Book Reviews

New reading recommendations from Colorado Review

  • Bardo or Not Bardo

    Bardo or Not Bardo

    By Antoine Volodine, translated by J.T. Mahany

    Volodine’s novel is energetic, offbeat, fast-paced, and shows an off-kilter sense of humor. He writes...

    $13.95
  • Children of the Country

    Children of the Country

    By Abigail R. Shaffer

    Set in a depressed blue-collar community in the isolated backcountry of Arkansas, the novel depicts...

    $15.29
  • The White Swallow

    The White Swallow

    By Anna Kovatcheva

    The language is compressed, carefully wrought, every sentence doing the work of many....

    $10.00
  • Neon Green

    Neon Green

    By Margaret Wappler

    ...the presence of the alien ship never overwhelms the meat of the story, a heartfelt...

    $16.00
  • The Gustav Sonata

    The Gustav Sonata

    By Rose Tremain

    Tremain paints her picture of post-war Switzerland with care and steadiness, and the reader can’t...

    $26.95
  • Seeing Red

    Seeing Red
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    By Lina Meruane, translated by Megan McDowell

    One evening in New York, Lina Meruane's body "seize[s] up" and leaves her "paralyzed, [her]...

    $14.95
  • Road Trip

    Road Trip

    By Lynette D'Amico

    In text segments set apart by eerie black and white photographs and simple headings, the...

    $7.05
  • High in the Streets

    High in the Streets

    By Matthew Binder

    Matthew Binder’s High in the Streets is a transgressive novel packed full of self-destruction and...

    $14.95