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Review: “Star Wars Book of Lists” Catalogs a Galaxy Far, Far Away
ocusing almost exclusively on the 11 live-action films, ‘Book of Lists’ doesn’t sell itself as anything beyond a fun flip-through for Star Wars buffs.
Audiobook Review: “Golf’s Holy War” Celebrates the Eternal Verities of a Game That Needs to Change
Brett Cyrgalis’s book ‘Golf’s Holy War’ feels tangential at best to the conversations golfers really need to be having right now.
Review: Skywalker Rises a Little Higher in Star Wars Episode IX Audiobook
Rae Carson buttresses the shaky story for fans ready to flip 272 pages — or, in the case of the audiobook, to listen for nine-and-a-half hours.
Book Review: David Berry’s ‘On Nostalgia’ Examines the Urge to Look Back
If nostalgia goes away, will we miss it? That’s a chance we may have to take, as a clear-eyed view of the future becomes more urgent than ever.
Book Review: Emma Jane Unsworth’s “Grown Ups,” a Midlife Crisis Novel for the Instagram Era
“Grown Ups” is a genuinely adult look at a decade of life that’s gaining increasing attention as marriage and kids get pushed back — or pushed out.
Audiobook Review: Doctor Dolittle Comes Unflappably to Life
We don’t need Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle anymore, but his fans will always find ways to keep him around. A new audiobook series does just that.
Book Review: Anna Wiener’s “Uncanny Valley” Side-Eyes Silicon
Anna Wiener’s memoir from the tech trenches is coolly distanced, but also contains chilling insights into the decade our utopian dreams died.
Book Review: “Tim Burton” is an Approachable Guide to an Eccentric Filmmaker
Ian Nathan’s 192-page book illuminates the themes, actors, and visual motifs Tim Burton has returned to again and again over the course of 20 films.
Christmas Audiobook Review: V.C. Andrews’s “Flowers in the Attic”
“Flowers in the Attic” is totally a Christmas book, right? Good-golly day, yes! Mena Suvari narrates a new audiobook production.
Audiobook Review: “Star Wars: Force Collector” Sweeps the Skywalker Saga
Kevin Shinick’s young adult novel “Force Collector” is less about Easter eggs than about the Christmas present we’re all set to unwrap.
Book Review: Andy Thomas’s Christmas History “From Solstice to Santa”
In the end of his short history, Andy Thomas has a reassuring message: however you do Christmas, don’t worry that you’re doing it wrong.
Christmas Audiobook Review: Connie Willis’s “Doomsday Book”
As a time traveler rolls the yule log and puts up with wine-drunk revelry, synthesized bells sound increasingly ominous carols over Oxford’s High Street.