Recent Reviews
‘Brave Genius’ review: A gripping portrait of two heroes
Sean B. Carroll uses his multiple threads to build suspense and keep the reader turning the pages.
Bolz-Weber talks in Washington about Christianity and Oprah
Washington got a taste of the closest thing liberal Christianity has to a star when weightlifter-comic-pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber came to town Tuesday night.
‘I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon,’ by Touré
A new book examines Prince’s relationship with Gen X, the group most responsible for his rise to fame.
YA fiction: ‘Counting by 7s,’ by Holly Goldberg Sloan
When 12-year-old Willow is orphaned, she finds a new home with a scrappy teen friend from school.
Book World: Amy Tan’s ‘The Valley of Amazement’
In the early 20th century, an American girl is sold into the elegant-seeming world of Shanghai prostitution.
Comics review: ‘The Best of Milligan & McCarthy’
From “The Electrick Hoax” to “Rogan Gosh” in one oversized volume.
Three steam-powered children’s books about trains
“Train,” “Steam Train, Dream Train” and “How to Train a Train” celebrate the locomotive.
‘The Animal Book,’ Steve Jenkins
The fastest, fiercest, toughest, cleverest, shyest — and most surprising — animals on Earth.
Gish Jen stirs up anger in Boston
Her reflective essay about the Red Sox inspires an ugly response from some residents.
Book World: ‘The House of Journalists’ by Tim Finch
When the reader becomes a character, it should be easier to remain intrigued.
Fiction: ‘The Abominable,’ by Dan Simmons
Three men race to reach the summit of Mount Everest — and to escape something terrifying.
Fiction: ‘Nostalgia,’ by Dennis McFarland
A young man leaves his loving home to fight in the Civil War, but finds himself in a Union hospital.
How women succumb to alcohol addiction
Ann Dowsett Johnston warns that women are increasingly succumbing to the dark side of alcohol.
The broad reach of slavery and freedom in Virginia
Pulitzer winner Alan Taylor examines the tumultuous history of Virginia slavery from 1812 to the Civil War
Heeeeere’s Johnny!
Henry Bushkin, Johnny Carson’s lawyer, gives an insider’s look at the high-maintenance Tonight Show host
The laws passed by a congress that worked
A replica of George Washington’s bound copy of the laws passed by the first Congress in 1789
Love and family in frolicsome Wodehouse fashion
An extensive hardcover reissuance of P.G. Wodehouse classics continues with two more books
New Amazon program offers books a month before publication
Prime members can choose one book a month for free.
Historical fiction: ‘The Big Crowd,’ by Kevin Baker
Charlie O’Kane rises from a poor Irish immigrant to the mayor of New York — but the mob wants to destroy him.
Minute by minute in the Bush White House
Peter Baker’s ‘Days of Fire’ chronicles the George W. Bush years.
Scary writers’ plans for Halloween
Some will wear imaginative costumes. Some will stay home with a spooky DVD.
Fiction: ‘The Daylight Gate,’ by Jeanette Winterson
This tale of 17th-century witchcraft is utterly spellbinding, says Michael Dirda.
Scary writers’ plans for Halloween
If you spend all year conjuring up vampires, zombies and werewolves, what do you do on Oct. 31?
Q&A with author Chuck Palahniuk
The author of “Fight Club” discusses God, Woodstock, being uncool and sleepovers.
Fiction: ‘We Are Water,’ by Wally Lamb
A mother’s impending wedding to a woman stirs up a flood of old and new traumas.
Terror: ‘The Sleep Room,’ by F. R. Tallis
What’s terrorizing this prestigious psychiatric hospital — ghosts or madmen?
Goodnight, werewolf
Werewolf novelist Benjamin Percy sinks his fangs into Margaret Wise Brown’s classic.
Michael Dirda haunts Politics & Prose this Halloween season
The Washington Post reviewer is teaching a course on classic ghost stories.
Justin Kramon’s superficial, schematic ‘Preservationist’
A new college student attracts the attention of three men — one of them a killer.
Delightful update: ‘Sense & Sensibility,’ by Joanna Trollope
A smart, modern take on Jane Austen’s classic novel, the first in a series that should please Janeites.
One family’s tale of fate and misfortune in 20th century
David Laskin traces his family’s 20th journey, through czarist pogroms, the Holocaust and the founding of Israel.
Review: ‘The Kennedy Half-Century’
Larry Sabato contends Republicans cling to Kennedy’s legacy almost as much as Democrats do.
Review: ‘Camelot’s Court’
Robert Dallek shows JFK struggled to understand that brilliance does not always equal good judgment.
Review: ‘If Kennedy Lived’
Jeff Greenfield wonders what JFK would have done in Vietnam and at home if he’d survived.
Review: ‘A Cruel and Shocking Act’
Philip Shenon offers the trappings of conspiracy literature without quite arguing for a conspiracy.
Review: ‘Top Down’
Jim Lehrer’s novel imagines the suffering of a guilt-ridden Secret Service agent.
Washington Post Bestsellers Nov. 3
The books Washington has been reading.
Washington: From cover to cover
From novels to history to cooking and ghost stories, Post editors and critics offer introduction to capital.
Book World: Amy Tan’s ‘The Valley of Amazement’
In the early 20th century, an American girl is sold into the elegant-seeming world of Shanghai prostitution.
Scary writers’ plans for Halloween
Some will wear imaginative costumes. Some will stay home with a spooky DVD.
Fiction: ‘We Are Water,’ by Wally Lamb
A mother’s impending wedding to a woman stirs up a flood of old and new traumas.
‘Brave Genius’ review: A gripping portrait of two heroes
Sean B. Carroll uses his multiple threads to build suspense and keep the reader turning the pages.
Fiction: ‘The Daylight Gate,’ by Jeanette Winterson
This tale of 17th-century witchcraft is utterly spellbinding, says Michael Dirda.
An adventure to last a lifetime
“Patrick Leigh Fermor,” by Artemis Cooper, is a biography of one of the greatest travel writers of all time.
Love and family in frolicsome Wodehouse fashion
An extensive hardcover reissuance of P.G. Wodehouse classics continues with two more books
One family’s tale of fate and misfortune in 20th century
David Laskin traces his family’s 20th journey, through czarist pogroms, the Holocaust and the founding of Israel.
Scott Turow returns with another legal thriller
In “Identical,” a 25-year-old murder resurfaces and threatens to take down an up-and-coming politician
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