"From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home" (Simon & Schuster), by Tembi Locke Not interested in yet another memoir of moving to Italy, discovering great food and falling crazy...

"Black Mountain" (Putnam), by Laird Barron Like a lyricist, Laird Barron excels at manipulating the tones and cadence of language. Like a Gothic novelist, the mood he creates is often...

"The Ash Family" (Simon & Schuster), by Molly Dektar From the very first few pages of her debut novel about a cult, "The Ash Family," author Molly Dektar's substantial writing chops are...

"Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting," by Anna Quindlen (Random House) "Write what you know." Few follow that advice better than Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Anna Quindlen, who recently...

"Redemption" by David Baldacci (Grand Central) In David Baldacci's latest, Amos Decker and his FBI partner Alex Jamison arrive in a small town in Ohio where Decker was a detective for several...

udith Kerr, author and illustrator of the bestselling "The Tiger Who Came to Tea" and other beloved children's books, has died at the age of 95. HarperCollins chief executive Charlie Redmayne...

"The Invited: a Novel" (Doubleday), by Jennifer McMahon Jennifer McMahon again proves that the modern ghost story is more than things that go bump in the night. It hinges on reality, slowly...

"Cape May" (Celadon Books), by Chip Cheek It is early fall of 1957 when the young newlyweds arrive at Cape May for their honeymoon. This is the offseason, and the New Jersey beach with its aging...

After 27 years, well-known art historian and cultural anthropologist Dr Veronica Veen presents an updated and extended edition of her successful book The Goddess of Malta; the Lady of the Waters and...

A 17th century Geneva Bible, one of the hundreds of rare books authorities said were stolen from a Pittsburgh library as part of a 20-year-long theft scheme, is back home. The Bible, published in...