One year ago, syndicated radio host Delilah Renee Luke — known professionally as just Delilah — experienced the unimaginable: Her teenage son Zack killed himself at 18. She took some...

"To Kill a Mockingbird," a coming-of-age story about racism and injustice, overpowered wizards and time travelers to be voted America's best-loved novel by readers nationwide. The 1960 book by...

Michael Caine has been looking back, and on the whole he likes the view. Regrets? He's had few. The 85-year-old star of "Alfie," ''Get Carter" and "The Dark Knight" — among many, many...

"The Reckoning" (Doubleday), by John Grisham Author John Grisham takes readers on a journey to the Deep South in 1946 in "The Reckoning." The main character, Pete Banning, was a prisoner of war...

"The Three Beths" (Grand Central Publishing), by Jeff Abbott In "The Three Beths" by Jeff Abbott, Mariah Dunning has wondered about her mother's disappearance for six months. Mariah's father is...

All Anton Grasso’s books are unusual. This volume, a sort of anthology containing prose and poetic writings by Grasso, appreciations by people who know the author, the inclusion of photos,...

I have to confess that my first encounter with Richard England was with his architecture rather than with him as a person. It was way back in 1970, when my parents had engaged him as their architect...

"Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975" (Harper), by Max Hastings British journalist Max Hastings, noted for his critically acclaimed books about World War II, has fast-forwarded his research and...

"The Darkness" (Minotaur), by Ragnar Jonasson Icelandic author Ragnar Jonasson takes a major chance — that works extremely well — in "The Darkness," the launch of a new series about...

"The Witch Elm: a Novel" (Viking), by Tana French By now we are accustomed to Tana French's engrossing, eloquently written murder plots solved by the Dublin Murder Squad. This time, however,...