4/5 stars Between econ midterms and bio labs, it can be easy to forget that in all of our lives, we need a little magic. Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus is the perfect whimsical novel to fill...

When Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was published in 1997, the world of magic, Dumbledore, lightning-shaped scars and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was born. Suddenly, every kid dreamed of getting...

I’m often late to the party when it comes to popular literature. I caught up to The Hunger Games only after my beloved editor told me how great it was — and I wasn’t disappointed. So when she...

Amazon.com knows me too well. Every morning I wake up and have a new email lying in wait: “20 percent off the Best Books of 2011!” or “Critics Love This Amazing Read!” Enticed, I open the email...

If I could only use one word to summarize the British romantic comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, it would undoubtedly be “charming.” This disclosure may seem slightly odd, considering the basic...

Some books tell grand love stories. Others are gripping epics of tragic proportions, while others still are heartwarming tales of animals helping their owners. Mindy Kaling's book, Is Everyone Hanging...

Aparicio Rodriguez is a true legend: Hall of Fame shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals, Holder of the NCAA record for most consecutive baseball games without an error; Author of the ultimate shortstop's...

I'm not going to open this review of Jonathan Franzen's latest novel, Freedom, with a few hokey lines, overwrought with cliches about what freedom represents to so many people, and then saying that it...