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Category: Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Revisiting John Updike and His Fiction

My son Harry has shamed me into reading War and Peace so you won’t hear from me for a while. Maybe. After hearing her interviewed on Fresh Air, I couldn’t resist buying noted…

Neilson Hays Library — July 23, 2026

Book Reviews

Revisiting John Updike and His Fiction

Michael Finkel and the Recovery Boys Documentary

Books by Lori Gottlieb and Laila Lalami

Compelling Novels by Peter Heller and Molly McCloskey

Memoirs by John Banville and Amy Bloom

Michael Pollan Explores the Science of Psychedelics

Contrasting Novels by David Constantine and Zadie Smith

Socially Relevant Fiction by Hernan Diaz and Ali Smith

Reading Paris Through Simenon and Duras

Winter Book Recommendations for Cozy Afternoons