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

Saturday, February 14, 2026

About Us

Recently Reviewed

The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding by Joseph J. Ellis

Without Precedent: How Chief Justice John Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights by Lisa Graves

Golden State: The Making of California by Michael Hiltzik

Fiction Reviews

Railsong: A Novel by Rahul Bhattacharya

The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding by Joseph J. Ellis

Knopf Review by David Starkey There’s something depressing about the fact that renowned historian Joseph J. Ellis felt the need to write The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the…

The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy by Steven J. Ross

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.