Book Reviews

New reading recommendations from Colorado Review

  • Fen

    Fen

    By Daisy Johnson

    This is a collection about sexuality, belonging, the unexplainable compulsion and magnetism toward chosen lovers....

    $16.00
  • The Killer's Dog

    The Killer’s Dog

    By Gary Fincke

    A well-tended, predictable life, upended in seconds, seems altered forever....

    $19.00
  • Stephen Florida

    Stephen Florida

    By Gabe Habash

    ...Habash trades in whales for altogether more mesmerizing imagery like cannibalistic octopi and an absolutely...

    $25.00
  • Island of Point Nemo

    Island of Point Nemo

    By Jean-Marie Blas de Robles, translated by Hannah Chute

    When they are not deciphering multilingual codes, interviewing suspects, competing with Inspector Scummington, and stumbling...

    $12.20
  • Sorry to Disrupt the Peace

    Sorry to Disrupt the Peace

    By Patty Yumi Cottrell

    The “peace” to which Helen constantly refers is a condition of isolation, complacency, and self-satisfaction....

    $24.00
  • In the Woods of Memory

    In the Woods of Memory

    By Shun Medoruma

    This layered, textured novel throws into stark relief the interconnections between experience and memory, and...

    $16.95
  • Rebellion

    Rebellion

    By Molly Patterson

    Spanning more than a century, Rebellion weaves the stories of four women (and those of...

    $26.99
  • Camanchaca

    Camanchaca

    By Diego Zúñiga

    Not until the last page of Diego Zúñiga’s novel Camanchaca does a camanchaca itself appear....

    $15.95