The Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, by David Grann. Doubleday (2009), 313...
The Great Mortality
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time, by John...
The Children’...
The Children’s Blizzard, by David Laskin. HarperCollins (2004), 318 pages. From On the Banks of Plum...
Strength in What Re...
Strength in What Remains, by Tracy Kidder. Random House (2009), 277 pages. Kidder tells the story...
The Captured
The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier, by Scott Zesch. St. Martin’s...
A Land So Strange
A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca: The Extraordinary Tale of a Shipwrecked Spaniard Who...
The Zookeeper’...
The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman. W.W. Norton & Company (2007), 348 pages. Commemorations are...
Under the Banner of...
Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer. Doubleday (2003), 372 pages. One of the exceptional things...
About Us
The Book Shark began as an independent book review website created by Cindy Blackett and Donna Long in 2002.
From the beginning our goal was not only to write great reviews, but also to recognize the most well-written books we read each year with an award...
Gustine Awards
The Gustine Awards were named in honor of the main character in one of our favorite books—The Dress Lodger, by Sheri Holman. Awards have been given out yearly since 2002 in three categories: fiction, nonfiction, and memoir...
Cover Art
A book’s cover is as important as the writing within it. Yes, I really just said that. I am aware that this is a highly offensive statement to many authors who have toiled for years on their books and believe their words are the only thing that matters...
Reader Reviews
We want to know your choice for best fiction of 2010! Send us your review and if we choose it, it will be posted here through the month of February.
Fiction»
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The Invisible ...
19 Jan 2012
The Invisible Mountain, by Carolina De Robertis. Vintage Books (2009), 424 pages.
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Nonfiction»
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The Wave
15 Feb 2011
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean, by Susan Casey. Doubleday ....
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Memoir»
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A Widow’...
19 Aug 2011
A Widow’s Story: A Memoir, by Joyce Carol Oates. Ecco (2011), 415 pages.
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Joyce Carol Oates, in my ....
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Three Cups of ...
12 Oct 2011
Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way, by Jon Krakauer. Anchor (2011) ....
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Graphic Novels»
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Stitches
28 Dec 2009
Stitches: A Memoir, by David Small. W.W. Norton & Company (2009), 329 pages.
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This memoir is the biggest ....
Bad Books»
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The Story of E...
17 Jan 2010
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski. Ecco (2008), 576 pages.
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I heard about The Story of ....