November 6th, 2014
PEOPLE Book Review Index, 2014
Below is EarlyWord’s index to reviews from in People magazine (the reviews do not appear online until several weeks after publication).
The indices to previous years are archived here.
Links from the dates, below, are to the book section for each issue when available; title links are to information from the publishers’ catalogs.
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11/17 People Picks, #2 — “New Fall Cookbooks”
Make It Ahead, Ina Garten, (RH/Clarkson Potter)
Heritage, Sean Brok, (Workman/Artisan)
Prune, Gabrielle Hamilton, (Random House)
Good Fat Cooking, Franklin Becker, Peter Kaminsky, (Rodale)
Dinner: The Playbook, Jenny Rosenstrach, (RH/Ballantine)
Mastering My Mistakes in the Kitchen, Dina Cowin, (HarperCollins/Ecco)
Cooking Light We [Heart] Cooking! , Lily and Audrey Andrews, (Oxmoor House)
The Pizza Bible, Tony Gemignani, (Ten Speed Press)
Excerpt:
Fully Alive, Timothy Shriver, (Macmillan/Sarah Crichton Books)
11/10 People Picks, #4 — “The Best New Books”
Hope: Entertainer of the Century, Richard Zoglin, (S%S)
The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Café, Alexander McCall Smith, (RH/Pantheon)
Science…For Her!, Megan Amram, (S&S/Scribner)
NEW FICTION:
You, Caroline Kepnes, (S&S/Atria/Emily Bestler)
First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen, Charlie Lovett, (Penguin/Viking)
Nora Webster, Colm Toibin, (S&S/Scribner)
11/3 People Picks, #10 — “The Best New Books”
Us, David Nicholls, (Harper)
The Book of Strange New Things, Michael Faber, (RH/Hogarth)
Beautiful Eyes: A Father Transformed, Paul Austin, (Norton)
10/27 People Picks, #5 — Not My Father’s Son, Alan Cumming, (HarperCollins/Dey Street)
BEST OF THE REST:
Leaving Time, Jodi Picoult, (RH/Ballantine)
Fire Shut Up In My Bones, Charles M. Blow, (HMH)
The Remedy For Love, Bill Roorbach, (Workman/Algonquin)
10/20 People Picks, #12 — “The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — Some Luck, Jane Smiley, (RH/Knopf)
Reunion, Hannah Pittard, (Hachette/Grand Central)
Neil Patrick Harris Choose Your Own Autobiography, Neil Patrick Harris, (RH/Crown Archetype)
NEW NONFICTION:
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free, Hector Tabor, (Macmillan/FSG)
The Innovators, Walter Isaacson, (S&S)
Even This I Get of Experience, Norman Lear, (Penguin)
10/13 People Picks, #12 — “The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — Not That Kind of Girl, Lena Dunham, (Random House)
A Sudden Light, Garth Stein, (S&S)
Florence Gordon, Brian Morton, (HMH)
New Young Adult:
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir, Liz Prince, (HMH/Zest Books)
I’ll Give You the Sun, Jandy Nelson, (Penguin/Dial)
Althea & Oliver, Christina Moracho, (Penguin/Viking Juvenile)
10/6 People Picks, #8 — “The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — — How to Build a Girl, Caitlin Moran, (Harper)
The Wonder of all Things, Jason Mott, (Harlequin.Mira)
Lady Parts, Andrea Martin, (Harper)
NEW IN NONFICTION:
The Terrorist’s Son, Zak Ebrahim, (Simon & Schuster/ TED)
A Deadly Wandering, Matt Richtel, (HarperCollins/Morrow)
Daring: My Passages, Gail Sheehy, (HarperCollins/Morrow)
9/29 People Picks, #6 — “The Best Books of The Fall”
Yes Please, Amy Poehler, (HarperCollins/Dey Street)
There Was a Little Girl, Brooke Shields, (Penguin/Dutton)
Us, David Nicholls, (Harper)
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel, (Macmillan/Holt(
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, Jeff Hobbs, (S&S/Scribner)
Neil Patrick Harris Choose Your Own Autobiography, Neil Patrick Harris, (RH/Crown Archetype)
The Paying Guests, Sarah Waters, (Penguin/Riverhead)
Some Luck, Jane Smiley, (RH/Knopf)
9/22 People Picks, #12 — “The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel, (RH/Knopf)
Neverhome, Laird Hunt, (Hachette/Little, Brown)
Cosby: His Life and Times, Mark Whitaker, (S&S)
9/15 People Picks, #5 — “The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — I’ll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist, Betty Halbreich, Rebecca Paley, (Penguin Press)
Accidents of Marriage, Randy Susan Meyers, (S&S/Atria)
The Children Act, Ian McEwan, RH/Nan A. Talese
NEW IN NONFICTION:
Women in Clothes, Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Leanne Shapton, Penguin/ Blue Rider Press
Elvis & Ginger: Elvis Presley’s Fiancée and Last Love Finally Tells Her Story, Ginger Alden, (Penguin/Berkley)
What if?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, Randall Munroe, (HMH)
9/8 People Picks, #2 — “The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — The Secret Place, Tana French, (Penguin/Viking)
The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell, (Random House)
The Organized Mind:Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload, Daniel J. Levitin, (Penguin/Dutton)
9/1 People Picks, #12 — “The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — We Are Not Ourselves, Matthew Thomas, (S&S)
Small Blessings, Martha Woodroof, (Macmillan/St. Martin’s)
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life, William Deresiewicz, (S&S/Free Press)
NEW IN YOUNG ADULT:
Like No Other, Una LaMarche, (Penguin/Razorbill)
Blind, Rachel DeWoskin, (Penguin/Viking Juvenile)
The Young World, Chris Weitz, (Hachette/Little, Brown Young Readers)
8/25 People Picks, #11 — “The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — Bittersweet: A Novel, Colleen McCullough, (S&S)
Bad Feminist: Essays, Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial
Secrets of the Lighthouse: A Novel, Santa Montefiore, S&S
8/18 People Picks, #11 — “The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War, S&S/Scribner
The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances, HMH
Dear Daughter, Elizabeth Little, Penguin/Viking
8/11 People Picks, #5 –“The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty, Penguin/Putnam/Amy Einhorn
The Fortune Hunter: A Novel, Daisy Goodwin, Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press
Lucky Us, Amy Bloom, Random House
8/4 People Picks, #6 –“The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — Travels with Casey, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, S&S
A Man Called Ove: A Novel, Fredrik Backman, S&S/Atria
All I love and Know: A Novel, Judith Frank, HarperCollins/Morrow
GREAT BEACH BOOKS:
The Sweet Spot: A Novel, Stephanie Evanovich, HarperCollins/Morrow
I Said Yes to Eveything: A Memoir, Lee Grant, Penguin/Blue Rider Press
Have a Nice Guilt Trip, Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella, Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press
7/28 People Picks, #8 –“The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — The Book of Life, Deborah Harkness, Penguin/Viking
The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee, Marja Mills, Penguin Press
The Hundred-Year House, Rebecca Makkai, Penguin/Viking
7/21 People Picks, #6 –“The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — Diary of a Mad Diva, Joan Rivers, Penguin/Berkley
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands: A Novel, Chris Bohjalian, RH/Doubleday
The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing: A Novel, Mira Jacob, Random House
SUMMER THRILLERS:
Eyes on You: A Novel of Suspense, Kate White, Harper
The Dead Will Tell: A Kate Burkholder Novel, Linda Castillo
That Night: A Novel, Chevy Stevens, Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press
7/14 People Picks, #12 — “The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — One Plus One: A Novel, Jojo Moyes, Penguin/Pamela Dorman
Friendship: A Novel, Emily Gould. Macmillan/FSG
Supersurvivors : The Surprising Link Between Suffering and Success, David B. Feldman, Lee Daniel Kravetz, HarperCollins/HarperWave
7/7 People Picks, #9 –“The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — The Arsonist: A novel, Sue Miller, Random House
Now I See You : A Memoir, Nicole C. Kear, Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press
The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet: A Novel, Kate Rorick, Bernie Su, S&S/Touchstone
6/30 People Picks, #7 — “The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling), Hachette/Mulholland Books
All Fall Down: A Novel, Jennifer Weiner, S&S/Atria
Rogues, George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Gillian Flynn, et al, RH/Bantam
6/23 People Picks, #6 –“The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You: A Novel, Courtney Maum, S&S/Touchstone
Do Fathers Matter?: What Science Is Telling Us About the Parent We’ve Overlooked, Paul Raeburn, Macmillan/Scientific American/ FSG
Euphoria, Lily King, Atlantic Monthly Press
6/16 People Picks, #10 — “The Best New Books”
The “Book of the Week” — Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King, S&S/Scribner
Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, Diana Gabaldon, RH/Delacorte
China Dolls, Lisa See, Random House
MUST-READ PAPERBACKS:
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman, HarperCollins/Morrow Paperbacks
Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris, Hachette/Back Bay Books
And the Mountains Echoed, Penguin/Riverhead Trade
GREAT SUMMER READS
The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling), June 19, Hachette/Mulholland Books
All Fall Down, Jennifer Weiner, June 17, S&S/Atria Books
Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves, Laurel Braitman, June 10, Simon & Schuster
The Unexpected Waltz, Kim Wright, June 3, S&S/Gallery Books
The Fever, Megan Abbott, June 17, Hachette/Little, Brown
One Plus One, Jojo Moyes, July 1, Penguin/Pamela Dorman Books
Landline, Rainbow Rowell, July 8, Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press
The Matchmaker, Elin Hilderbrand, June 10, Hachette/Little, Brown
Life Drawing, Robin Black, July 15, Random House
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra, Helen Rappaport, June 3, Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press
Friendship, Emily Gould, July 1, Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Summer House with Swimming Pool, Herman Koch, June 3, RH/Hogarth
The Vacationers, Emma Straub, Penguin/Riverhead, 4 of 4 stars
Catching Air, Sarah Pekkanen, S&S/Washington Square Press (original trade pbk), 3 of 4 stars
The Possibilities, Kaui Hart Hemmings, Simon & Schuster, 4 of 4 stars
The Last Kind Words Saloon, Larry McMurtry, Norton/Liveright, 3 of 4 stars
Save the Date: The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest, Jen Doll, 3 of 4 stars
AUDIO BOOKS:
Think Like a Freak CD: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, HarperAudio
The One & Only, Emily Giffin, Random House Audio
The Snow Queen, Michael Cunningham, Claire Danes, Macmillan Audio
Interview:
Toni Braxton, Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir, HarperCollins/It Books
Feature:
#GIRLBOSS, Sophia Amoruso, Penguin/Portfolio
Bittersweet, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, RH/Crown. 3.5 of 4 stars
Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir, Roz Chast, Macmillan/Bloomsbury. 3.5 of 4 stars
NEW IN FICTION:
The Pink Suit, Nicole Mary Kelby, Hachette
‘Til the Well Runs Dry, Lauren Francis-Sharma, Macmillan/Holt
Astonish Me, Maggie Shipstead, RH/Knopf
Feature:
Confessions of the World’s Best Father, Dave Engledow, Penguin/Gotham
Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home, Nina Stibbe, Hachette/Little, Brown, 3.5 of 4 stars
Black Chalk, Christopher J. Yates, IPG/Harvill Secke, 3 of 4 stars
All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr, S&S/Scribner, 3.5 of 4 stars
Psychos: A White Girl Problems Book, Babe Walker, S&S/Gallery Books, 4 of 4 stars
NEW IN NONFICTION:
Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage, Molly Wizenberg, S&S
The Brainy Bunch: The Harding Family’s Method to College Ready by Age Twelve, Kip Harding, Mona Lisa Harding, S&S/Gallery Books
I Can Hear You Whisper: An Intimate Journey through the Science of Sound and Language, Lydia Denworth, Penguin/Dutton
Interview:
George R. R. Martin, Rogues, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois; Original stories by Gillian Flynn, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, and a new Song of Ice and Fire story by George R. R. Martin, RH/Bantam, coming June 17
Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel, Jason Padgett, Maureen Ann Seaberg, HMH, 3.5 of 4 stars
Casebook, Mona Simpson, (RH/Knopf), 4 of 4 stars
A Fighting Chance, Elizabeth Warren, Macmillan/Holt, 3 of 4 stars
NEW IN FICTION:
Can’t and Won’t: Stories, Lydia Davis, Macmillan/FSGReal Happy Family: A Novel, Caeli Wolfson Widger, HMH/New Harvest
Natchez Burning: A Novel, Greg Iles, HarperCollins/Morrow
Interview:
Katherine Schwarzenegger, I Just Graduated…Now What?: Honest Answers from Those Who Have Been There, RH/Crown ArchetypeAnd More Tips for Grads:
Lean In for Graduates, Sheryl Sandberg, RH/KnopfCongratulations, by the way: Some Thoughts on Kindness, George Saunders, Random House
There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll, Lisa Robinson, Penguin/Riverhead, 4 of 4
The Other Language, Francesca Marciano, RH/Pantheon, 4 of 4
Family Life, Akhil Sharma, W.W. Norton, 3.5 of 4
The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana, RH/Doubleday, 4 of 4
Interview:
Carol Leifer, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying, Quirk Books
And the Dark Sacred Night, Julia Glass, RH/Pantheon, 4 of 4 stars
I Don’t Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star, Judy Greer, RH/Doubleday, 3.5 of 4 stars
The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty, Randy Taraborrelli, Hachette/Grand Central, 4 of 4 stars
Stronger, Jeff Bauman, Bret Witter, Hachette/Grand Central, 3.5 of 4 stars
NEW IN NONFICTION:
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, Michael Lewis, W.W. Norton
Living with a Wild God : A Nonbeliever’s Search for the Truth about Everything, Barbara Ehrenreich, Hachette/Twelve
The Empathy Exams: Essays, Leslie Jamison, Graywolf Press
Feature:
Love Life, Rob Lowe, S&S — Books he’s most looking forward to? Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl : A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned”, Random House, and Amy Poehler’s untitled book, HarperCollins/It Books
4/14 Book Review Section
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories, Marina Keegan, 3.5 of 4 stars
Love and Treasure, Ayelet Waldman, RH/Knopf, 3 of 4 stars
No Book but the World, Leah Hager Cohen, Penguin/Riverhead, 4 of 4 stars
Mimi Malloy, At Last!, Julia MacDonnell, Macmillan/Picador, 4 of 4 stars
Feature:
Living in Style: Inspiration and Advice for Everyday Glamour, Rachel Zoe, Hachette/Grand CentralInterview:
Face the Music: A Life Exposed, Paul Stanley, HarperOne
Frog Music, Emma Donoghue, (Hachette/Little, Brown), 3.5 of 4 stars
The Divorce Papers, Susan Rieger, (RH/Crown ), 3 of 4 stars
Missing You, Harlan Coben, (Penguin/Dutton), 3.5 of 4 stars
Mannequin Girl, Ellen Litman, (Norton ), 3.5 of 4 stars
NEW IN NONFICTION
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, Misty Copeland, (S&S/Touchstone)
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade, Walter Kirn, (Norton/Liveright)
10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works–A True Story, Dan Harris, (HarperCollins/It Books)
Interview
The Silver Lining: A Supportive and Insightful Guide to Breast Cancer, Hollye Jacobs, Elizabeth Messina, S&S/Atria
Tempting Fate, Jane Green, Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 3.5 of 4 stars
Shotgun Lovesongs, Nickolas Butler, 4 of 4 stars
The Accident, Chris Pavone, RH/Crown, 4 of 4 stars
Power Play, Danielle Steel, RH/Delacorte
You Should Have Known, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Hachette/Grand Central, 3.5 of 4 stars
NEW IN NONFICTION
It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, danah boyd, Yale University Press
Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time, Brigid Schulte, Macmillan /Sarah Crichton Books
A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, Sarah Shourd, HMH/Eamon Dolan
A Circle Of Wives, Alice Laplante, Atlantic Monthly Press, 3.5 of 4 Stars
Boy, Snow, Bird, Helen Oyeyemi, Penguin/Riverhead, 3 of 4 Stars
Bark: Stories, Lorrie Moore, RH/Knopf
The Headmaster’s Wife, Thomas Christopher Greene, Macmillan/Thomas Dunne
Clever Girl, Tessa Hadley, Harper
Interview:
Growing Up Duggar: It’s All About Relationships, Jill Duggar, Jinger Duggar, Jessa Duggar, Jana Duggar, Howard Books
Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart, Carol Wall, (Penguin/Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam), 4 of 4 stars
The Good Luck of Right Now, Matthew Quick, (Harper), 3 of 4 stars
A Life in Men: A Novel, Gina Frangello, (Workman/Algonquin), 3.5 of 4 stars
Plenty of Time When We Get Home: Love and Recovery in the Aftermath of War, Kayla Williams, (Norton), 3.5 of 4 stars
While Beauty Slept, Elizabeth Blackwell, (Penguin/Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam), 4 of 4 stars
The Wives of Los Alamos: A Novel, TaraShea Nesbit, (Macmillan/Bloomsbury), 3.5 of 4 stars
Feature:
Uganda Be Kidding Me, Chelsea Handler, (Hachette/Grand Central)What Should We Be Worried About?: Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night, John Brockman, (Harper Perennial)
The Museum of Extraordinary Things: A Novel, Alice Hoffman, (S&S/Scribner), 3.5 of 4 stars
Thirty Girls, Susan Minot, (RH/Knopf), 3 of 4 stars
Feature:
The Reluctant Father, Phillip Toledano, (Dewi Lewis Publishing)
The Bear, Claire Cameron, Hachette/ Little, Brown, 4 of 4 stars
Glitter and Glue, Kelly Corrigan, RH/Ballantine, 3 of 4 stars
Feature:
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More, Janet Mock, S&S/Atria
NEW IN AUDIOBOOKS:
After I’m Gone, Laura Lippman, HarperAudio
The Widow’s Guide to Sex & Dating, Carole Radziwill, Brilliance
The Forever Girl, Alexander McCall Smith, Steve Lyons, Recorded Books
This Star Won’t Go Out, Esther Earl, Penguin/Dutton Juvenile, 4 of 4 stars
Somerset, Leila Meacham, Hachette/Grand Central, 3.5 of 4 stars
NEW IN FICTION:
Perfect, Rachel Joyce, Random House
The Winter People, Jennifer McMahon, RH/Doubleday
The Deepest Secret, Carla Buckley, RH/Bantam
Interview: B. J. Novak, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories, RH/Knopf
Still Life with Bread Crumbs, Anna Quindlen, Random House, 4 of 4 stars
All Joy and No Fun, Jennifer Senior, HarperCollins/Ecco, 3 of 4 stars
Ripper, Isabel Allende, Harper, 4 of 4 stars
Interview: David Menasche, The Priority List: A Teacher’s Final Quest to Discover Life’s Greatest Lessons, S&S/Touchstone
The Days of Anna Madrigal, Armistead Maupin, Harper, 3.5 of 4 stars
Promise Land, Jessica Lamb-Shapiro, S&S, 3.5 of 4 stars
Little Failure, Gary Shteyngart, Random House, 3 of 4 stars
NEW IN FICTION:
The Visionist, Rachel Urquhart, Hachette/Little, Brown
The Bird Skinner, Alice Greenway, Atlantic Monthly Press
What I Had Before I Had You, Sarah Cornwell, Harper
Feature: Cat Sense, John Bradshaw, Perseus/Basic Books
Motherland, Maria Hummel, Perseus/Coungerpoint, 4 of 4 stars
Duty, Robert M. Gaines, RH/Knopf, 3 of 4 stars
NEW IN NONFICTION:
My Age of Anxiety, Scott Stossel, RH/Knopf
Ham, Sam Harris, S&S/Gallery
Unremarried Widow, Artis Henderson, S&S
Interview: Drew Barrymore, Find It in Everything: Photographs, Hachette/Little, Brown
Radiance of Tomorrow, Ishmael Beah, Macmillan/Sarah Crichton, 3 of 4 stars
The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking, Olivia Laing, Macmillan/Picador, 4 of 4 stars
The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin/Viking, 4 of 4 stars
Innocence, Dean Koontz, RH/Bantam, 4 of 4 stars
Interview:
The Body Book: The Law of Hunger, the Science of Strength, and Other Ways to Love Your Amazing Body, Cameron Diaz, HarperWave