Global Scope

13 Ways of Looking at the Novel three-and-half-stars

Arts

By Jane Smiley

A Crack in the Edge of the World two-and-half-stars

History

By Simon Winchester

A Temple of Texts three-and-half-stars

Arts

By William Gass

Against the Day four-stars Selection

Literary

By Thomas Pynchon

An Ocean of Air four-stars Selection

Science

By Gabrielle Walker

Big Cotton three-and-half-stars

History

By Stephen Yafa

Brief Encounters with Che Guevara four-stars

Literary

By Ben Fountain

Chatter three-and-half-stars

General Nonfiction

By Patrick Radden Keefe

Chocolate three-and-half-stars

General Nonfiction

By Mort Rosenblum

Collapse three-stars

History

By Jared Diamond