Every Saturday and Sunday morning issue of the Lincoln Journal Star newspaper includes the “The (402) 411” section. Included in that section of the paper each week are regular author profiles and book reviews, by both local reviewers and national review services. Due to the regular popularity of the titles reviewed in the paper, we’ve designed this page of the Lincoln City Libraries’ Web site as a simple listing of the books recently reviewed in the Lincoln Journal Star, with links into the library’s holdings for all the listed books which are currently in the collection. If a title below is not hotlinked, this is an indication that the library does not currently own that book, but you may consider requesting the title through the services of our Interlibrary Loan department, or suggesting that we purchase it via our on-line Suggest-a-Title form.
Note: Although the Lincoln Journal Star is reviewing fewer books in the print edition of the paper, they are including many more syndicated book reviews (from outside sources) on their website. This index on BookGuide is primarily to the reviews that have appeared in the print edition of the Lincoln Journal Star newspaper — UPDATE: Starting in May 2019, we now also provide a list of the titles reviewed by the LJS only on their website as well.
last updated January 10, 2021
The Speed Game: My Fast Times in Basketball
by Paul Westhead
Non-Fiction – [ not currently in the Lincoln City Libraries’ collection ]
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (December 21-26):
A Song for the Dark Times
by Ian Rankin
Fiction – Rankin
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (December 14-19):
The Saddest Words: William Faulkner’s Civil War
by Michael Gorra
Non-Fiction – 813 FauYg
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (December 7-12):
Miss Benson’s Beetle
by Rachel Joyce
Fiction – Joyce
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (November 30-December 5):
The Book of Lamps and Banners
by Elizabeth Hand
Fiction – French
Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck
by William Souder
Non-Fiction – Biography Steinbeck
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (November 16-21):
Field Notes From an Unintentional Birder
by Julia Zarankin
Non-Fiction – Biography Zarankin
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (November 9-14):
No local book review appeared in the physical November 8, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (November 2-7):
The Searcher
by Tana French
Fiction – French
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (October 26-31):
Red Stilts
by Ted Kooser
Non-Fiction – 811 Koo
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (October 19-24):
Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America
by Bill O’Reilly
Non-Fiction – 970.1 Ore
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (October 12-17):
No local book review appeared in the physical October 11, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (October 5-10):
No local book review appeared in the physical October 4, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (September 28 – October 3):
No local book review appeared in the physical September 27, 2020 issue of the paper.
On Distant Service: The Life of the First U.S. Foreign Service Officer to be Assassinated
by Susan M. Stein
Non-Fiction – Biography Imbrie
No local book review appeared in the physical September 13, 2020 issue of the paper.
No local book review appeared in the physical September 6, 2020 issue of the paper.
Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy
by Larry Tye
Non-Fiction – Biography McCarthy
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (August 24-29):
Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between
by Eric Nusbaum
Non-Fiction – 796.357 Nus
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (August 17-22):
The Case of the Vanishing Blonde: And Other True Crime Stories
by Mark Bowden
Non-Fiction – 364.109 Bow
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (August 10-15):
Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars
by Joyce Carol Oates
Fiction – Oates
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (August 3-8):
The Last Tourist
by Olen Steinhauer
Fiction – Steinhauer
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (July 27-August 1):
Inge’s War: A German Woman’s Story of Family, Secrets and Survival Under Hitler
by Svenja O’Donnell
Non-Fiction – Biography Irmen
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (July 20-25):
Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original
by Mitchell Nathanson
Non-Fiction – Biography Bouton
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (July 13-18):
In Our Other Lives
by Theodore Wheeler
Fiction – Sittenfeld
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (July 6-11):
No local book review appeared in the physical July 5, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (June 29-July 4):
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident
by Adam Kay
Non-Fiction – Libraries only own in E-book format
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (June 22-27):
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (June 15-20):
No local book review appeared in the physical June 21, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (June 15-20):
Rodham
by Curtis Sittenfeld
Fiction – Sittenfeld
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (June 8-13):
Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell
by Tom Clavin
Non-Fiction – 978.02 Cla
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (June 1-6):
The Sentence is Death
by Anthony Horowitz
Fiction – Horowitz
Read Scott S.’s review of the audiobook of The Sentence is Death in the July 2019 Staff Recommendations here on BookGuide
Trust Exercise
by Susan Choi
Non-Fiction – 123.3 Coh
Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination
by Brian Jay Jones
Non-Fiction – Biography Seuss
The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks
by Ben Cohen
Non-Fiction – 123.3 Coh
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (May 25-30):
No Place I Would Rather Be: Roger Angell and a Life in Baseball Writing
by Joe Bonomo
Non-Fiction [ not currently in the Lincoln City Libraries’ collection ]
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (May 18-23):
War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War
by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith
Non-Fiction – 974.461 Rob
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (May 11-16):
No local book review appeared in the physical May 10, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (May 4-9):
Redhead by the Side of the Road
by Anne Tyler
Fiction – Tyler
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (April 27-May 2):
No local book review appeared in the physical April 26, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (April 20-25):
Bruce Dern: A Memoir
by Bruce Dern with Christopher Fryer and Robert Crane
Non-Fiction [ not currently in the Lincoln City Libraries’ collection ]
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (April 13-18):
No local book review appeared in the physical April 12, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (April 6-11):
Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit
by Eliese Colette Goldbach
Non-Fiction [ only available as a digital audiobook, via Hoopla from the libraries ]
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (March 29-April 4):
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson
Non-Fiction – 940.54 Lar
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (March 23-28):
No local book review appeared in the physical March 22, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (March 16-21):
The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team
by Matthew Goodman
Non-Fiction – 796.323 Goo
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (March 9-14):
No local book review appeared in the physical March 8, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (March 2-7):
Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation
by Michael Powell
Non-Fiction – 796.323 Pow
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (February 24-29):
Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History
by Elaine Sciolino
Non-Fiction – 944.36 Sci
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (February 17-22):
The Seine: The River That Made Paris
by Brian Kilmeade
Non-Fiction – 976.4 Kil
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (February 10-15):
No local book review appeared in the physical February 9, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (February 3-8):
No local book review appeared in the physical February 2, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (January 27 – Feb 1):
Naked Came the Florida Man
by Tim Dorsey
Fiction – Dorsey
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (January 20-25):
Why We Can’t Sleep
by Ada Calhoun
Non-Fiction – Hoopla ebook only
The Seine: The River That Made Paris
by Elaine Sciolino
Non-Fiction – 944.36 Sci
Bone Chalk
by Jim Reese
Fiction [ not currently in the Lincoln City Libraries’ collection ]
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (January 13-18):
No local book review appeared in the physical January 12, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (January 6-11):
No local book review appeared in the physical January 5, 2020 issue of the paper.
Between the Sundays: Syndicated book reviews published by the Journal Star only on their website (December 30 – January 4):