Commentary doesn't have a "bestsellers list," like the one in Foreign Affairs. They do have reviews of five or six books in every issue, and some of their articles are centered on some new book or books of interest.
The January 2009 issue of Commentary had the following reviews:
In the Shadow of the Oval Office: Profiles of the National Security Advisers and the Presidents They Served - from JFK to George W. Bush. Ivo H. Daalder and I. M. Destler. Simon & Schuster. 372 pp. $27.00. Reviewed by Daniel Casse.
Iron Fists: Branding the 20th-century Totalitarian State. Steven Heller. Phaidon. 224 pp. $90.00. Reviewed by Michael J. Lewis.
Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality. Charles Murray. Crown Forum. 224 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Wilfred M. McClay.
A Manifesto for Media Freedom. Brian C. Anderson and Adam D. Thierer. Encounter. 200 pp. $21.95. Reviewed by David L. Lange.
Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds. Joel L. Kraemer. Doubleday. 640 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by David C. Flatto.
In addition to the book reviews, there was this review article, which should be of interest to fantasy and science fiction fans.
Algis Valiunas, "No to Poe," pages 42-45 in Commentary, January 2009. This article was inspired by Poe: A Life Cut Short, by Peter Ackroyd. Doubleday. 224 pages. $21.95.
There was also "In the Ruins of Vilna," by Michael Kimmage, about Vilna (or Vilnius), Lithuania, invoking From That Place and time: A Memoir, 1938-1947, by Lucy S. Dawidowicz. Introduction by Nancy Sinkoff. Rutgers, 376 pp., $24.95 (paper).
Glenn A Knight
In my study
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