For People Who Devour Books

Book Reviews by
Jonathan Barnes

From the September 2017 Issue

Skeletons in the Closet

The Wardrobe Mistress

By Patrick McGrath

From the February 2017 Issue

I Confess

Moonglow

By Michael Chabon

From the August 2016 Issue

Here Be Dragons

The Essex Serpent

By Sarah Perry

From the July 2016 Issue

Into the Wild

Beast

By Paul Kingsnorth

From the October 2015 Issue

Soul Tenancies

Slade House

By David Mitchell

From the July 2015 Issue

The Time-Traveller’s Life

Doctor Who: The Drosten’s Curse

By A L Kennedy

The Whispering Swarm

By Michael Moorcock

From the June 2015 Issue

Dr Finlay’s Casebook

Devotion

By Ros Barber

From the March 2015 Issue

Friends Disunited

The Faithful Couple

By A D Miller

From the November 2014 Issue

Wheel of Fortune

Funny Girl

By Nick Hornby

From the September 2011 Issue

Jonathan Barnes on Five First Novels

From the August 2011 Issue

Jonathan Barnes on a Cosmopolitan Quintet of Debut Novels

From the April 2011 Issue

Confidence Tricks

From the December 2010 Issue

Jonathan Barnes on Four Tantalising Debut Novels

Mr Chartwell

From the October 2009 Issue

Crowology

Juliet, Naked

By Nick Hornby

From the September 2009 Issue

Revolutionary Road

The People’s Train

By Thomas Keneally

From the June 2014 Issue

Birth Pangs

From the September 2005 Issue

The Entertainer

Dancing in the Dark

By Caryl Phillips

From the December 2011 Issue

Letting The Heir Out

The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall

By Paul Torday

From the April 2012 Issue

Five First Novels

From the September 2012 Issue

Life’s a Blur

A Possible Life

By Sebastian Faulks