Maureen Corrigan

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews “An Obedient Father” (Farrar Straus & Giroux) the debut novel by short story writer Akhil Sharma.

The next installment of the Harry Potter series comes out tomorrow. Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the Harry Potter books and the hype around them.

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new novel Bee Season, by Myla Goldberg.

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Katharine Butler Hathaway’s newly reprinted memoir, The Little Locksmith.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews two new novels about China: “Becoming Madame Mao”(Houghton Mifflin) a fictional biography by Anchee Min, and the detective novel, “Death of a Red Heroine” (Soho) by Qui Xialong.

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan gives us her picks for the best summer reading.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews “White Teeth” by Zadie Smith. It’s Smith’s debut novel about a couple of World War 2 veterans and their families.

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews a new autobiography by P.D. James.

Critic Maureen Corrigan reflects on the value of work, upon receiving a letter about her benefits from the Social Security Administration.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new novel by Saul Bellow, “Ravelstein”