Books reviewed by Gary Presley at BookBrowse.

Gary Presley

Gary Presley's essays have appeared in The New York Times, Salon, and many other regional and national publications. His memoir, Seven Wheelchairs: A Life beyond Polio, was published by The University of Iowa Press. He died in December 2017.

Books reviewed by Gary Presley

Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions (03/07/18)

The Last Ballad (11/15/17)

The Half-Drowned King (10/18/17)

Savage Country (09/20/17)

The Locals (08/23/17)

The Force (07/12/17)

Proving Ground (05/31/17)

Blue Light Yokohama (05/03/17)

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley (04/19/17)

The Hearts of Men (03/08/17)

Always Happy Hour (01/18/17)

In the Country of the Blind (11/16/16)

So Say the Fallen (10/19/16)

Mercury (10/05/16)

The Senility of Vladimir P. (08/24/16)

Underground Airlines (07/13/16)

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The Lilac People
by Milo Todd

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, a poignant tale of a trans man’s survival in Nazi Germany and postwar Berlin.

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Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus

Praised by Parade and The New York Times Book Review, this debut features a 1960s scientist turned TV cooking star.

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Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung

Based on the author’s family story, comes an extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ escape from Taiwan.

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A dazzling debut by Jemimah Wei about ambition, sisterhood, and family bonds in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.

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A morbidly funny and emotionally resonant novel about the ways life—and love—can sneak up on us (no matter how much pepper spray we carry).

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