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Friday, September 4, 2026

The Power of a Lie by Johan Bojer

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Decent Norwegian realism built on a flawed premise Johan Bojer (1872–1959) is a Norwegian novelist who achieved some popular and critical...
Wednesday, September 2, 2026

The Madman of Bergerac by Georges Simenon

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A jolly, bedridden Maigret The Madman of Bergerac is the 16th book in Georges Simenon’s series of Inspector Maigret detective novels . I...
Monday, August 31, 2026

The Complete Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Part III: 1844–1849

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Treasures are few in this batch This year I set out to read the compete short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. To make this task manageable, I...
Friday, August 28, 2026

The Haunted Woman by David Lindsay

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Interesting Freudian take on the haunted house Scottish author David Lindsay is best known for his 1920 debut novel A Voyage to Arcturus ...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk

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A long haul through 18th-century Polish Jewish history The Books of Jacob is a novel by Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2014...
Monday, August 24, 2026

Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

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Hard-boiled carnage with no one to care about Red Harvest , published in 1929, is the debut novel by Dashiell Hammett, who would soon aft...
Friday, August 21, 2026

Logic Machines and Diagrams by Martin Gardner

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Early graphic representations of mathematical reasoning For almost a quarter of a century, Martin Gardner (1914–2010) wrote a column in S...