Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Erik Larson juxtaposes a murderer and an inventor and makes it work! This author will never run out of ideas as witnessed by this historic...

Gingrich and Forstchen have written one of the most meaningful Civil War novels to date. It reveals the Union generals' blunders and a...

Eh bien, I figured it out! I actually came up with the correct killer, or killers, shortly after the millionaire heiress, Linnet Doyle, wa...

Japan's Haruki Murakami writes a surreal novel for the intellectual reader with a touch of fantasy. The story is neither completely lu...

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...