Kristan Higgins, (Harlequin), 3 of 4 stars
Great Reads: New in Nonfiction
Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II, Mitchell Zuckoff, (Harper)
The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life, Rod Dreher, (Hachette/Grand Central)
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder, Charles Graeber, (Hachette/Twelve)
Spot Interviews:
Hillbilly Heart, Billy Ray Cyrus, Todd Gold, (HMH)
Baby Steps: Having the Child I Always Wanted (Just Not as I Expected), Elisabeth Rohm, (Perseus/Da Capo)
Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris, (Hachette/Little, Brown), 3.5 of 4 stars
Palisades Park, Alan Brennert, (Macmillan/St. Martin’s), 3.5 of 4 stars
The Smart One, Jennifer Close,(RH/Knopf), 3 of 4 stars
The Movement of Stars: A Novel, Amy Brill, (Penguin/Riverhead), 3 of 4 stars
Great Reads: Memoirs
My Animals and Other Family, Clare Balding, (Penguin)
Everything Is Perfect When You’re a Liar, Kelly Oxford, (HarperCollins/It Books)
Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story, Carol Burnett, (S&S)
Interview
The Lost Daughter: A Memoir, Mary Williams (Penguin/Blue Rider)
The Shape of the Eye: A Memoir, George Estreich, (Penguin/Tarcher), 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Feature:
By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There: A Memoir, Tom Sizemore, Anna David (S&S/Atria)Great Reads: New in Fiction
A Nearly Perfect Copy, Allison Amend, (RH/Nan A. Talese)
The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner, (S&S/Scribner)
Amity & Sorrow, Peggy Riley, (Hachette/Little, Brown)
The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer, (Penguin/Riverhead), 3.5 of 4 stars
Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America, Jeff Chu, (Harper), 3 of 4 stars
The Mothers, Jennifer Gilmore, (S&S/ Scribner), 3.5 of 4 stars
Spot feature:
It’s All Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great, Gwyneth Paltrow, (Hachette/Grand Central)
Life After Life, Kate Atkinson, (Hachette/Little,Brown/Reagan Arthur), 4 of 4 stars
The Best of Us, Sarah Pekkanen (S&S/ Washington Square Press Original trade pbk), 3.5 of 4 stars
Beyond the Bear: How I Learned to Live and Love Again after Being Blinded by a BearUnsinkable: A Memoir, Debbie Reynolds, Dorian Hannaway, (HarperCollins/Morrow)
Instant Mom, Nia Vardalos, (HarperCollins/HerperOne)
The Burgess Boys, Elizabeth Strout, Random House, 3.5 of 4 stars
Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline, HarperCollins/Morrow Original Trade Pbk, 4 of 4 stars
Mom & Me & Mom, Maya Angelou, Random House, 3.5 of 4 stars
Featured:
Kate Gosselin’s Love Is in the Mix, Kate Gosselin, HCI Books
Excerpt: The Key is Love, Marie Osmond, Penguin/NAL
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, Therese Anne Fowler, Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Family Pictures, Jane Green, Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 3 of 4 stars
A Thousand Pardons, Jonathan Dee, Random House, 3.5 of 4 stars
Abide with Me, Sabin Willett, S&S, 3 of 4 stars
Great Reads: New in Nonfiction:
Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures, Virginia Morrell, RH/Crown
Her: A Memoir, Christa Parravani, Macmillan/Holt
Wave, Sonali Deraniyagala, RH/Knopf
Lead Feature:
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, Sheryl Sandberg, RH/Knopf
Reviews:
Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church, Lauren Drain, Hachette/Grand Central, 3 of 4 stars
Mary Coin, Marisa Silver, Penguin/Blue Rider, 4 of 4 stars
Indiscretion, Chalres Dubow, HarperCollins/Morrow, 3 of 4 stars
Spot features:
The Honest Life: Living Naturally and True to You, Jessica Alba, Macmillan/Rodate
Newborn Puppies: Dogs in Their First Three Weeks, Traer Scott, Chronicle Books
The Still Point of the Turning World, Emily Rapp, Penguin, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Accursed, Joyce Carol Oates, HarperCollins/Ecco, 4 of 4 stars
Gods and Beasts, Denise Mina, Hachette/Little, Brown/Reagan Arthur, 4 of 4 stars
Featured:
Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, Michael Moss, Random House
Rita Moreno: A Memoir, Rita Moreno, Penguin/Celebra and Celebra Trade Spanish Edition
Stranger Here: How Weight-Loss Surgery Transformed My Body and Messed with My Head, Jen Larsen, Seal Press, 4 of 4 stars
We Live in Water: Stories, Jess Walter, HarperPerenniel, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Storyteller, Jodi Picoult, S&S/Atria/Emily Bestler, 3 of 4 stars
Great Reads: New Fiction
Autobiography of Us: A Novel by Aria Beth Sloss, Macmillan/Holt
As Sweet as Honey, Indira Ganesan, RH/Knopf
Wise Men: A Novel, Stuart Nadler
Featured:
The Care & Keeping of You 2, Cara Natterson, American Girl
A Week in Winter, Maeve Binchy, RH/Knopf, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Dinner, Herman Koch, RH/Hogarth, 3 of 4 stars
Shouting Won’t Help, Katherine Bouton, Macmillan/FSG/Sarah Crichton, 3 of 4 stars
Great Reads: New In Fiction
The List, Karin Tanabe, Washington Square Press Pbk Original
Above All Things, Tanis Rideout, Penguin/Amy Einhorn
The Sound of Broken Glass, Deborah Crombie, Harper/Morrow
Wash, Margaret Wrinkle, Grove/Atlantic, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The Love Song of Jonny Valentine, S&S/Free Press, Teddy Wayne, 3 of 4 stars
Frances and Bernard, Carlene Bauer, HMH, 3 of 4 stars
Vampires in the Lemon Grove, Random House, 3 of 4 stars
Featured
Slim for Life, Jillian Michaels (RH/Harmony)
The Pretty One, Lucinda Rosenfeld, Hachette/Little, Brown, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Living and Dying in Brick City, Sampson Davis, RH/Spiegel & Grau, 3.5 of 4 stars
Fresh Off the Boat, Eddie Huang, RH/Spiegel & Grau, 4 of 4 stars
Saturday Night Widows, Becky Aikman, RH/Crown, 3 of 4 stars
Featured:
The Book of Times, Lesley Alderman, HarperCollins/Morrow Paperbacks
Wedding Dogs, Katie Preston Toepfer, Sam Stall, Quirk Books
Schroder, Amity Gaige, Hachette/Twelve, 4 of 4 stars
Touch & Go, Lisa Gardner, Penguin/Dutton, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Aviator’s Wife, Melanie Benjamin, RH/Delacorte, 3.5 of 4 stars
Drinking with Men, Rosie Schaap, Penguin/Riverhead, 3 of 4 stars
Featured:
The Art of Clean Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy, Ursus Wehrli, Chronicle Books,
Hitmaker: The Man and His Music, Tommy Mottola, Cal Fussman, Hachette/Grand Central
Chanel Bonfire, Wendy Lawless, S&S/Gallery, 4 of 4 stars
Backyard Parables, Margaret Roach, Hachette/Grand Central, 3 of 4 stars
News from Heaven: The Bakerton Stories, Jennifer Haigh, Harper, 3.5 of 4 stars
Feature: The Soul of It All: My Music, My Life, Michael Bolton, Hachette/Center Street
The Good House, Ann Leary, Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 4 of 4 stars and a People Pick
Truth in Advertising, John Kenney, S&S/ Touchstone, 3 of 4 stars
Interview: The Heavy, RH/Ballantine
Feature:
Buried Memories, Katie Bears with Carolyn Gusoff, Title Town Publishing — excerpt
The Painted Girls, Cathy Marie Buchanan, Penguin/Riverhead, 3.5 of 4 stars and a People Pick
She Matters, Susanna Sonnenberg, S&S/Scribner, 4 of 4 stars
The One I Left Behind, Jennifer McMahon, HarperCollins/Morrow, 3.5 of 4 stars
Elimination Night, Anonymous, HMH, 3 of 4 stars
Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Amy Wilentz, Simon & Schuster, 3 of 4 stars
Me Before You, Jojo Moyes, Penguin/Pamela Dorman, 3.5 of 4 stars and a People Pick
The World Until Yesterday, Jared Diamond, Penguin/Viking, 3.5 of 4 stars
The History of Us, Leah Steward, S&S/Touchstone, 3 of 4 stars