Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Melissa Bentley ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A poignant and poetic read whose execution needs tweaking.

top 60%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Rick Black ; illustrated by Warren Lehrer ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A minimalist but cumulatively powerful meditation on deep grief.

top 58%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Michael Mirasole ‧ RELEASE DATE: today An uplifting road memoir that serves as both geographical and spiritual guide.

top 67%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by James P. Manning ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A warm, unflinching memoir of one man’s struggles with autism in a world that doesn’t make room for the condition.

top 63%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Pippa Scott ‧ RELEASE DATE: tomorrow An indelible, sharply detailed life story that’s earnest and engrossing.

top 64%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Erin Russ ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A memoir that looks upon the self’s journey with tender attention and generous care.

top 61%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Nick Cave ; photographed by Dominique Issermann ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A shattering family grief album.

top 64%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Patrick O'Connell ‧ RELEASE DATE: today An elegant memoir of love in food, work, and life. Writing of his life, a renowned chef also reveals the makings of his destination restaurant.

top 61%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Phillip Daley Phillip Daley ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A poignant tribute to a remote Jamaican village that effectively combines memoir and microhistory.

top 49%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Philip Parker ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A thoroughly entertaining deep dive into one man’s 20th-century experiences.

top 56%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Ryan Staples ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A coming-of-age memoir about divorce and family that balances side-splitting stories with touching reflections.

top 51%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

edited by Rebecca Knight & Julie Buntin ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A welcome addition to the literature of motherhood. An anthology of writing on the subject of new motherhood, in bite-sized pieces.

top 43%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Galina Slavova ‧ RELEASE DATE: today An engaging but uneven memoir of resilience. A Bulgarian immigrant, entrepreneur, actor, and cancer survivor chronicles her eventful life.

top 54%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Rob Cole ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A touching biography and impassioned reminder of the persistent legacy of systemic racism.

top 51%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·12 Jul 2022

by Wilbert L. Cooper ‧ RELEASE DATE: tomorrow A revealing, closely observed account of police culture and its discontents.

top 25%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Finalists About the Kirkus Prize·12 Jul 2022

by Julie Kliegman ‧ RELEASE DATE: today Places a trailblazing athlete’s life story within a valuable and compelling context.

top 48%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·21 Jun 2022

by Margarita Engle ; illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara ‧ RELEASE DATE: today Graceful and visually arresting. Engle and Alcántara trace the artistic roots of the renowned painter (1902-1982).

top 32%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·8 Feb 2022

by Angela Burke Kunkel ; illustrated by E.B. Goodale ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A poignant, masterfully rendered testament to what endures.

top 62%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·8 Feb 2022

by Meg R. Cappel ; illustrated by Paula J. Maloney ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 14, 2026 A charming look at a long-running festival and the value of tradition.

top 62%plop score, higher is better

Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors·8 Feb 2022

by Nancy Cooper ; illustrated by Hawlii Pichette ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A gentle, deliberate book about interacting with nature from an Indigenous perspective.

top 58%plop score, higher is better