How do you single out five books, out of all the hundreds coming out in 2020, for special attention? With …
By Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Books Jan. 12, 2020 12:40 pm2153d ago
How do you single out five books, out of all the hundreds coming out in 2020, for special attention? With …
By Jonathan Kirsch, Washington Post Books Jan. 12, 2020 11:40 am2153d ago
‘To tell the truth, I used to read and write German,” a 73-year-old retired potato chip salesman named Jack told …
By Carol Memmott, Washington Post Books Jan. 12, 2020 10:40 am2153d ago
Catherine Steadman – whom ‘Downton Abbey” fans may know as the actress who played Lady Mary’s rival, the Honorable Mabel …
By Wendy Smith, Washington Post Books Jan. 12, 2020 9:40 am2153d ago
Jerome Charyn likes to unsettle readers. For more than 50 years, this protean writer has ranged across genres, from mysteries …
By Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post Books Jan. 12, 2020 8:40 am2153d ago
‘A world gone wrong.” Of all the signature lines that Raymond Chandler bequeathed to the world, this one may be …
By Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post
Books Jan. 12, 2020 7:40 am2153d ago
When Christine and Forrest Bray adopted Opal, a 4-month-old blind and deaf Australian shepherd mix, they worried about what she …
By Ellen Morton, Washington Post
Books Jan. 5, 2020 12:00 pm2160d ago
One of the greatest joys of this chilly season is afternoons inside, cozied up with a mug of hot chocolate …
By Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post
Books Jan. 5, 2020 10:00 am2160d ago
Most people know that the purpose of the Nuremberg trials was to bring Nazi war criminals to justice. But trials …
By Ron Charles, Washington Post
Books Jan. 5, 2020 9:00 am2160d ago
‘We have a ghost in here.” That’s how Toni Morrison writes in ‘Beloved” about the spiteful specter that haunts an …
By Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times
Books Jan. 5, 2020 8:00 am2160d ago
With Oscar season in full swing, a new batch of classic and memorable books makes the leap from page to …
By Karen MacPherson, Washington Post
Books Jan. 5, 2020 8:00 am2160d ago
Alexander McCall Smith was a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh when he published his debut novel, …
By Angela Haupt, Washington Post
Books Jan. 4, 2020 3:40 pm2161d ago
If you read it and loved it in 2019, read more like it in 2020. Here are 12 books, from …
By George Bass, Washington Post
Books Jan. 4, 2020 10:40 am2161d ago
‘Blade Runner,” the movie based on Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?,” takes place in …
John McGlothlen
Tom Barton
Emily Andersen
The Gazette has been informing Iowans with in-depth local news coverage and insightful analysis for over 140 years. Support our award-winning, independent journalism with a subscription today.
© 2025 The Gazette | All Rights Reserved.
Subscriber Services
Our Journalists
Sports Desk
Our Columnists
Our Writers
Our Writers
Our Photojournalists
Data
More Gazette
Other Links
