Book Reviews

Two authors fight off the clichés of female friendship

Review: Best Seat in the House throws beloved Canadian musical son Jeff Healey under the bus

From Toronto to the Berlin Wall: Two eighties punk books show there’s no one way to stick it to the man

Delegating the unseen, endless list of emotional labour

Review: John Gray’s Seven Types of Atheism is philosophically enlightening

Ill communication: Beastie Boys Book shows how artists can check themselves – and their legacy

Review: Blood Communion’s powerful message of morality

Review: Paul Myers’s new Kids in the Hall biography deserves space on your bookshelf

In My Stories, My Time, Jean Chrétien traces an incredible path through history

Review: D’Arcy Jenish’s new book is a timely reminder of past FLQ violence

Review: Edith Sheffer’s Asperger’s Children examines the infamous doctor behind the disorder

Women’s anger: Two new books show how to turn fury into action

Stephen Harper’s new book has lots of flaws, but it’s worth looking past them

Review: Eric Kandel’s The Disordered Mind reframes approach to mental illness

The words, letters and literature of Dave Bidini’s life

Sandeep Jauhar’s Heart: A History is a journey into the inner world of our most beloved organ

The Enthusiast: How Lisa Halliday ‘got' Philip Roth – and me

Review: Ben MacIntyre’s The Spy and The Traitor shines light on Cold War double agent

Excerpt: Queen Solomon by Tamara Faith Berger

Bill Cunningham’s memoir is a time capsule of the fashion industry in mid-century America

How the evolution of playgrounds has eroded children’s freedom

Review: Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina captures digital zeitgeist with chilling insight

Review: A.F. Moritz does ‘the hard work of looking back’ with career-spanning The Sparrow

Read slowly, and with care: The English Patient review from 1992

Review: Back to Beer... And Hockey is a workmanlike biography of Eric Molson

The dark side of Vancouver’s real estate boom inspires two new novels

Review: Rachel Cusk’s Kudos is a fearless and brazenly dark end to an unforgettable trilogy

Review: Michael Arditti’s Of Men and Angels tells a vital story about religion and homosexuality

Review: David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs brilliantly unpacks the modern corporate economy

Review: Lauren Groff’s Florida serves up danger alongside optimism to mixed results

Review: Tommy Orange’s stunning debut novel There There

Review: Sex and the City and Us doesn’t shy away from the show’s problematic legacy