"We Cast a Shadow" (One World), by Maurice Carlos Ruffin A fear-driven, racially charged world is the land in which the narrator of "We Cast a Shadow" lives. Half the black community — and...

"The Nowhere Child: a Novel" (Minotaur), by Christian White A young woman's fond memories of her happy childhood and loving parents are turned upside down when she learns she may have been...

The Campus Book Festival, organised by the National Book Council in collaboration with Għaqda tal-Malti - Università, is now in its sixth edition, and from its inception it has aimed at...

The author of the blockbuster "Fifty Shades" trilogy has an "erotic love story" coming out April 16, Vintage Books announced Thursday. It's called "The Mister" and, according to Vintage, will again be...

Meg Medina, the latest recipient of the John Newbery Medal, wrote her prize-winning children's book with a special intensity. "There are so many negative characterizations these days of Latino...

"The Rule of Law" (Atria), by John Lescroart Dismas Hardy and his colleagues are forced into a case with personal ramifications in John Lescroart's latest novel, "The Rule of Law." As time...

Guzel Yakhina's grandmother was a little girl when Soviet agents burst into her home and deported the whole family to the frozen woods of Siberia. Decades later, she shared those memories with her...

"No Mercy" (Minotaur), by Joanna Schaffhausen Prisons come in various forms, as Joanna Schaffhausen shows in her second outstanding novel, "No Mercy." There are the mortar-and-brick prisons in...

"The New Iberia Blues: a Dave Robicheaux Novel" (Simon and Schuster), by James Lee Burke James Lee Burke's novels have mysteries that light the fuse of the story, but the almost poetic prose sets...

"The Widows: a Novel" (Minotaur), by Jess Montgomery The atmosphere of an old-fashioned Western permeates this intriguing debut that mixes workers' rights, corruption, Prohibition and women's...