52/52: Tanking to the Top, by Yaron Weitzman
November 24, 2020 2:53 pmA chronicle of the “Process” era Philadelphia 76ers, who used private equity theories to maximize their chances of getting star... View Article
Category: 52 Books/52 Weeks
52/52: The Searcher, by Tana French
November 20, 2020 11:02 amA modern day Western disguised as a mystery novel about a missing teenager in rural Ireland. French is so good... View Article
52/52: Scream with Me: The Enduring Legacy of the Misfits, by Jeremy Dean and Tom Bejgrowicz
November 9, 2020 8:49 pmA sure sign of being middle aged: Buying an art book of a band you discovered in high school, focused... View Article
52/52: The Trespasser, by Tana French
November 6, 2020 10:31 amA compelling police-centric crime thriller. It’s a simple mystery, turning heavily on psychology and interpersonal understanding, which is a nice... View Article
52/52: The Low, Low Woods, by Carmen Maria Machado and Dani
October 12, 2020 2:05 pmIt’s exciting to see the excellent Machado working in comics. It’s also intimidating how good she is in just her... View Article
52/52: Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams, by Naoki Urasawa
October 10, 2020 10:13 amA book apparently produced in conjunction with The Louvre. A tale of the power of dreams, a hapless father, romance,... View Article
52/52: Showtime, by Jeff Pearlman
October 8, 2020 12:55 pmA good book about the 1980s Lakers dynasty that suffers due to its reading proximity with the Bob Cousy book.... View Article
52/52: The Last Pass, by Gary M. Pomerantz
September 18, 2020 10:12 amNominally a book about ‘50s Celtics leader Bob Cousy—and revelatory on that front, showing him as basketball’s first transformational star—but... View Article
52/52: Willie Nelson, a Graphic Biography, by T.J. Kirsch et al.
September 16, 2020 10:17 amMulti-time Split Lip artist T.J. Kirsch turns his pen to writing (he provides some art, too) with this punchy biography... View Article
52/52: Akira, Vol. 3, by Katsuhiro Otomo
September 10, 2020 10:57 amEither Akira vol. 3 or Miracleman #15 contains the most viscerally affecting depiction of the destruction of a city. Miracelman... View Article
