The Winged Histories
Sofia Samatar's novel of Olondria takes patience, but its characters are intensely complex and beautifully human
121-150 of 1,062 entries
Jessi Cape, Arts, June 16, 2016
Don't All Thank Me at Once: The Lost Pop Genius of Scott Miller
Seminal pop savant uncovered
Michael Toland, Music, June 16, 2016
Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk
Punk rock as L.A. lit no less than Charles Bukowski and Raymond Chandler
Tim Stegall, Music, June 16, 2016
Let's Go to Hell: Scattered Memories of the Butthole Surfers
Front lunatic Gibby Haynes escapes the Butthole Surfers' first bio, but nothing else did
Kevin Curtin, Music, June 16, 2016
Small Town Talk: Bob Dylan, the Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix & Friends in the Wild Years of Woodstock
The history of Woodstock – the town, not the festival
Jim Caligiuri, Music, June 16, 2016
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
The punk equivalent to Mötley Crüe's debauched autobiography The Dirt
Tim Stegall, Music, June 16, 2016
Texas Jailhouse Music: A Prison Band History
Even the Texas state prison system proved an incubator for the Lone Star soundtrack
Alejandra Ramirez, Music, June 16, 2016
Dark Run
Mike Brooks' ragtag gang on a galactic smuggling mission may seem familiar (cough, Firefly), but you'll love 'em all the same
Rosalind Faires, Arts, June 16, 2016
Country Boys and Redneck Women
Diane Pecknold & Kristine M. McCusker
Abby Johnston, Music, June 16, 2016
Living Like a Runaway
Lita Ford
Raoul Hernandez, Music, June 16, 2016
Kent Finlay, Dreamer: The Musical Legacy Behind Cheatham Street Warehouse
Brian T. Atkinson & Jenni Finlay
Doug Freeman, Music, June 16, 2016
Arabella of Mars
Set in an alternate past wherein Britain colonized Mars, David D. Levine's novel is a thrilling adventure for young and old
Adrienne Martini, Arts, June 16, 2016
Stick It! My Life of Sex, Drums, and Rock & Roll
Rod Stewart mispronounced the session basher's name, but Carmine Appice survived nonetheless
Richard Whittaker, Music, June 16, 2016
Prince: The Man and His Music
First comprehensive Prince bio dropped domestically two months before he died
Neph Basedow, Music, June 16, 2016
Arcadia: A Novel
Four protagonists move through our world, imaginary worlds, and time in Iain Pears' sumptuous tangle of a book
Rosalind Faires, Arts, June 16, 2016
Terminated for Reasons of Taste
Collection of local brainiac Chuck Eddy's freakishly knowledgeable music insights
Libby Webster, Music, June 16, 2016
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
"A man who carries the troubled history of an entire people on his back and a 24-piece band and three radio stations to boot cannot find peace"
Thomas Fawcett, Music, June 16, 2016
Sheet Music: Waylon & The Grand Tour
Sheet Music
Tim Stegall, Music, May 26, 2016
Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements
'Mats 'tude – definitive
Neph Basedow, Music, March 31, 2016
Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s
Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria
Marc Savlov, Arts, March 10, 2016
Pleasantville
Attica Locke's stylish novel proves she knows how to craft a fiendishly intricate detective story
Molly Odintz, Arts, Feb. 25, 2016
The Do-Right
Lisa Sandlin's gem of a noir set in 1970s Beaumont is atmospheric, by turns amusing and harrowing, and surprisingly compassionate
Rosalind Faires, Arts, Feb. 25, 2016
Stillwater: A Jack McBride Mystery
With this debut, Melissa Lenhardt delivers a punchy page-turner with a real feel for life in small-town Texas
Jessi Cape, Arts, Feb. 25, 2016
Sunset City
Melissa Ginsburg's Houston-set debut is a steamy potboiler and a perfect detective novel for millennials
Molly Odintz, Arts, Feb. 25, 2016
Love Notes From the Bear
Austin's big brown bear of a singer-songwriter-Stratocaster, Jon Dee Graham, doodles his wife, real-life concerns, and ardor
Raoul Hernandez, Music, Feb. 11, 2016
Sherlock Chronicles
A look behind the scenes of the BBC series Sherlock is informative, if not intimate
Rosalind Faires, Arts, Dec. 23, 2015
The Sherlock Holmes Book
This encyclopedic overview of all things Holmesian will add a literary elegance to your coffee table
Wayne Alan Brenner, Arts, Dec. 23, 2015
Mycroft Holmes
This adventure of the Great Detective's brother as a young man is a fine addition to the canon
Molly Odnitz, Arts, Dec. 23, 2015
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories
A stupendous survey of Sherlockian parodies and pastiches from 1890 to the present
Robert Faires, Arts, Dec. 23, 2015
Austin City Limits: A Monument to Music
Four decades of ACL tapings told in (mostly) pictures
