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- UTTER INCOMPETENTS: Ego and Ideology in the Age of Bush. By Thomas Oliphant. Thomas Dunne Books, 291 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jerry Ridling - RHETT BUTLER’S PEOPLE. By Donald McCaig. St. Martin’s Press, 500 pages, $27.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by DeWana Yates Howard - THE DEATH TRUST. By David Rollins. Bantam, 399 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Phyllis Rommens
- THE STAR MACHINE. By Jeanine Basinger. Knopf, 576 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by William S. Allen - HURRICANE SEASON: A Coach, His Team, and Their Triumph in the Time of Katrina. By Neal Thompson. Free Press, 308 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by Athelia Gibbs - GOD AND GOLD: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World. By Walter Russell Mead. Knopf, $27.95, 449 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Ronald Fritze - NUREYEV: The Life. By Julie Kavanagh. Pantheon, 782 pages, $37.50, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - AMAZING GRACE. By Danielle Steel. Delacorte, 324 pages, $27, hardcover.
Reviewed by Annette Russell - THE STILLBORN GOD. By Mark Lilla. Knopf, 334 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - ONE MISSISSIPPI. By Mark Childress. Back Bay Books, 385 pages, $13.99, paperback.
Reviewed by Phyllis Rommens - JANE AND THE BARQUE OF FRAILTY (A Jane Austen Mystery). By Stephanie Barron. Bantam, 304 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Amy Pollick - ELVIS IS TITANIC. By Ian Klaus. Knopf, 240 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE WAR: An Intimate History 1941-1945. By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns. Knopf, 452 pages, $50, hardcover.
Reviewed by Richard McCann - THE ASSASSIN’S SONG. By M.G. Vassanji. Knopf, 226 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - THE BLAIR YEARS. By Alastair Campbell. Knopf, 794 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE AMATEUR GOURMET: How to Shop, Chop and Table-Hop Like a Pro (Almost). By Adam D. Roberts. Bantam, 216 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - AVOID BORING PEOPLE: And Other Lessons from a Life in Science. By James D. Watson. Knopf, 347 pages, $26.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - ARSENALS OF FOLLY: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race. By Richard Rhodes. Knopf, 386 pages $28.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jerry Ridling - HIKING ALABAMA: A Guide to Alabama’s Greatest Hiking Adventures. By Joe Cuhaj. FalconGuides, 313 pages, $17.95, paperback.
Reviewed by Scott Morris - LENIN, STALIN AND HITLER: The Age of Social Catastrophe. By Robert Gellately. Knopf, 696 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by Timothy Scott - WHAT HIGH SCHOOLS DON’T TELL YOU: 300-Plus Secrets to Make Your Kid Irresistible to Colleges by Senior Year. By Elizabeth Wissner-Gross. Penguin, 288 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - GIVING: How Each of Us Can Change The World. By Bill Clinton. Knopf, 240 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - THE BERLIN WALL. By Frederick Taylor. Harper Collins, 486 pages, $27.95, paperback.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE SILVER BOUGH. By Lisa Tuttle. Bantam, 337 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - MACHIAVELLI: Philosopher of Power. By Ross King. Harper Collins, 295 pages, $21.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - REBEL ISLAND. By Rick Riordan. Bantam, 336 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by William S. Allen - ALL SAINTS. By Liam Callanan. Delacorte, 278 pages, $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - GARDEN SPELLS. By Sarah Addison Allen. Bantam, 290 pages, $20, hardcover.
Reviewed by Michelle Tanner - BRIDGE OF SIGHS. By Richard Russo. Knopf, $26.95, 544 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - ANCHORED IN LOVE: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash. By John Carter Cash. Thomas Nelson, $24.99, 202 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Amy Pollick - KELBRN. By Carter Martin. Xlibris, 260 pages, $21.99 (list), softcover.
Reviewed by Jack Ellis - EDITH WHARTON. By Hermione Lee. Knopf, 869 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE: A Memoir. By Carolyn Jourdan. Algonquin, 304 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - ONWARD WE CHARGE: The Heroic Story of Darby’s Rangers in World War II. By H. Paul Jeffers. Penguin, 320 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Johnny R. Covington - THE BERLIN WALL. By Frederick Taylor. Harper Collins, 486 pages, $27.95, paperback.
Reviewed by John Davis - SEIZING DESTINY. By Richard Kluger. Knopf, 649 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - BEYOND REACH. By Karin Slaughter. Delacorte, 404 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Timothy Scott - BAD MONKEYS. By Matt Ruff. HarperCollins, 230 pages, $20, hardcover.
Reviewed by William S. Allen - THE ART THIEF. By Noah Charney. Atria, 290 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - BEYOND BLUE ICE. By Stanley K. Smith. Author House, 292 pages, $13.85, softcover.
Reviewed by Richard McCann - IF TODAY BE SWEET. By Thrity Umrigar. Morrow, 296 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - LITTLE HEATHENS: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression. By Mildred Armstrong Kalish. Bantam, 292 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Athelia Gibbs - PRACTICING: A Musician’s Return to Music. By Glenn Kurtz. Knopf, 238 pages, $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by Mike Moore - ABSOLUTE JUSTICE. By David Cauthen. AuthorHouse, 437 pages, $30 hardback, $20 paperback.
Reviewed by Regina Wright - A SPECIAL MISSION. By Dan Kurzman. DaCapo, 284 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - DIVISADERO. By Michael Ondaatje. Knopf, 273 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - AFTER DARK. By Haruki Murakami. Knopf, 191 pages, $22.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Franklin Harris - A WOMAN IN CHARGE: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton. By Carl Bernstein. Knopf, 628 pages, $27.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Judy Counts - DARK ANGELS. By Karleen Koen. Three Rivers, 544 pages, $15.95, paperback.
Reviewed by Amy Pollick - A TWITTERING OF SPARROWS. By Gray Sutherland. Gray Ink Ephemera, 220 pages, $20, paperback.
Reviewed by John Davis - WHAT MATTERS MOST. By Luanne Rice. Bantam-Dell, 338 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Danny Russell - A MIRROR GARDEN. By Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian and Zara Houshmand. Knopf, 322 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - BUNGALOW 2. By Danielle Steel. Delacorte, 338 pages, $27, hardcover.
Reviewed by Annette Russell - THE SECOND OBJECTIVE. By Mark Frost. Hyperion, 319 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Frank E. Toro - KING, KAISER, AND TSAR. By Catrine Clay. Walker and Co., $26.95, 418 pages, paperback.
Reviewed by John Davis - MORE SEX IS SAFER SEX: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics. By Steven E. Landsburg. Free Press, 274 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by Derek Berry - THE FACE OF DEATH. By Cody McFadyen. Bantam, 480 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - AGE OF BETRAYAL: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900. By Jack Beatty. Knopf, 483 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by Wayne Holliday - BODY SURFING. By Anita Shreve. Little, Brown & Co., 291 pages, $25.99, hardcover.
Reviewed by Phyllis Rommens - THE VIOLIN MAKER: Finding a Centuries-Old Tradition in a Brooklyn Workshop. By John Marchese. HarperCollins, 222 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Richard McCann - GENGHIS: Birth of an Empire. By Conn Iggulden. Delacorte, 383 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Athelia Gibbs - EVOLUTION FOR EVERYONE. By David Sloan Wilson, Ph.D. Delacorte, 304 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE RICHNESS OF LIFE: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould. By Stephen Jay Gould. Norton, 654 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by Mike Moore - PATRIOT HEARTS: A Novel of the Founding Mothers. By Barbara Hambly. Bantam, 430 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dorothy R. Vinson - LEOPARDS KILL. By Jim DeFelice. Doherty, 335 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Timothy Scott - SEND: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home. By David Shipley and Will Schwalbe. Alfred A. Knopf, 247 pages, $19.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Steve Stewart - ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE: A Year of Food Life. By Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver. Harper Collins, 370 pages, $26,95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - CAT AND MOUSE. By Harold Coyle. Forge, $24.95, 384 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Danny Russell - TAPAS. By Penelope Casas. Knopf, 272 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - THE ALIBI CLUB. By Francine Mathews. Bantam, 303 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - THE FATHER OF ALL THINGS. By Tom Bissell. Pantheon, 407 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - LENI: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl. By Steven Bach. Knopf, 358 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by Charles W. Adams - HENRY HUDSON: Dreams and Obsession. By Corey Sandler. Citadel Press, 431 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - MR. THUNDERMUG. By Cornelius Medvei. HarperCollins, 105 pages, $14.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM. By George Tenet, with Bill Harlow. Harper Collins, 549 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - PRISONER OF TEHRAN: A Memoir. By Marina Nemat. Free Press, 306 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - MR. THUNDERMUG. By Cornelius Medvei. HarperCollins, 105 pages, $14.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THROUGH THE CHILDREN’S GATE: A Home in New York. By Adam Gropnik. Alfred A. Knopf, 318 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - THE SUMMER OF 1787. By David O. Stewart. Simon and Schuster: New York; 349 pages, $27, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - TAKE THIS BREAD: A RADICAL CONVERSION. By Sara Miles. Ballantine, $24,95, 283 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - A HANDBOOK TO LUCK. By Cristina Garcia. Knopf, 272 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by William S. Allen - MAGICAL MYSTERY TOURS: My Life with the Beatles. By Tony Bramwell. St. Martin’s Griffin, 448 pages, $15.95, paperback
Reviewed by Amy Pollick - HOUSE OF MEETINGS. By Martin Amis. Knopf, 242 pages; $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO. By Dan Fesperman. Knopf, 323 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - 52 WEEKENDS IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. By Charles T. Frew and Daniel R. Frew. Frew and Associates, 212 pages, $24.95, softcover.
ALABAMA IMPRESSIONS. Photography by Robert P. Falls Sr. Farcountry Press, 80 pages, $9.95, softcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - CHILD OF THE JUNGLE: The True Story of a Girl Caught Between Two Worlds By Sabine Kuegler. Warner, 272 pages, $24.99, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - WHITEHORN WOODS. By Maeve Binchy. Knopf, 339 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Lois Dougherty - THE WHOLE WORLD OVER. By Julia Glass. Pantheon, 512 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - THE BLOOD SPILT. By Asa Larsson, translated by Marlaine Delargy. Bantam Dell, $22, 339 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH AND THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR. By Leonard L. Richards. Knopf, 289 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - TEN SECOND STAIRCASE. By Christopher Fowler. Bantam, 356 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - LIDIA’S ITALY: 140 Simple and Delicious Recipes From The Ten Places in Italy Lidia Loves Most. By Lidia Matticchio Bastianich. Knopf, 384 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - EXTRAORDINARY KNOWING. By Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, Ph.D. Bantam, 304 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by Joe Blackburn - A FAR COUNTRY. By Daniel Mason. Knopf Publishing, 288 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - ANOTHER GREEN WORLD. By Richard Grant. Knopf, 384 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - SHOPAHOLIC & BABY. By Sophie Kinsella. Dial, 359 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Rachel Groves - SKYLARK FARM. By Antonia Arslan. Knopf, 288 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by William S. Allen - PEACE BE UPON YOU: The Story of Muslim, Christian and Jewish Coexistence. By Zachary Karabell. Knopf, 343 pages, $26.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - THE SPELLMAN FILES. By Lisa Lutz. Simon & Schuster, 358 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Richard McCann - STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS: Pandora’s Legion. By Harold Coyle and Barrett Tillman. Tom Doherty Associates, $24.95, 331 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Danny Russell - IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN. By Hisham Matar. Dial, 256 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - THE POST-PETROLEUM SURVIVAL GUIDE AND COOKBOOK. By Albert Bates. New Society Publishers, 237 pages, $19.95, paperback.
Reviewed by John Davis - VALENTINES. By Olaf Olafsson. Pantheon Books, 216 pages, $23, hardback.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - JAMESTOWN WOMAN. By Sue Allan. Domtom, 275 pages, $14.99, paperback.
Reviewed by Larry R. Brown - ADOPTED SON. By David A. Clary. Bantam, 564 pages, $27, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - STILL LIFE WITH HUSBAND. By Lauren Fox. Knopf, 272 pages, $22.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Loretta Gillespie - THE STRANGLER. By William Landay. Delacorte, 368 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by William S. Allen - ONE LAST BREATH. By Stephen Booth. Bantam, 406 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - Ex-Decatur man hopes play will inspire reading
Reviewed by Ronnie Thomas - TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE. By Madison Smartt Bell. Pantheon, 333 pages, $27, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - FALLING PALACE: A Romance of Naples. By Dan Hofstadter. Knopf, $24, 247 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - NICOLE KIDMAN. By David Thomson. Knopf, 284 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - PRINTS CHARMING. By Rebecca Seitz. WestBow Press, 294 pages, $14.99, paperback.
Reviewed by Loretta Gillespie - THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK. By Alice Munro. Knopf, 368 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - THAT SWEET ENEMY. By Robert and Isabelle Tombs. Knopf, 782 pages, $40, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - BERTHA-SIZE YOUR LIFE! By Jane Carroll. Author’s Press, 179 pages, $10.95, paperback.
Reviewed by Sharon L. Bryant - MOTOWN IN LOVE. Edited by Herb Jordan. Pantheon, pages, $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - LARRY BOND’S FIRST TEAM: FIRES OF WAR. By Larry Bond and Jim Defelice. Tom Doherty Associates, 383 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Laura Axelrod - THE RAVAGING TIDE: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America’s Coastal Cities. By Mike Tidwell. Free Press, 196 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Laura Axelrod - MEMNON. By Scott Oden. Medallion Press, 503 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jenny Morris - LITTLE MONEY STREET: In search of Gypsies and their Music in the South of France. By Fernanda Eberstadt. Knopf, 242 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - AMERICAN FASCISTS. By Chris Hedges. Free Press, 254 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - IN LUCIA’S EYES. By Arthur Japin, translated from the Dutch by David Kolmer. Knopf, 235 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - THE HARBOR BOYS. By Hugo Hamilton. Harper Collins, 263 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - THIS HAS HAPPENED. By Piera Sonnino. Palgrave McMillan, 215 pages, $21.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE END OF CALIFORNIA. By Steve Yarbrough. Knopf, 303 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Derek Berry - SKINNY. By Ibi Kaslik. Walker, 244 pages, $16.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jenny Morris - CLIMBING THE MANGO TREES: A Memoir of a Childhood in India. By Madhur Jaffrey. Knopf, 297 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - HANNIBAL RISING. By Thomas Harris. Delacorte, 323 pages, $27.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Joyce White Torbert - GOD, ARE WE THERE YET? By Robert Stofel. Life Journey, 189 pages, $12.99, paperback.
Reviewed by John Davis - SOLDIER: THE LIFE OF COLIN POWELL. By Karen DeYoung. Knopf, 624 pages, $28.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Errek Jett - LINCOLN’S SWORD: The Presidency and the Power of Words. By Douglas L. Wilson. Knopf, 277 pages, $26.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Gloria Blaxton - TOUCHDOWN ALEXANDER: My Story of Faith, Football, and Pursuing the Dream. By Shaun Alexander with Cecil Murphey. Harvest House Publishers, 224 pages, $22.99, hardcover.
Reviewed by Stephanie N. Murphy - ABSENT FRIENDS. By S.J. Rozan. Delta, Reprint edition, 367 pages, $12, paperback.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - GALLATIN CANYON: Stories. By Thomas McGuane. Knopf, 220 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - THUMBS, TOES, AND TEARS. By Chip Walter. Walker and Co., 272 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - SAVING THE WORLD.By Julia Alvarez. Shannon Ravenel, Charlotte, N.C., 24.95, 362 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - THE LAY OF THE LAND. By Richard Ford. Knopf, 496 pages, $26.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - H.R.H. By Danielle Steel. Delacorte, 323 pages, $27, hardcover.
Reviewed by Annette Russell - SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC. By David Crane. Knopf, 572 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - A MILLION NIGHTINGALES. By Susan Straight. Pantheon, 340 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Yvonne R. Williams - CHRIST THE LORD: Out of Egypt. By Anne Rice. Fawcett, 368 pages, $7.99, trade paperback (October 2006); Alfred A. Knopf, 322 pages, $25.95, hardcover (November 2005).
Reviewed by Melanie Smith - THE SUSHI EXPERIENCE. By Hiroko Shimbo. Knopf, 280 pages, $40, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America. By William Julius Wilson & Richard P. Taub. Knopf, 228 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Laura Axelrod - A MANSION’S MEMORIES. By Mary Chapman Mathews. University of Alabama Press, 130 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - NATURE GIRL. By Carl Hiaasen. Knopf, 306 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Scott Mayo - FOR AMERICA: Simple Things Each of Us Can Do to Make Our Country Better. By Sacha Zimmerman. Readers Digest Association, $15, 208 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - THE ARCHITECTURE OF HAPPINESS. By Alain de Botton. Pantheon, 280 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - HOLLYWOOD STATION. By Joseph Wambaugh. Little, Brown and Company, 340 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Judy Counts - BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN. By Haruki Murakami. Knopf, 334 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Derek Berry - GROWING GIRLS. By Jeanne Marie Laskas. Bantam, 272 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Loretta Gillespie - SOUTH BY SOUTHEAST. By Anthony Horowitz. Philomel Books, 148 pages, $16.99, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jenny Morris - THINGS I DIDN’T KNOW. By Robert Hughes. Knopf, 395 pages, $27.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION. By Sam Harris. Knopf: 96 pages, $19.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Franklin Harris - KEEPER OF THE KEYS. By Perri O’Shaughnessy. Delacorte, 322 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Judy Counts - ALABAMA FOLK POTTERY. By Joey Brackner. University of Alabama Press, 352 pages, $60, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - TWELVE DAYS: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. By Victor Sebestyen. Pantheon, 340 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - DEVOTION: A novel based on the life of Winnie Davis, daughter of the Confederacy. By Julia Oliver. The University of Georgia Press, 213 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Holly Hollman - WILD DUCKS FLYING BACKWARD. By Tom Robbins. Bantam, 272 pages, $12, paperback.
Reviewed by William S. Allen - PRISONERS. By Jeffrey Goldberg. Knopf, 312 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - DRIVING WITH THE DEVIL. By Neal Thompson Crown. 411 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE TYRANNICIDE BRIEF. By Geoffrey Robertson. Pantheon, 429 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - AMERICANS AT RISK: Why We Are Not Prepared For Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now. By Irwin Redlener. Knopf, 304 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - ETHICAL REALISM. By Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman. Pantheon, 199 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE ROAD. By Cormac McCarthy. Knopf, 241 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Scott Mayo - THE COLLECTORS. by David Baldacci. Warner, 438 pages, $26.99, hardcover.
Reviewed by DeWana Yates Howard - SLEEPING FRESHMEN NEVER LIE. By David Lubar. Dutton, 279 pages, $16.99, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jenny Morris - ISOLATION WARD. By Joshua Spanogle. Delacorte, 391 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Joyce White Torbert - GAME DAY ALABAMA FOOTBALL: The Greatest Games, Players, Coaches and Teams in the Glorious Tradition of Crimson Tide Football. Edited by Rob Doster; foreword by Mike Shula. Triumph Books, 146 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Michele Cook - BAD FAITH. By Carmen Callil. Knopf, 605 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - WHO AM I WITHOUT HIM?. By Sharon G. Flake. Hyperion, 168 pages, $15.99, hardback.
Reviewed by Jenny Morris - IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY. By Rajiv Chandrasekaran. Knopf, 320 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - WITHOUT PRECEDENT: Inside the 9/11 Commission. By Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton. Knopf, 370 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - TRIPTYCH. By Karin Slaughter. Bantam Dell, 390 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Joyce White Torbert - WHO ARE WE, REALLY? The Truth About Why We Think and Act the Way We Do. By Robert Wiedemeyer. Dendrax, 352 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Joyce White Torbert - THE DEVIL’S FEATHER. By Minette Walters. Knopf, 368 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING. By Jason Sokol. Knopf, 433 pages, $27.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - LBJ: Architect of American Ambition. By Randall B. Woods. Free Press, 1007 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - BE MORE CHILL. By Ned Vizzini. Miramax, 293 pages, $16.95, paperback.
Reviewed by Jenny Morris - MAKE HIM LOOK GOOD. By Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez. St. Martin’s, 384 pages, $22.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - THE TINSMITH’S SON. By Joe Werner. Authorhouse, 228 pages, $24.99, hardcover.
Reviewed by William S. Allen - THE ASSASSINS GALLERY. By David L. Robbins. Bantam Dell, 411 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by David DeVaney - THE FIVE LOST AUNTS OF HARRIET BEAN. By Alexander McCall Smith. Bloomsbury, 117 pages, $9.95 hardcover.
Reviewed by Jenny Morris - SPIRIT AND FLESH. By James M. Ault Jr. Knopf, 435 pages, $27.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - A MADMAN DREAMS OF TURING MACHINES. By Janna Levin. Knopf, 230 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Derek Berry - THE TASTE OF COUNTRY COOKING. By Edna Lewis. Knopf, 268 pages, $22.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - MAGIC TIME. By Doug Marlette. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 496 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Joyce White Torbert - IN SEARCH OF WILLIE MORRIS. By Larry L. King. Public Affairs, 354 pages, $26.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Richard McCann - THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISLAND. By Michel Houellebecq and Gavin Bowd. Knopf, 352 pages, $24,95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - SAILING FROM BYZANTIUM: How a Lost Empire Shaped the World. By Colin Wells. Dell, 368 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by William S. Allen - HEAT: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany. By Bill Buford. Knopf, 315 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Patty Cosby - BETRAYING SPINOZA: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity. By Rebecca Goldstein. Schocken, 287 pages, $19.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Franklin Harris - BY A SLOW RIVER. By Philippe Claudel. Knopf, 194 pages. $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by Larry R. Brown - ANNA OF ALL THE RUSSIAS. By Elaine Feinstein. Knopf, 331 pages, $27.50, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - SUN STORM. By Asa Larsson, translated by Marlaine Delargy. Delacorte, 307 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - BIRDS OF ALABAMA. By Stan Tekiela. Adventure Publications, 350 pages, $14.95, softcover.
Reviewed by Scott Morris - LITERACY AND LONGING IN L.A. By Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack. Delacorte, 325 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - ALABAMA MOON. By Watt Key. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 304 pages, $16, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - THE TOUGHEST SHOW ON EARTH: My Rise and Reign at the Metropolitan Opera. By Joseph Volpe with Charles Michener. Alfred A. Knopf, 304 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - ALTERNATE BEAUTY. By Andrea Rains Waggener. Bantam Dell, 371 pages, $14, trade paperback.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - SLEEPING WITH FEAR: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel. By Kay Hooper. Bantam, 292 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by DeWana Yates Howard - A TASTE OF SOUTHERN ITALY: Delicious Recipes and a Dash of Culture. By Marlena de Blasi. Ballantine, 268 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - THE KING IN THE WINDOW. By Adam Gopnik. Miramax/Hyperion, $19.95, 416 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - THEFT. By Peter Carey. Knopf, 269 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Mike Moore - THE RUINS. By Scott Smith. Knopf, 336 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dawn McNutt - ON LATE STYLE: Music and Literature Against the Grain. By Edward Said. Pantheon, 176 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Cheryl Carpenter - COMING OUT. By Danielle Steel. Bantam Dell, 195 pages, $20, hardcover.
Reviewed by Annette Russell - THE PIRATES! In an Adventure with Ahab. By Gideon Defoe. Pantheon, 145 pages, $15.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE PRISONER OF GUANTÁNAMO. By Dan Fesperman. Knopf, 336 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by William S. Allen - THE DARWIN CONSPIRACY. By John Darnton. Knopf, $25, 305 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - REPORTING. By David Remnick. Knopf, 481 pages, $27.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - SANDCASTLES. By Luanne Rice. Bantam Dell, $24, 336 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Annette Russsell - ATCHAFALAYA HOUSEBOAT: My Years in the Louisiana Swamp. By Gwen Roland. Louisiana State University Press, 162 pages, $22.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Richard McCann - THE SHORT LIFE AND LONG TIMES OF MRS. BEETON. By Kathryn Hughes. Alfred Knopf, 400 pages, $29.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Toby Sewell - LIQUIDATION. By Imre Kertesz. Knopf, 130 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - MATISSE THE MASTER: A Life of Henri Matisse: The Conquest of Colour: 1909-1954. By Hilary Spurling. Knopf, 512 pages, $40, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dorothy Riggs Vinson - STALKING THE PUZZLE LADY. By Parnell Hall. Bantam, $24.95, 304 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - UNKNOWN SOLDIERS. By Neil Hanson. Knopf, 470 pages, $28.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE GIRL WHO WALKED HOME ALONE: Bette Davis, a Personal Biography. By Charlotte Chandler. Simon & Schuster, 348 pages; $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - TERRORIST. By John Updike. Knopf, 310 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Wayne Holliday - PATRIOTIC FIRE. By Winston Groom. Knopf, 292 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - FIREWORKS. By Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop. Knopf, $23.95, 290 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Michael R. Fiske - EATING STONE. By Ellen Meloy. Pantheon, 330 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE HUSBAND. By Dean Koontz. Bantam, 400 pages, $27, hardcover.
Reviewed by DeWana Yates Howard - MOON CALLED. By Patricia Briggs. Ace Books, 288 pages, $7.99, softcover.
Reviewed by Scott Hopkin - FISHING FOR GOLD: The Story of Alabama’s Catfish Industry. By Karni R. Perez. Fire Ant, 280 pages, $22.95, softcover.
Reviewed by William S. Allen - SOUR PUSS: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery. By Rita Mae Brown. Bantam, 272 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Amy Pollick - THE TRAIN TO LO WU. By Jess Row. Dial Press, 190 pages, $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE DISPOSABLE AMERICAN. By Louis Uchitelle. Knopf, 283 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - WAR OF NERVES. By Jonathan B. Tucker. Pantheon, 479 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - A GODLY HERO. By Michael Kazin. Knopf, 374 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - CHALLENGER PARK. By Stephen Harrigan. Knopf, $24.95, 416 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Michael R. Fiske - THE LAST WITNESS FROM A DIRT ROAD. By Bill Hunt. BookSurge, 248 pages, $18.99, paperback.
Reviewed by John Davis - A FINE PLACE TO DAYDREAM. By Bill Barich. Knopf, 228 pages, $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - BARNEY ROSS. By Douglas Century. Schocken Books, 197 pages, $19.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - KIOWA TRAIL. By Louis L’Amour. Bantam Special Edition, $12, 208 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Amy Pollick - THE BRIGHTENING GLANCE. By Ellen Handler Spitz. Pantheon, 250 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE SACRED CUT. By David Hewson. Delacorte, $22, 341 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - INTUITION. By Allegra Goodman. Dial, 344 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Derek Berry - THE CALIPH’S HOUSE. By Tahir Shah. Bantam, 349 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - INCENDIARY. By Chris Cleave. Knopf, $22.95, 237 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - TIMOTHY: or, Notes of an Abject Reptile. By Verlyn Klinkenborg. Knopf, 178 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by William S. Allen - FAITHLESS. By Karin Slaughter. Delacorte Press, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - ELEMENTS OF STYLE. By Wendy Wasserstein. Knopf, 307 pages, $23.95, trade paperback.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - WHERE SOLDIERS FEAR TO TREAD. By John S. Burnett. Bantam Books, 350 pages, $34, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - DEATH IN THE HAYMARKET. By James Green. Pantheon, 386 pages, $26.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - SINISTER SHORTS. By Perri O’Shaughnessy. Delacorte, 302 pages, $21, hardcover.
Reviewed by Judy Counts - PRIOR BAD ACTS. By Tami Hoag. Bantam, 375 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by Danny Russell - REPORTER: Covering civil rights ... and wrongs in Dixie. By Alvin Benn. ArthorHouse, 388 pages, $22.50, hardcover.
Reviewed by Tom Wright - THROUGH A HOWLING WILDERNESS. By Thomas A. Desjardin. St. Martin’s Press, 240 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE HOUSE. By Danielle Steel. Delacorte, 343 pages, $27, hardcover.
Reviewed by Annette Russell - MY FACE IS BLACK IS TRUE: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations. By Mary Frances Berry. Knopf, 314 pages, $26.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy Dallas - CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GREAT MOVIEMAKERS OF HOLLYWOOD’S GOLDEN AGE: At the American Film Institute. By George Stevens Jr. Knopf, 710 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE DIVIDED GROUND. By Alan Taylor. Knopf, 542 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - EATING STONE. By Ellen Meloy. Pantheon, 330 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - TRIKSTA: LIFE AND DEATH AND NEW ORLEANS RAP. By Nik Cohn. Knopf, 211 pages, $22.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Mary Kay Temple - ARTHUR & GEORGE. By Julian Barnes. Knopf, 386 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Mike Moore - FULL MOON RISING. By Keri Arthur. Bantam, 291 pages, $15, hardcover.
Reviewed by DeWana Yates Howard - CRUSADER NATION. By David Traxel. Knopf, 413 pages, $27.50, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - LA BELLE FRANCE: A Short History. By Alistair Horne. Knopf, 485 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by Yvonne R. Williams - SCOOTER. By Mick Foley. Knopf, 301 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Michael R. Fiske - AFTER DAYBREAK. By Ben Shephard. Schocken, 274 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - LINCOLN: A Life of Purpose and Power. By Richard Carwardine. Knopf, 394 pages, $27.50, hardcover.
Reviewed by Wayne Holliday - IN THE SHADOW OF WOUNDED KNEE. By Roger L. Di Silvestro. Walker and Co., 253 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - JOHN. By Cynthia Lennon. Crown, 320 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Amy Pollick - GONE. By Lisa Gardner. Bantam, 342 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by DeWana Yates Howard - ICE. By Mariana Gosnell. Knopf, New York, 560 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE PEOPLE’S TYCOON: Henry Ford and the American Century. By Steven Watts. Knopf, 614 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE GRIZZLY MAZE: Timothy Treadwell’s Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears. By Nick Jans. Dutton, 274 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Richard McCann - NAIL BITER: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery. By Sarah Graves. Bantam Dell, 260 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Judy Counts - THE WORST HARD TIME: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived The Great American Dust Bowl. By Timothy Egan. Houghton Mifflin, 340 pages, $28, hardcover.
Reviewed by Betty Roberts - REACHING THE SUMMIT: Edmund Hillary’s Life of Adventure. By Alexa Johnson. DK Publishing Inc., 232 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by Richard McCann - A FEAST FOR CROWS. By George R.R. Martin. Bantam Dell, 753 pages, $28, hardcover
Reviewed by Joe D. Walters - BODY PRAYER. By Doug Pagitt and Kathryn Prill. Waterbrook, 150 pages, $15.99, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - STILL LOOKING. by John Updike. Knopf, 221 pages, $40, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - HOLY BLOOD, HOLY GRAIL. By Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln and Richard Leigh. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 475 pages, $25 hardcover.
Reviewed by Michael R. Fiske - FLASHMAN ON THE MARCH. By George MacDonald Fraser. Knopf, 335 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - HEALTHY AGING: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being. By Andrew Weil. Knopf, 293 pages, $27.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Dorothy Riggs Vinson - PERFECT KILLER. By Lewis Perdue. Tom Doherty Associates, 365 pages $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by DeWana Y. Howard - UNFORTUNATE SONS. By L.D. James. Cambridge Dent, 282 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - HUGO BLACK OF ALABAMA: How His Roots and Early Career Shaped the Great Champion of the Constitution. By Steve Suitts. New South Books, 640 pages, $37.50, hardcover.
Reviewed by Steve Stewart - THE GIRL IN THE GREEN GLASS MIRROR. by Elizabeth McGregor. Bantam, 310 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - PHILIP MARLOWE’S GUIDE TO LIFE: A Compendium of Quotations. By Raymond Chandler. Knopf, 78 pages, $14.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Judy Counts - BREAD AND DREAMS. By Jonatha Ceely. Delacorte, $22, 405 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - FORCE PROTECTION. By Gordon Kent. Delacorte, 408 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Charles E. Cheney - THE BEATLES: 365 Days. By Simon Wells. Abrams, 744 pages, $29.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Amy Pollick - PRIVATE WARS. By Greg Rucka. Bantam, 432 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Rob Greenhaw - PLAIN HEATHEN MISCHIEF. By Martin Clark. Knopf, 398 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by David Cauthen - EMBRACING THE INFIDEL. By Behzad Yaghmaian. Delacort, 356 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE GOOGLE STORY. By David A. Vise and Mark Malseed. Delacorte Press, 326 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by Joe Blackburn - LENNON REVEALED. By Larry Kane. Running Press, 296 pages, $29.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by DeWana Yates Howard - A BRIEFER HISTORY OF TIME. By Stephen Hawking with Leonard Mlodinow. Bantam Dell, 162 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Charles W. Adams - UP FROM ORCHARD STREET. By Eleanor Widmer. Bantam, $23, 338 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - NEW ART CITY. By Jed Perl. Knopf, 641 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - ACTIVE LIBERTY: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution. By Stephen Breyer. Knopf., 161 pages, $21, hardcover.
Reviewed by Wayne Holliday - THEATRE OF FISH: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador. By John Gimlette. Knopf, 360 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - CHILDREN OF THE SERPENT GATE. By Sarah Ash. Spectra, 528 pages, $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by Andy Jett - THE IN-BETWEEN WORLD OF VIKRAM LALL. By M.G. Vassanji. Knopf, 370 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Shirley Holliday - THE VILLA OF MYSTERIES. By David Hewson. Delacorte, 338 pages, $22,hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - THE MAX CHRONICLES PRESENTS THE STORYTELLER 1. By Ernie Carwile. Verbena Pond, 178 pages, paperback, $14.95.
Reviewed by David Cauthen - SEA MUSIC. By Sara MacDonald. Atria Books, 406 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Heather Kalonick - LEGACY OF MASKS. By Sallie Bissell. Bantam Dell, 339 pages, $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - SELF ABUSE: Love, Loss and Fatherhood. By Jonathan Self. Washington Square Press, 247 pages, $13, paperback.
Reviewed by David Cauthen - THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING. By Joan Didion. Knopf, 227 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nina Mae Blackburn - THE THUNDER OF ANGELS. By Donnie Williams with Wayne Greenhaw. Lawrence Hill Books, 293 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - MARK TWAIN: A Life. By Ron Powers. Free Press, 722 pages, $35.00, hardcover.
Reviewed by Tracy W. Tubbs - META MATH! By Gregory Chaitin. Pantheon Books, 220 pages, $26, hardcover.
Reviewed by Joe Blackburn - ALCOHOLISM: MYTHS AND REALITIES. By Doug Thorburn. Galt Publishing, 177 pages, $14.95, paperback.
Reviewed by John Davis - JOSEPH SMITH: ROUGH STONE ROLLING. By Richard Lyman Bushman. Knopf, 740 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - NEW YORK BURNING. By Jill Lepore. Knopf, 323 pages, $26.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE LOST MASTERS: Grace and Disgrace in ’68. By Curt Sampson. ATRIA Books, 238 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Fred Sittason - SUMMER OF ROSES. By Luanne Rice Bantam-Dell, 322 pages, $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by Annette Russell - REMAINS SILENT. By Michael Baden and Linda Kenney. Knopf, 227 pages, $22.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Judy Counts - THE OUTSIDE WORLD. By Tova Mirvis. Knopf, $24, 302 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Therese Donath - MIRACLE By Danielle Steel. Delacorte Press, 182 pages, $20, hardcover.
Reviewed by Danny Russell - THE DARWIN CONSPIRACY By John Darnton. Knopf, 309 pages, $24.95 hardcover.
Reviewed by Richard Davis - 1491. By Charles C. Mann. Knopf, 465 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE RED CARPET: Bangalore Stories. By Lavanya Sankaran. Dial Press, 212 pages, $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by Sharon L. Bryant - LUNAR PARK. By Bret Easton Ellis. Knopf, 308 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Matthew P. LuAllen - THE CLOSED CIRCLE By Jonathan Coe. Knopf, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy Dallas - LIFE EXTENSION REVOLUTION: The New Science of Growing Older Without Aging By Philip Lee Miller, M.D. and the Life Extension Foundation. Bantam Dell, $26, hardcover.
THE GOLD COAST CURE: The 5-Week Health and Body Makeover By Andrew Larson, M.D., and Ivy Ingram Larson. Health Communications, $21.95.
Reviewed by Dorothy Riggs Vinson - BAD GUYS By Linwood Barclay. Bantam, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - 1776 By David McCullough. Simon and Schuster, 386 pages, $32, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - 72 HOUR HOLD By Bebe Moore Campbell. Knoff, 319 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by William Allen - CRIMSON STORM SURGE: Alabama Football Then and Now. By Christopher J. Walsh. Taylor Trade Publishing, 240 pages, $26.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Malone - THE CHRISTOPHER LEE FILMOGRAPHY. By Tom Johnson and Mark A. Miller. McFarland, 460 pages, $55, hardcover.
Reviewed by Franklin Harris - THE GREATEST SUBMARINE STORIES EVER TOLD. Edited by Lamar Underwood. Lyons Press, 284 pages, $22.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - MISSION ROAD. By Rick Riordan. Bantam Dell, 293 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by DeWana Y. Howard - GIL’S ALL FRIGHT DINER. By A. Lee Martinez. Tor, 268 pages, $12.95,softcover.
Reviewed by Franklin Harris - PANIC: An Odyssey. By Needham L. Long, M.D. Dorrance, 102 pages, $14, paperback.
Reviewed by Dr. William Hunter - THE HAPPINESS MAKEOVER. By M.J. Ryan. Broadway Books, 194 pages, $14.95,hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE WATER ROOM. By Christopher Fowler. Bantam Dell, 356 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Joe Blackburn - AND A PUZZLE TO DIE ON. By Parnell Hall. Bantam Dell, 307 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - KIDNAPPED IN YEMEN. By Mary Quin. Lyons Press, 248 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE PAINTED KISS. By Elizabeth Hickey. Atria, 273 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - CHILL OF FEAR: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit novel. By Kay Hooper. Bantam Dell, 325 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Tammie Kelsoe - DOWN HERE By Andrew Vachss. Knopf, 290 pages, $19.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by DeWana Y. Howard - WHO WE ARE. Edited by Derek Rubin. Schocken Books, 345 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - RUNAWAY. By Alice Munro. Knopf, 335 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - ORIGINAL CYN. By Sue Margolis. Bantam Dell, 367 pages, $12, paperback.
Reviewed by Sharon L. Bryant - THE DARWIN CONSPIRACY. By John Darnton. Knopf, 309 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - CASE OF LIES. By Perri O’Shaughnessy. Delacorte Press, 390 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Judy Counts - GIFT FROM THE SEA. By Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Pantheon, 130 pages, $16, hardcover.
Reviewed by Cheryl D. Carpenter - REMAINS SILENT. By Michael Baden and Linda Kenney. Knopf, 226 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by DeWana Y. Howard - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. By Cormac McCarthy. Knopf, 306 pages, $24.95,hardcover.
Reviewed by Scott Mayo - WHERE SOLDIERS FEAR TO TREAD. By John S. Burnett. Bantam, 350 pages, $34,hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE TEA-OLIVE BIRD WATCHING SOCIETY. By Augusta Trobaugh. Dutton, 228 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nina Mae Blackburn - DARK SIDE OF TIME. By Vladimir Chernozemsky Triumvirate. 421 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by David Cauthen - THE UNDOMESTIC GODDESS. By Sophie Kinsella. Dial, 374 pages, $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by Kristie D. Casey - THE INFORMANT: The FBI, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Murder of Viola Liuzzo. by Gary May. Yale University Press, 416 pages, $35.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - THE POWER OF THE DOG. by Don Winslow. Knopf, 539 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - MAPS FOR LOST LOVERS. by Nadeem Aslam. Knopf 379 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Kirsten Rohl - THE FIRST POETS: Lives Of The Ancient Greek Poets. By Michael Schmidt. Knopf, 397 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by Charles W. Adams - GRACE. By Linn Ullmann. Knopf, 130 pages, $20, hardcover.
Reviewed by David Cauthen - THE JOURNALS, JOHN FOWLES, Volume I, 1949 to 1965. Alfred A. Knopf, 668 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - EVERYTHING BAD IS GOOD FOR YOU: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter. By Steven Johnson. Riverhead Books, 238 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Franklin Harris - DEATH'S LITTLE HELPERS: A John March Novel. By Peter Spiegalman. Knopf, 337 pages, $22.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Sherry Donahue - MONSTER. By Frank Peretti. WestBow Press, 419 pages, $24.99, hardcover.
Reviewed by Kirsten Rohla - AT DAY'S CLOSE, By A. Roger Ekirch. W.W. Norton and Co., 447 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - A SENSE OF DUTY. By Quang X. Pham Ballantine, 261 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - MEN OF BRONZE. By Scott Oden. Medallion Press, 473 pages, $26.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by David Cauthen - LIE BY MOONLIGHT. By Amanda Quick. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 400 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Amanda Anthony - WHAT SOUTHERN WOMEN KNOW ABOUT FLIRTING: The Fine Art of Social, Courtship, and Seductive Flirting to Get the Best Things in Life. By Ronda Rich, Berkley Publishing Group, 210 pages, $19.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Sharon L. Bryant - PORTRAIT OF JOHNNY: The Life of John Herndon Mercer. By Gene Lees. Pantheon, 360 pages, $27.50, hardcover.
Reviewed by Tolly G. Shelton - THE BAD BOY’S WIFE. By Karen Shepard. St. Martin’s Press, 259 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Kirsten Rohla - JOHN BROWN: Abolitionist. By David S. Reynolds. Knopf, 578 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE AMBASSADOR'S SON. By Homer Hickam. St. Martin's Press, 337 pages, $24.95, trade paperback.
Reviewed by Charles E. Cheney - COUNTDOWN. By Iris Johansen. Bantam-Dell, 405 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by DeWana Y. Howard - SALONICA: CITY OF GHOSTS By Mark Mazower. Knopf, 490 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - AMERICAN PROMETHIUS. By Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. Alfred A. Knopf, 721 pages, hardcover, $35.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE MISSING PERSON. By Alix Ohlin. Knopf, 292 pages, $22.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Kirsten Rohla - DESCENT. By Brad Matsen. Pantheon, 286 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - ROLLING AWAY: My Agony with Ecstasy. By Lynn Marie Smith. Atria Books, 283 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Sherry Donahue - LETTERS FROM THE HIVE. By Stephen Buchmann, with Banning Repplier. Bantam, 275 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE HEARTBREAKER. By Susan Howatch. Knopf, 484 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - SOLDIERS AND SLAVES. By Roger Cohen. Knopf, 303 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE PLEASURE WAS MINE. By Tommy Hays. St. Martin's Press; 255 pages; hardcover; $23.95.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - PAWLEYS ISLAND: A Lowcountry Book. By Dorothea Benton Frank. Berkley Books, 316 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Susan Graben - 1942. by Winston Groom. Atlantic Monthly Press, 459 pages, $27.50, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - NEVER LET ME GO. By Kazuo Ishiguro. Knopf; 288 pages; $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - THE MYSTERIES. By Lisa Tuttle. Bantam Dell, 321 pages, $21, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - REVOLUTIONARY MOTHERS. By Carol Berkin. Knopf, 224 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - DANCING NAKED AT THE EDGE OF DAWN. By Kris Radish. Bantam-Dell, 328 pages, $16, paperback.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - SMALL THINGS CONSIDERED. By Henry Petroski. Knopf, 288 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - BATAAN DIARY: An American Family in World War II, 1941-1945. By Chris Schaefer. Riverview Publishing, 434 pages, $14.95, softcover.
Reviewed by Richard McCann - HONORED GUEST: STORIES. By Joy Williams. Knopf; 213 pages, $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy Dallas - GODS IN ALABAMA. By Joshilyn Jackson. Time Warner Book Group, 275 pages, $19.95, paperback.
Reviewed by David Cauthen - SYMPATHY BETWEEN HUMANS. By Jodi Compton. Delacorte, 372 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Alice M. Evans - PRINCESSES: The Six Daughters of George III. By Flora Fraser. Knopf, 496 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by Amy Pollick - THE ROAD TO REALITY. By Roger Penrose. Knopf, 1,097 pages, $40, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE LIMITS OF ENCHANTMENT. By Graham Joyce. Atria Books, 263 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Sharon L. Bryant - MALRAUX. By Olivier Todd. Alfred A. Knopf, 541 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - JANE AND HIS LORDSHIP'S LEGACY. By Stephanie Barron. Bantam, $24, 292 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - PUSHING THE LIMITS. By Henry Petrosky. Knopf, 288 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - THE MOCKINGBIRD'S BALLAD. By Doak M. Mansfield. Hats Off Books, Tucson, Ariz., 320 pages, $24.95, paperback.
Reviewed by Emmett Reeder - MOTHER-DAUGHTER WISDOM: Creating a Legacy of Physical and Emotional Health. By Christiane Northrup, M.D. Bantam, 738 pages, $28, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy Dallas - WAR TRASH. By Ha Jin. Pantheon, 352 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - AS HOT AS IT WAS YOU OUGHT TO THANK ME. By Nanci Kincaid. Back Bay Books, 358 pages, $12.95, paperback.
Reviewed by Derek Berry - IMPOSSIBLE. By Danielle Steel. Delacorte, 336 pages, $27, hardcover.
Reviewed by Annette Russell - THE GIRL WHO MARRIED A LION: And Other Tales From Africa. By Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon Books, 190 pages, $20, hardcover.
Reviewed by Richard McCann - THE EMANCIPATOR'S WIFE. By Barbara Hambly. Bantam, 608 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - AUSCHWITZ: A New History. By Lawrence Rees. Public Affairs, 327 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by Charles W. Adams - THE DEATH AND LIFE OF CHARLIE ST. CLOUD. By Ben Sherwood. Bantam, 273 pages, $22.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - LIBERATION ROAD. By David L. Robbins. Bantam, 445 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - A COLD TREACHERY. By Charles Todd. Bantam Books, 373 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - DOUBLE VISION. By Walter Abish. Knopf, 220 pages, $24,
hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - ALTERNATIVE ATLANTA. By Marshall Boswell. Delacorte Press, 324 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Derek Berry - THE CONFIDENT HOPE OF A MIRACLE. By Neil Hanson. Knopf, 489 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - EXUBERANCE: The Passion for Life. By Kay Redfield Jamison. Knopf, 405 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by David Cauthen - ZARA'S TALES: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa. By Peter Beard. Knopf, $26.95, 158 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - LIGHTING UP: How I Stopped Smoking, Drinking and Everything Else I Loved in Life Except Sex. By Susan Shapiro. Delacorte; 309 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - TOOL AND DIE. By Sarah Graves. Bantam Books, 274 pages, $22, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - BROKEN MUSIC: A Memoir. By Sting. Delta Trade Paperbacks, 337 pages, $13.
Reviewed by John Coon - THE NUREMBERG INTERVIEWS. By Leon Goldensohn. Knopf, 449 pages, $35, hardcover.
Reviewed by Errek Jett - MALLETS AFORETHOUGHT: A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery. By Sarah Graves. Bantam Books, 294 pages, $21.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Kelsey Thacker - CHOICE: The Best of Reason. Edited by Nick Gillespie. Benbella, 414 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Franklin Harris - UNFORGIVABLE BLACKNESS: The Rise And Fall Of Jack Johnson. By Geoffrey C. Ward. Knopf; 492 pages; $26.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Nancy C. Dallas - THROUGH THE GLASS WALL: Journeys into the Closed-off Worlds of the Autistic. By Howard Buten. Bantam, 170 pages, $23.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - FRENCH WOMEN DON'T GET FAT: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure. By Mireille Guiliano. Knopf, 263 pages, $23, hardcover.
Reviewed by Tolly G. Shelton - WANTED. by Kim Wozencraft. St. Martin's Press, 340 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - SCENIC NORTH ALABAMA: A Travel Guide to North Alabama's Hidden Natural Treasures. By Robert Schuffert. Robert Schuffert Studios, 204 pages, sturdy paper.
Reviewed by Richard McCann - MAGIC SEEDS. By V. S. Naipaul. Knopf, 280 pages, $25, hardcover.
Reviewed by Larry R. Brown - COLLECTED POEMS: 1954-2004. By Irving Feldman. Shocken Books, 436 pages, $28.50, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - KAFKA ON THE SHORE. By Haruki Murakami. Knopf, 436 pages, $25.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by Derek Berry - THE SUMMER GUEST. By Justin Cronin. Dial, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Derek Thacker - LUCIFER'S SHADOW. By David Hewson. Delacorte, $21.95, 369 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - THE CHILDREN'S WAR. By Monique Charlesworth. Knopf, $24.95, 367 pages, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - THE KOREAN CONUNDRUM. By Ted Galen Carpenter and Doug Bandow. Palgrave Macmillan, 224 pages, $26.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - SNAKEPIT. By Moses Isegawa. Knopf, 259 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by Jane Davis - LEGENDS OF ALABAMA FOOTBALL. By Richard Scott. Sports Publishing, 199 pages, $24.95, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - ARMAGEDDON. By Max Hastings. Knopf, 584 pages, $30, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis - ESTER AND RUZYA. By Masha Gessen. Dial Press, 371 pages, $24, hardcover.
Reviewed by John Davis
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