Paul LaRosa

“Do Beatles fans really want to revisit this painful, bitter, divisive time in the life of the band who otherwise gave the world so much joy?”

Help Wanted is a novel about characters who some might call “ordinary people,” in this case the workers at a big box store very much like Walmart.

“a part of the Beatles history that was nearly lost but now is a compelling and important read.”

Everyone knows the music of Elton John. But some may not know that Elton never writes any lyrics.

Oh, for the days when the title “Working Girl” referred to the feel-good movie with Melanie Griffith.

At one point in this steely cold but effective novel by Emma Cline, someone asks Alex, the young female protagonist: “Why are you like this?”

Haruki Murakami is considered by many to be one of the most compelling novelists of the past 40 years.

“The book is a joy to read. You can dip in anywhere and swim about in Dylan’s brain.”

“This is a very funny, easy to read novel that has an edge thanks to its main character’s charade.”

At 128 pages, The Reservoir is described as a novella. Fever dream would be more apt.

“Both well written and intriguing, this is hybrid memoir will stick in your memory long after you finish.”

When you hear that a journalist as famous as Carl Bernstein has written a memoir, you might ask yourself what more you need to know about his illustrious Pulitzer Prize-winning career.

“The redeeming power of Freedman’s book is that it allows his fans to be exposed one more time to Cohen’s incredible personality and intelligence and, for that reason, the book is a success

“The nuances of human behavior are on display, and we can all see something of ourselves and our own mistakes.”

Hayley Mills is truly a figure from the past. Pollyanna indeed.

“beautifully written. Thomson is a master of description, often erotic description.”

When a writer decides to base his novel’s plot around a middle-class Jewish kid’s coming of age adventure on Long Island in 1970, it’s not a promising sign.

“one of the best books of 2020.”

Did you ever read a book where it’s obvious the author has no burning desire to write a book, where he puts down phrases in staccato bursts that are not really sentences or paragraphs or even prope

“The Beatles’ legend only grows in stature every year until now it is one of the best-known stories in entertainment history. Anything that remotely touches them is gold.”

“The Beatles were not just a band but a magic act.”

Jane, the so-called “Pizza Girl” of this debut novel by Jean Kyoung Frazier, lives in her own head. She works at a takeout pizza joint, delivering pizzas to a regular crew of characters.

“Zigman is an excellent writer who knows how to keep all the balls in the air.

“Do You Mind If I Cancel is packed with funny lines, wistful memories, and the kinds of coming of age experiences we all have.

It might be hard to imagine that a novel about a Senegalese immigrant living in the countryside of Flanders would have anything to say about our current world crisis over immigration but that’s whe

If you’re not familiar with Pete Holmes, he is a standup comedian who had a brief run as a late night talk show host and an HBO series called Crashing that was loosely (or not so loosely b

“Readers can get really caught up in S. H.’s discovery of her young self.

This is an odd hybrid of a book.

“what saves this book is that the Mooch [Anthony Scaramucci] comes off as an attractive character. There actually is more to him—much more—than his brief tenure at the White House.

Author Thomas Brothers tries mightily in this dense but insightful book to tie his thesis together, namely that two of the biggest musical geniuses of the 20th Century—Duke Ellington and The Beatle

Matters of Vital Interest is not your typical pop star bio.

“Lisa Brennan-Jobs is a very good writer who has somehow managed to dredge up debilitating memories without feeling sorry for herself. It’s a compelling read.”

“as satisfying as a plate of General Tso’s chicken after a night of drinking.”

There is no question that Robin, the new biography by culture reporter David Itzkoff, is comprehensive and well researched, a tour de force about the life of comedian Robin Williams.

Paul Simon: The Life is not an autobiography but it might as well be. Simon sat for more than 100 hours of interviews with respected writer Robert Hilburn and made it possible for Hilburn

On first blush, it would be easy to think this memoir is a cheap attempt to cash in on what is really a very common problem in America—our addiction to online porn that is said to be ruining young

Gold Dust Woman, the unauthorized biography of pop music legend Stevie Nicks, can be read two ways.

The Mudd Club was the Brigadoon of the late ’70s New York City music scene.

Cole is a high school boy, which means Cole thinks about sex—a lot.

Novelists are not immune to what’s going on around them and clearly author Brian Platzer, who lives in the largely black and gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, has drawn on hi

If you loved the television series Mad Men, hanker for a time when jewel thieves were referred to as “gentlemen,” and wish all business lunches revolved around three or more martinis, then

Imagine you’re a young mother whose two children have vanished. Imagine you’re divorced and sleeping around. Imagine you’re a waitress who likes provocative clothes and makeup.

The setting for this debut novel by Lindsey Lee Johnson is a high school in the over-privileged enclave of Mill Valley, California.

The very idea of a high-gloss, pricey photo book about the Sex Pistols seems ludicrous on the face of it.

Paul Du Noyer has set himself up with this book because, honestly, what else is there to say about Paul McCartney?

As author Leon Wildes himself admits, this book has been a long time coming. John Lennon fought his immigration battle against “the USA” back in the early 1970s.

William Faulkner famously wrote, “The past is never dead.

Writing an all-encompassing book about the life of Paul McCartney is akin to writing the definitive biography of Jesus Christ.

“Bohman’s prose is the literary equivalent of an undertow.”

The couple at the heart of this novel—Rob Beauman and Ellie Larrabee—appear on the surface to have everything.

If timing were everything, this memoir would be No. 1 on all the bestseller lists, getting released the week of David Bowie’s unfortunate death and the release of his latest album.

It’s easy to think of Carly Simon—gorgeous, tall, and talented—as swanning through her charmed celebrity life.

It’s 1978 and John Lennon has taken off from everyone and everything he knows to find peace in his soul and songs in his psyche.