"Year of the Monkey," Alfred A. Knopf, by Patti Smith Midway through Patti Smith's new autobiographical tome, "Year of the Monkey," which is set in 2016 before and after the election of President...

"Red at the Bone" (Riverhead Books), by Jacqueline Woodson Jacqueline Woodson begins her dazzling new novel, "Red at the Bone," with an afterthought, in the middle of things, and breaking all the...

"She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement" (Penguin Press), by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey "She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite...

Margaret Atwood often gets asked if "The Testaments," her sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale," is set in a dystopian world. "Let us hope so," she says drily. The Canadian author noted as her new...

"How to Raise a Reader" (Workman Publishing), by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo Whether your child is yet-to-be-born, a teenager or somewhere in between, "How to Raise a Reader" has some tips and a...

"The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution" (W.W. Norton and Co.), by Eric Foner It took the United States two tries to get the Constitution right. The...

"Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking," published by Abrams, compiled and edited by Rocky Lang and Barbara Hall Paul Newman passes on an offer to...

"The Titanic Secret" (Putnam), by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul The investigation of an explosion in a mine propels Isaac Bell into a conspiracy with ties to the doomed ocean liner in "The...

Actors Anthony Ellul and Anna Bassilly will dramatise a sample of stories from a new anthology of short stories entitled ‘Għall-Glorja tal-Patrija’ (An irreverent exploration of being...

Innuendo is Merlin Publishers' new collection of short stories, co-authored by veteran playwright Anthony Portelli and young adult fiction writer Antoinette Borg. Portelli, twice winner of the...