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Donna Chavez

Donna Chavez, a member of the National Book Critics Circle, reviews books for BookBrowse, Publishers Weekly and the American Library Association's Booklist. She is also a freelance writer with numerous publishing credits, including the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times, and is a writing coach.

Books reviewed by Donna Chavez

Confessions of an Innocent Man (04/17/19)
Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss (04/03/19)
The Smiling Man (03/06/19)
The Paragon Hotel (02/06/19)
The Feral Detective (11/14/18)
The Dinosaur Artist (09/19/18)
The Spy of Venice (08/29/18)
Tiffany Blues (08/15/18)
Tango Lessons (08/01/18)
That Kind of Mother (05/30/18)
American by Day (05/02/18)
The Woman in the Water (04/18/18)
The Plea (03/21/18)
The Girls in the Picture (03/07/18)
Down the River unto the Sea (02/21/18)
This Is How It Begins (11/01/17)
See What I Have Done (08/02/17)
Dust Bowl Girls (04/05/17)
Little Deaths (02/15/17)
Strangers in Their Own Land (02/01/17)
A List of Cages (01/18/17)
The Hermit (01/04/17)
Holding Up the Universe (11/16/16)
The Boat Rocker (11/02/16)
Commonwealth (09/21/16)
My Name Is Leon (09/07/16)
A Meal in Winter (08/03/16)
The Noise of Time (06/22/16)
I Let You Go (06/01/16)
The Invisible Guardian (05/04/16)
Honky Tonk Samurai (03/16/16)
The Drifter (03/02/16)
A Doubter's Almanac (02/17/16)
We Are the Ants (01/20/16)
All the Major Constellations (11/04/15)
A Killing in Zion (10/07/15)
The Killing Lessons (10/07/15)
Among the Ten Thousand Things (08/12/15)
Death in Brittany (07/22/15)
Jack of Spades (07/08/15)
The Storm Murders (06/03/15)
The Tightrope Walkers (04/01/15)
Doctor Death (03/18/15)
An Appetite for Violets (02/18/15)
The Convert's Song (01/21/15)
The Girl Next Door (01/07/15)
Rain Reign (11/19/14)
Nine Days (11/05/14)
Gutenberg's Apprentice (10/01/14)
A Colder War (09/17/14)
One Kick (09/03/14)
Euphoria (07/09/14)
Invisible City (06/04/14)
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 (05/07/14)
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry (04/09/14)
Gemini (04/09/14)
The Hit (03/19/14)
The Book of Heaven (03/05/14)
The Good Luck of Right Now (03/05/14)
The Gospel of Winter (02/05/14)
Detroit Shuffle (11/06/13)
Then We Take Berlin (10/02/13)
Visitation Street (08/21/13)
The Summer of Dead Toys (07/24/13)
The Midwife's Tale (03/06/13)
The Prophet (09/12/12)
The English Monster (07/25/12)
Flight From Berlin (07/25/12)
In the Kingdom of Men (06/14/12)
The Sadness of the Samurai (05/30/12)
Lehrter Station (05/16/12)
Forgotten Country (03/21/12)
Or the Bull Kills You (11/03/11)
Killed at the Whim of a Hat (09/21/11)
The Wild Life of Our Bodies (08/04/11)
Funeral for a Dog (04/06/11)
The Fates Will Find Their Way (03/09/11)
Miracles, Inc. (02/03/11)
Take Me Home (11/03/10)
Great House (10/20/10)
Keeper (09/08/10)
The Debba (09/08/10)
The Lonely Polygamist (07/08/10)
The Ask (04/21/10)
The Bad Book Affair (03/03/10)
Chronic City (10/21/09)
This Is Where I Leave You (10/07/09)
Girl in a Blue Dress (09/02/09)
Huge (08/12/09)
The Big Steal (08/12/09)
The Bellini Madonna (06/10/09)
A Visible Darkness (04/22/09)
Losing My Religion (04/22/09)
Bruno, Chief of Police (04/01/09)
Eclipse (02/19/09)
Beat the Reaper (02/05/09)
Land of Marvels (01/21/09)
Bamboo and Blood (01/07/09)
The Graveyard Book (10/15/08)
The Black Tower (10/01/08)
The Irregulars (09/18/08)
Tethered (08/13/08)
A Vengeful Longing (07/11/08)
Finding Nouf (06/18/08)
The House at Riverton (05/15/08)
Wolf Totem (04/17/08)

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