Book Reviews

New reading recommendations from Colorado Review

  • The Phantom of Thomas Hardy

    The Phantom of Thomas Hardy

    By Floyd Skloot

    Part travelogue, part memoir, part novel, this semi-autobiographical and semi-biographical endeavor is multifaceted and blends...

    $22.45
  • Heirlooms

    Heirlooms

    By Rachel Hall

    This book is ultimately about the numerous hard ways humans survive horrors, not just during...

    $15.95
  • Of This New World

    Of This New World

    By Allegra Hyde

    Many of the stories involve disillusionment and self-discovery of the type we often find in...

    $10.66
  • Before the Feast

    Before the Feast

    By Saša Stanišić, translated by Anthea Bell

    From the opening lines of Saša Stanišić’s Before the Feast, the reader sits as if...

    $8.67
  • A Garden Fed by Lightning

    A Garden Fed by Lightning

    By Marshall Moore

    Infused with an element of the fantastical, many of the stories, initially appearing straightforward and...

    $15.42
  • The Rope Swing

    The Rope Swing

    By Jonathan Corcoran

    Nowhere is the tension between the “gift” and “test” of West Virginia more deftly drawn...

    $11.53