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136 reviews
Michael Chabon

Thorndike Press, 2003

Forget that it's Chabon we're talking about.
I picked up this book when it first came out, quite unaware as to who exactly Michael Chabon was, and therefore, held no expectations of what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised, and instantly hooked. The tone immediately transfers the reader to a hot, sunny, summer day, as the journey unfolds. The story is set to a baseball theme, with each portion of the book dedicated to different ...

Mysteries of Pittsburgh

114 reviews
Michael Chabon

Scepter Pubs, 1988

A Wonderful Introduction to a Great Writer
For awhile now, I have heard the name Michael Chabon mentioned...among book friends, recommendations online, you know the sort of thing. I'd never read anything by him and didn't really know where to start. I just picked the first Chabon book I came across. What a lucky discovery for me. Even more so in that this is his first book (he later went on to win the Pulitzer for another....so I guess ...

Maps and Legends

5 reviews
Michael Chabon

McSweeney's, 2008

Excellent Collection
I know a lot of these essays from other sources and have lived with them a while. They're good pieces, and the PW critic *did* phone it in with such a soft-boiled review. Chabon's defense of genre isn't confined to comics. His right concern is that most genre writers are marginalized to some degree, regardless of their talents and achievements. It takes a Patrick O'Brian or JRR Tolkien longer ...

the amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay : a novel

1 review
Chabon Michael

Random House, 2000

About as good as it gets
As I read through this book, I kept wondering if I my lifelong love of comic books was simply adding another level to my enjoyment of it, or if it was actually the main reason I was appreciating it. Would someone who hadn't grown up obsessing over superhero exploits past and present still find this novel such a joy? Or would they simply wonder why the author kept muddling his narrative with all ...

Wonder Boys

132 reviews
Michael Chabon

Villard, 1995

The Midnight Disease
If you've seen the film and loved it, you'll love the book equally if not more. It's not Chabon's most critically acclaimed novel, but it's also not the staid portrayal of academia that it's detractors suggest. Chabon's writing is sharp and full of black humor. As Gene Shalit would say, "Wonder Boys" is a wonderful literary satire.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

1 review
Michael Chabon

RD House New York, 2000

About as good as it gets
As I read through this book, I kept wondering if I my lifelong love of comic books was simply adding another level to my enjoyment of it, or if it was actually the main reason I was appreciating it. Would someone who hadn't grown up obsessing over superhero exploits past and present still find this novel such a joy? Or would they simply wonder why the author kept muddling his narrative with all ...

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

589 reviews
Michael Chabon

Brilliance Audio on CD, 2005

Amazing... One of the best books in years !
I found this book through a Twitter contact and mainly by accident... but what a find ! This is one of the best books I have read in the last 15 years. Is it because it features topics I like a lot; New York, the 30ies, 40ies, 50ies, comic books and superheroes or the very humane story of a boy during WWII... I don't know... but the great writing skills of the author certainly help to make this a ...

Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories

9 reviews
Ben Katchor

Little, Brown and Company, 1996

For sure funny, but in a strange beautiful intoxicating way.
It's like a hilarious dream that makes perfect sense but you can't explain it, and it permeates your whole day. You have to put the book down and stare into space every little chunk or so. It's rich. I can't explain it. There's probably a German word for it.

My California: Journeys By Great Writers

6 reviews
Michael Chabon

Angel City Press, 2004

A Wonderful Book
This is an amazing collection of essays and the point of the book is not just to provide eloquent perspectives on the state. Every cent that the publisher receives in revenue goes directly to the California Arts Council,whose budgets were cut by 97%. When you buy a "used" book none of that money goes to CAC. Please think twice about saving the 40ish cents. This book is a good read and you will ...

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths

21 reviews
Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire

New York Review of Books, 2005

norse myths
my children enjoyed this book very much. they were interested as they had heard that Tolkien had based Lord of the Rings on Norse myths and they wanted to read them. My teenagers and preteens were the age that enjoyed these stories.

A Model World & Other Stories

15 reviews
Michael Chabon

Random House Value Publishing, 1993

One of the best collections of the last 50 years
I was shocked that some reviewers do not idolize this collection but then Melville and James are always hated by the majority of readers who are honest. Here I find the rejection even harder to bear since Chabon's prose is so intent on being joyful at the semantic and syntactic levels. He is a word dandy (like Stevens) who enjoys not just the mot juste, but the play and excitement of expression. ...

The Final Solution

85 reviews
Michael Chabon

Fourth Estate, 2005

A Final Mystery
An aged and decrepit detective takes on the case of a silent refugee child and his missing parrot. Who is the detective? Who is the boy? What is the meaning of the parrot's numerical chatter? Why should we concern ourselves with such picayune events, and what relation do they have to WWII, which forms the novel's backdrop? This slender, beautifully-written book keeps you guessing until the ...

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection (Year's Best Fantasy and Horror)

25 reviews
Charles de Lint, Peter S. Beagle, ...

St Martins Pr, 1998

Another Satisfying Entry In The Series
I collect this series hungrily. There are always at least 10 stories that excite and amaze me, and I do feel they can honestly be called "the best" of each year. I also buy stacks of other genre anthologies, none of which demonstrate such consistent quality. How there came to be a gap on my shelf where this volume ought to be I'm not sure, but I did find out while shopping for its replacement ...

Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure

80 reviews
Michael Chabon

Anchor Canada, 2008

Wonderful Homage to Classic Adventure
This book should come with a big warning wrapper: "Michael Chabon's latest book is unlike his previous work, it is an homage to classic adventure writing -- your results may vary." That's because it's a book whose enjoyment depends heavily on the reader's expectations, and a number of reviewers seem to find fault with it because of this. If you're a fan of Chabon, be warned that it's miles away ...

Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories

27 reviews
Michael Chabon

Random House, 1999

Amazing Collection of Shorts
You would be hard pressed to find a short story collection that is this deverse, and all written by the same author. I own all of Chabon's books and this is by far my favorite, not to say I don't love them all. But if you're not familiar with the author this is a great place to start. Each story has it's own voice, which is refreshing, because if you don't like one story, just try another. Good ...

McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories

11 reviews

Tandem Library, 2004

Astonishingly great collection of shorts
At last, a collection of short fiction that spans genres as easily as sliding across a dark, icy lake at midnight, plummeting towards the black void of the thorns that await you at the weedy edges. Michael Chabon has gathered together some of the best writers of the era, and presents them to us as tidbits in this delectable collection. In most of these tales, you will find the lick of the ...

Gentlemen of the Road

1 review
Michael Chabon

Sceptre, 2007

Gentlemen, gentlemen!
Award-winner Michael Chabon usually focuses on the disaffected of the present, or at least the near past. But he goes over a thousand years into the past for "Gentlemen of the Road," an old-fashioned adventure story with some gloriously offbeat heroes. It's a fun, quirky read (the original, fitting title was "Jews With Swords"), with lots of unique twists but the prose gets a bit purple at ...

The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel

249 reviews
Michael Chabon

HarperCollins, 2007

The Last Days
This is the third Chabon book that I have read (after THE FINAL SOLUTION and THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH) and it is unquestionably the best -- imaginative, audacious, thought-provoking, and humane. As I gather he did with KAVALIER & CLAY, Chabon takes a genre of popular fiction, in this case the police story, and transforms it into a vehicle capable of carrying significant insights into the human ...

Amazing Adventures of the Escapist

9 reviews
Michael Chabon

Dark Horse Comics, 2004

Live the story through the comics
After reading Michael Chabon's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay," I was disheartened to realize that comic described in the book might never be actualized, and that the descriptions and accounts of the comics in general were fantasized. However, when I learned that Dark Horse Comics was planning on releasing "The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, Volume 1" I jumped at the ...

The Best American Short Stories 2005 (Best American (TM))

19 reviews

Houghton Mifflin, 2005

Great collection
This collection is great. I enjoyed every story to some degree, and a couple are fantastic. Tom Perrotta's (ELECTION) "The Smile On Happy Chang's Face" is absurd and hilarious. Thomas McGuane's "Old Friends," "Death Defier" by Tom Bissell, "Old Boys, Old Girls" by Edward P. Jones, "The Secret Goldfish" by David Means and "Natasha" by David Bezmozgis are all excellent reads. But my favorite two ...

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