"Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History" (Dey Street), by Katy Tur The presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump seemed unlikely to gain traction at first....

After almost 50 years since its first publication in 1973, the world bestseller The Kappillan of Malta will be published in Maltese for the first time. The translation had been made by Wistin...

"Alone" (Liveright Publishing Co.), by Michael Korda Interest in the 1940 cross-channel evacuation of British soldiers amid the French collapse in World War II has sprung to life this summer,...

"The Ninth Hour" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Alice McDermott Alice McDermott's stunning new novel, "The Ninth Hour," does for contemporary literature what "Call the Midwife" has done for...

"Bonfire" (Crown Archetype), by Krysten Ritter As an actress, Krysten Ritter has been building a solid career playing characters on the edge — the doomed Jane in "Breaking Bad," the lead in...

Researching the life of Leonardo da Vinci left Walter Isaacson in a playful mood. "He's the most fun, joyous person I can imagine," says the best-selling biographer, whose "Leonardo da Vinci"...

Gene Simmons wants you to be rich and powerful, but it's not going to be easy. You're going to have to learn English, wake up early, turn off the TV and study. "I want to shake you up and tell,...

"Wonder Valley" (Ecco), by Ivy Pochoda A naked man running through rush-hour traffic that's backed up for miles jumpstarts "Wonder Valley," author Ivy Pochoda's enthralling look at people mired...

As he began work on what became a thousand-page biography of Ulysses S. Grant, Ron Chernow knew he was joining a very old argument. "I wanted to retire three chief myths about Grant: that he was...

"Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How 'The Graduate' Became the Touchstone of a Generation" (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill), by Beverly Gray The title of Beverly Gray's insightful look back at 1967's...