Book Reviews

New reading recommendations from Colorado Review

  • 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
  • Broken River

    Broken River

    By J. Robert Lennon

    There’s a vulnerability to the book that speaks to our inclination toward disaster, and that’s...

    $16.00
  • November Storm

    November Storm

    By Robert Oldshue

    November Storm, the debut story collection by Robert Oldshue, provides readers with nine intimate explorations...

    $16.00
  • Dog Years

    Dog Years

    By Melissa Yancy

    Healthcare figures prominently in many of the stories: there’s a children’s hospital, a kidney chain,...

    $22.45