PEOPLE Book Review Index, 2012

Reviews from Jan. 2012 through the current issue

People does not offer an online index to their reviews, so we’ve created one here.

People archives the complete issues on the site, generally one week after publication. Links from the dates are to the book section for that issue; title links are to information from the publishers’ catalogs.

Link to past indices below:

2011 People Books index 

2010 People Books index

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2/20

Bringing Up Bebe, Pamela Druckerman, Penguin, 3.5 of 4 stars

The Flight of Gemma Hardy, Margot Livesey, Harper, 3 of 4 stars

Home Front, Kristin Hannah, Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 3.5 of 4 stars

All There Is, Dave Isay, Penguin, 3 of 4 stars

The Fault in Our Stars, John Green, Penguin/Dutton, 4 of 4 stars & labeled a “Buzz Book,”

2/13

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai Undercity, Katherine Boo, Random House, 4 of 4 and a People Pick

Bond GirlErin Duffy(HarperCollins/Morrow), 3 of 4 stars

Defending JacobWilliam Landay(RH/Delacorte; Blackstone AudioThorndike Large Print), 3 of 4 stars

Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir, Doron Weber, S&S, 3.5 of 4 stars

2/6

Heft, Liz Moore, Norton, 3.5 of 4 stars

Crazy Enough, Storm Large, S&S/Free Press, 4 of 4 stars

Passing Love, Jacqueline E. Lockett, Hachette/Grand Central, 3.5 of 4 stars

The World We Found, Thrity Umriger, Harper, 3.5 of 4 stars

1/30

Book Excerpt

Fairy Tale Interrupted, Rosemarie Terenzio, S&S/Gallery

Books

Quiet, Susan Cain, RH/Crown, 3.5 of 4 stars

There Is No Dog, Meg Rosoff, Penguin/Putnam, 4 of 4 stars

1/23 Books

How It All Began, Penelope Lively, Penguin/Viking, 3.5 of 4 stars

MWF Seeking BFF, Rachel Bertsche, RH/Ballantine, 3 of 4 stars

Believing the Lie, Elizabeth George, Penguin/Dutton, 3.5 of 4 stars

A Chance in the World, Steve Pemberton, Thomas Nelson, 3.5 of 4 stars

1/16 Books

American Dervish, Ayad Akhtar, 3.5 of 4 stars

Kayak Morning, Roger Rosenblatt, 4 of 4 stars

The Invisible Ones, Stef Penney, 3.5 of 4 stars

From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant, Alex Gilvarry, 3 of 4 stars

1/9 Books

The Journal of Best Practices by David Finch, S&S/Scribner, 3.5 of 4 stars

The Leopard by Jo Nesbo, RH/Knopf, 4 of 4 stars

The Magic Room by Jeffrey Zaslow, Penguin/Gotham, 3 of 4 stars

The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin, Hachette/Little Brown, 3 of 4 stars