Book Reviews

New reading recommendations from Colorado Review

  • The Shadow of the Mammoth

    The Shadow of the Mammoth

    By Pablo Morábito

    “Landing on the Moon,” the third story of Pablo Morábito’s newly translated collection The Shadow...

    $17.99
  • Archipelago

    Archipelago

    By Natalie Bakopoulos

    In The Odyssey, Odysseus tricks the cyclops, Polyphemus, by lying when asked his name— Odysseus...

    $17.99
  • Hellions

    Hellions

    By Julia Elliott

    In “The Mothers,” a story in Julia Elliott’s excellent new collection, Kate is a screenwriter...

    $17.95
  • Where I Went Wrong

    Where I Went Wrong

    By David Galef

    There’s no easy or obvious way to portray the trauma of loss and the spiraling...

    $19.95
  • Woodworm

    Woodworm

    By Layla Martínez

    Two Lines Press, the award-winning San Francisco-based publisher renowned for its focus on original literature...

    $21.95
  • Bingo Bango Boingo

    Bingo Bango Boingo

    By Alan Michael Parker

    This is not your grandma’s bingo. Dzanc Books published Bingo Bango Boingo, Alan Michael Parker’s...

    $20.00
  • Diversity Quota

    Diversity Quota

    By Ranjan Adiga

    The characters in Ranjan Adiga’s collection Diversity Quota desperately need help. Their plight is perfectly...

    $17.95
  • Liquid, Fragile, Perishable

    Liquid, Fragile, Perishable

    By Carolyn Kuebler

    Carolyn Kuebler’s debut novel, Liquid, Fragile, Perishable, offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of...

    $19.99
  • The River, The Town

    The River, The Town

    By Farah Ali

    One won’t find what Charles Baxter calls “the quality of ‘lushness’ in art” in his...

    $26.95