The Atlantic book reviews
19 of the 31 The Atlantic reviews here with a stated verdict were positive.
PanCommunion · J. D. Vance“J. D. Vance’s New Book Wasn’t Meant to Be Read”Verdict not statedThe Castle · Jon RonsonPositiveThe Last Kings of Hollywood · Paul Fischer“a new book shows that creativity thrives on collaboration”Verdict not statedCool Machine · Colson WhiteheadVerdict not statedDeparture(s) · Julian BarnesVerdict not statedLife of M · Rachel Cusk“Rachel Cusk's latest novel is about the life of a famous actress—or is it?”MixedVigil · George Saunders“even if his latest novel reveals its pitfalls”RaveLand · Maggie O'Farrell“showcases her genius for infusing painful stories with flashes of pure bliss”MixedMark Twain · Ron Chernow“dwells more on the wreck of a man than on his sublimely comic work”PanA Sudden Flicker of Light · David Thomson“Rarely has David Thomson been more wrong.”PositiveBig Kiss, Bye-Bye · Claire-Louise Bennett“Novel That Understands Where Romance Is Going”Verdict not statedExit Party · Emily St John MandelVerdict not statedGertrude Stein: an Afterlife · Francesca WadePositiveMurderland · Caroline Fraser“A Provocative Argument About What Creates Serial Killers”Verdict not statedOn the Calculation of Volume III · Solvej BalleVerdict not statedSonny Boy: A Memoir · Al Pacino“But is he holding something back?”Verdict not statedThe Empusium · Olga TokarczukVerdict not statedTheory & Practice · Michelle de KretserVerdict not statedThis Is Where the Serpent Lives · Daniyal MueenuddinVerdict not statedTriage · Claudia RankinePositiveWill There Ever Be Another You · Patricia Lockwood“captures the strangeness of ordinary life for the chronically ill”PanDidion & Babitz · Lili Anolik“its fixation on their rivalry obscures the complicated truth”PositiveFlat Earth · Anika Jade Levy“A Generational Portrait That Actually Says Something New”Verdict not statedMy Friends · Hisham Matar“Exile Changes You Forever”Verdict not statedPan · Michael ClunePositivePlayground · Richard Powers“his latest is an effective twist on AI panic”PositiveRuth · Kate Riley“Kate Riley's perceptive debut novel”PositiveSmall Rain · Garth Greenwell“finds the language to capture the ineffable human experience of serious illness”PanAmerican Canto · Olivia Nuzzi“Olivia Nuzzi’s Tell-Nothing Memoir”Verdict not statedEntitlement · Rumaan AlamPositiveGood Girl · Aria Aber“shows that there are plenty of ways to tell an outsider's story”PositiveHalf His Age · Jennette McCurdy“it's much more intriguing than that”Verdict not statedKing of Kings · Scott AndersonVerdict not statedLazarus Man · Richard Price“Radical, Retrograde Novel”Verdict not statedShattered · Hanif KureishiPositiveSwitzy · Emma Cline“moments of sublime clarity”Verdict not statedThe Antidote · Karen RussellMixedChain of Ideas · Ibram X. Kendi“fails to explain why it appeals to people in the first”Verdict not statedDominion · Addie E. Citchens“a dire morality tale about the suppression of desire”PositiveI Regret Almost Everything · Keith McNally“new memoir is full of revelations”Verdict not statedModeration · Elaine Castillo“captures how profoundly technology can alienate people from their emotions”PositiveThe Wonderful World that Almost Was · Andrew Durbin“brings the late photographer's relationship with the artist Paul Thek to vivid life”MixedChanging My Mind · Julian Barnes“He should keep an open mind.”Verdict not statedCher: The Memoir, Part One · CherVerdict not statedFour Thousand Weeks · Oliver BurkemanVerdict not statedThe Bed Trick · Izabella ScottVerdict not statedThe Memoir: Part One · CherVerdict not statedThe Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip · Stephen WittRaveWar · Bob Woodward“This Time, Bob Woodward Gets It Right”PositiveBeginning Middle End · Valeria Luiselli“it's the messy middle of life that counts”PanGhost-Eye · Amitav Ghosh“His new work of fiction fails that standard.”MixedHomeland · Richard Beck“it stunted progressive politics”Verdict not statedOn Morrison · Namwali SerpellVerdict not statedStephen Sondheim · Daniel OkrentPanThe Message · Ta-Nehisi Coates“Ta-Nehisi Coates sacrifices necessary complexity”Verdict not statedA Guardian and a Thief · Megha MajumdarVerdict not statedOn the Clock · Claire BaglinPositiveSoft Core · Brittany Newell“ventures beyond titillation and into the daily grind”Verdict not statedThe Great Resistance · Carrie GibsonVerdict not statedThe Only Cure · Mark Solms“A neuroscientist dares to argue that old-fashioned psychoanalysis holds the key to curing mental illness”Verdict not statedThe Princess of 72nd Street · Elaine KrafPositiveThe Use of Photography · Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie“the surprising vitality of a grave illness”PanThe World After Gaza · Pankaj Mishra“He couldn't be more wrong”PositiveKin · Tayari Jones“a steely portrait of friendship and fate”Verdict not statedThe Once and Future Riot · Joe Sacco