He's back from the football game, glares at everyone who says hello, runs up to his room and won't speak to anyone. You can guess two things: the game was lost and he probably was the one to miss a...

On his 13th birthday, Sven gets the present he's always wished for: his uncle's purple camera. His uncle, eternally radiating health and youth, carried this camera round his neck day and night,...

"Now My Heart Is Full: a Memoir" (Penguin Books), by Laura June Having a child, most parents will say, is a profound experience. It's so profound that many writers have built careers chronicling...

Chris Christie has a book coming out next year and he doesn't plan on holding back. Hachette Books confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday that the former New Jersey governor's "Let Me...

"The Real Deal" (St. Martin's Griffin), by Lauren Blakely Being the only single person in the family is sometimes annoying. It's worse when parents get involved, aggressively pushing every...

"Rescued: an Andy Carpenter Mystery" (Minotaur), by David Rosenfelt Defense attorney Andy Carpenter is known to win seemingly unwinnable cases. In "Rescued," the 17th of David Rosenfelt's novels...

"Give Me Your Hand" (Little, Brown and Co.), by Megan Abbott In "Give Me Your Hand," author Megan Abbott turns to the dark side of friendship and ambition with an intriguing story about two women...

"The Mere Wife" (MCD and Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Maria Dahvana Headley Maria Dahvana Headley's new novel, "The Mere Wife," is much more than a simple recasting of the ancient epic poem...

"A Gathering of Secrets" (Minotaur), by Linda Castillo Linda Castillo's exquisitely plotted novels delve deep into Amish life and culture using the prism of a police procedural. Without deriding...

"The Sinners: A Quinn Colson Novel" (Putnam), by Ace Atkins Mississippi's rural Tibbehah County — the evocative setting for Ace Atkins' superior series about Quinn Colson, a former Army...