Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Warning: The woebegoneness level of this non-fiction book is very high. It's also a fact filled historical recreation of President Fra...

Literature seems to be developing new genres that I like and dislike. Conventional fiction or non-fiction books aren't so routine anymor...

I haven't read a mystery of this ilk in a long time. What a breath of fresh air! Agatha Christie wrote this book in 1934, and it's...

The first novel in Cornwell's The Saxon Tales is an overwhelming success! This is a series that you don't have to read in ord...

Once again I've taxed my mind with China Mieville's words that are untranslatable or seem germane, but are actually neologistical....

This is historical fiction at its tear-jerking best! This novel by Alan Brennert takes you on a roller coaster ride of varied emotions. It...

Candice Millard brings Theodore Roosevelt's image to a new high level with this non-fiction thriller! After a near miss from an assass...

No flapdoodle here in this spectacular look at President McKinley's assassination with extras! The extras are the story of America...

If you thought the story of the Plantagenets of England was over with Devil's Brood , forget it! Here is a brilliant historical novel ...

I'm starting to love historical non-fiction that reads like a novel! Once again, Erik Larson succeeds where others fail. Educators sho...