"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...

"Caged" (Minotaur Books), by Ellison Cooper The FBI's hunt for a serial killer fuels Ellison Cooper's intense debut that introduces FBI special agent and neuroscientist Sayer...

"Clock Dance: a Novel" (Knopf), by Anne Tyler If you had to identify a single theme in Anne Tyler's latest novel, it would be the importance of creating a surrogate family if your biological one...

"A Terrible Country: a Novel" (Viking), by Keith Gessen With the United States in an uproar about Russian meddling in its election, it's a good time to brush up on the country's former Cold War...

The National Book Council has released the National Book Prize 2018 Shortlist for books published in 2017. The Adjudication Board communicated the choice of finalists yesterday during a formal...

In a year dominated by such anti-Trump best-sellers as "Fire and Fury" and "A Higher Loyalty," a conservative counter-wave is growing. Over the next few months, at least half a dozen pro-Trump...

"A Steep Price" (Thomas & Mercer), by Robert Dugoni Two young women who have been friends forever have plans to go to graduate school together. When one of them comes back from a visit to...

"Lady Be Good" (Crown), by Amber Brock Historical fiction author Amber Brock explores the world of a New York socialite in her latest novel, "Lady Be Good." The story follows status-obsessed...