California Review of Books

Skip to content

Our heart is in California, but our interests are everywhere.

Search

Fiction
Nonfiction
Memoir & Biography
Poetry
Art & Music
Other Books & Media
Essays & Interviews
Fresh Looks
In Brief

Thursday, April 23, 2026

About Us

Recently Reviewed

Gerhard Richter, edited by Dieter Schwarz and Nicholas Serota

Play This Book Loud: Noisy Essays by Joe Bonomo

News and Notes

The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document that Fails Them by Aziz Rana

Golden State: The Making of California by Michael Hiltzik

Fiction Reviews

Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell

Gerhard Richter, edited by Dieter Schwarz and Nicholas Serota

Citadelles & Mazenod Review by David Starkey Honestly, I’m not sure what to make of Gerhard Richter. Like anyone who has visited art museums over the years, I’ve seen plenty…

Play This Book Loud: Noisy Essays by Joe Bonomo

Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory by John Garrison Marks

The Norton Lectures Centenary Editions

Support Your Local Independent Bookstore

California Review of Books appreciates the bookstores in our communities and encourages you to support your local independent bookshop. Our links connect to bookshop.org, a website that partners with independent booksellers across the country. CRB receives a small percentage of sales through this site.

California Review of Books offers readers smart, concise and timely reviews of new books, along with regular reviews of older books that we think deserve another look. While we will consider reviewing any good book published anywhere in the world, we admit to having a special fondness for work published in our home state. As we say: Our hearts are in California, but our interests are everywhere. More about us here.