Best Bar Books

"...Guide by Sharon Tyler Herbst and Ron Herbst (Broadway Books, $15, paper) wins based on its huge number of..."

June 27, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

World of Books

The Fifth Annual Texas Book Festival

"...in his voice, which definitely comes out in his books. If he is fascinated by environmental politics, which have..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

World of Books

The Fifth Annual Texas Book Festival

"...executive Dave Hamrick announced that he was leaving the bookstore chain back in August, Texas writers paid attention. For..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Rock & Roll Books

Any Old Way You Choose It

"...Billboard Books, 192 pp., $35..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Books Feature by Christopher Gray

Coffeetable Books

Dream On

"...Courage Books, 176 pp., $19.98..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Literary Lone Stars Ten Best Texas Books

"...bulging bookcases to prove it. These are the 10 books of and about Texas I treasure most...."

Feb. 16, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Top Books to Read in 2020 As Everything Falls Apart

In a COVID-strained year, tales of families repairing their lives and the caste system's effect of Black Americans made an impact

"...Older books that helped get me through our virus era include..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Top Books of 2020 That Struck a Literary or Musical Chord

A writer's fictional joyride, a rock & roll memoir, and jazz fairy tales are books that sang this year

Dec. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Six Local Books for Foodies for the Holidays

Texas food for the eyes and stomach

"...man who shot the unforgettable images for those Franklin books noted above, following up his own Texas BBQ debut..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top Books of 2018 That Make the Past Present

Whether in biography, graphic novel, crime fiction, or retold Greek myths, these books brought history to life

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Top Books of 2018 for American Road Tripping

Two novels set on the open road and two accounts of life in Trump's White House all made for journeys deep into America today

"...the most egregious and disturbing revelations entailed in both books. It's not a pretty picture, to say the least...."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Books to Read and Wrap for the Holidays

Ditch that elf on the shelf so you can put all these nifty books there

Dec. 7, 2018 Arts Feature

Garlandia

One family man's fight to survive divine assaults and a community turned against him becomes a rollicking, rambling epic, superbly rendered

"...and picture. Garlandiaby Lorenzo Mattotti and Jerry Kramsky Fantagraphics Books, 400 pp., $39.99..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen

by Bill Bentley

"...Rock and Roll: Live and Unseenby Bill Bentley Smithsonian Books, 216 pp., $40..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Everything's Bigger in Texas: The Life & Times of Kinky Friedman

by Mary Lou Sullivan

"...& Times of Kinky Friedmanby Mary Lou Sullivan Backbeat Books, 344 pp., $29.99..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

We Were There: Austin Concert Crowds Shot From the Pit

by Sandy Carson

"...Concert Crowds Shot From the Pitby Sandy Carson Daylight Books, 99 pp., $45..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?

"...payments extracted from supposedly "property-rich" districts to balance the books. Take that out, and the state's contribution actually drops..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

I Am Brian Wilson / Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy

I Am Brian Wilson / Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy

"...tales, even if he depicts mental illness candidly. Both books were ghostwritten by New York Times bestselling authors, consistent..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Review by Neph Basedow

Ramones at 40 / Slash: A Punk Magazine From Los Angeles, 1977-80

Ramones at 40 / Slash: A Punk Magazine From Los Angeles, 1977-80

"...Punk coffeetable books? Preposterous idea to even those of spikey-haired persuasion, yet..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Screamin' Jay Hawkins' All-Time Greatest Hits: A Novel

Screamin' Jay Hawkins' All-Time Greatest Hits: A Novel

"...Hawkins’ All-Time Greatest Hits: a novelby Mark Binelli Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company, 224 pp., $26..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Hank: The Short Life & Long Country Road of Hank Williams

Hank: The Short Life & Long Country Road of Hank Williams

"...on Over," and hundreds more. Over the decades, many books attempted this tale, the most prestigious written by noted..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Books on Film

Inspired by the collective unconscious

June 17, 2016 Screens Feature

Books on Film

On what makes a great book a great movie

June 17, 2016 Screens Feature

Books on Film

Nick Offerman would make a great Teddy Roosevelt

June 17, 2016 Screens Feature

Books on Film

Driven by street photography and war journalism

June 17, 2016 Screens Feature

Putting the Adult in Adult Coloring Books

Nathan Rapport channels heartbreak into risque gay art

"...Adult coloring books are all the rage, but Austin’s very own Nathan..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Dan Gray

Jay Trachtenberg's Top Reads of 2015

A Brief History of Seven Killings leads a list of works exploring crime and politics abroad and at home

"...Two Austin-centric books of note are Scott Blackwood's See How Small (Little,..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Keith Ferguson Texas Blues Bass

Legendary Austin bassist gets his due – from Germany!

"...Minus great characters, books are hardly worth the ink, paper, and glue. Keith..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

So This Is Permanence

Move over Kurt Cobain Journals

"...So This Is Permanenceby Ian Curtis Chronicle Books, 274pp., $40..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life and Cars

Third and best book on Neil Young employs automobiles as its autobiographical device

"...With three books now available on Neil Young, Special Deluxe easily earns..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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