By Theresa Yuan Staff Writer Whether you’re taking a long road trip or planning on lounging comatose on your couch with few thoughts of ever getting up again, here’s a list of books you can spend your summer with. For a Psychological Thriller: Tana French’s “The Likeness” (Viking Adult, $9.03) takes readers behind the doors of a beautiful rococo-era house [...]

by Theresa Yuan Staff Writer Six Word Summary: Punk Hacker almost redeems languid thriller. What’s yellow and black and read all over? This summer’s mega hit The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Random House, $11.99) from Swedish writer Steig Larsson continues to be a bestseller this January. It is immensely readable and features a handful of striking and eccentric characters. [...]

by Theresa Yuan Staff Writer Looking to get books that won’t wind up as doorstops for everyone on your list? Look no further. I’ve compiled a list of the best books to get all your friends and family based on the best books I’ve read this year. They range from quirky to thought-provoking, and there’s one for every reader on [...]

by Theresa Yuan Staff Writer Six-Word Summary: Dysfunctional Family Faces Christmas Dinner, Dementia Jonathan Franzen is 51 years old, and he’s already been tagged as the next Great American Novelist. His latest novel Freedom is generating a lot of buzz, but during this sugar-cookies and winter-frost time of year, The Corrections (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, $16.00), his ambitious novel about [...]