Solid Mystery and Suspense Reads These six four-star mysteries are all so good and so different--they were my favorites of the year a...

Willingham's debut thriller offers an unreliable narrator haunted by her father's decades-old serial killing--and her horrifying...

Easygoing Rogen's book of essays and memories touches on his start as a boy doing standup in bars, his drug habits, and funny and awkward...

Scottoline's suspenseful mystery offers surprising depth in exploring grief while the main protagonist takes justice into his own hands...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Let’s Not Do That Again, Grant Ginder’s upcoming (to be published tomorrow) bitingly funny novel...

My very favorite books from March! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, in no particular order. If you read any of these,...

Penn's thoughtful memoir explores serious issues yet also made me laugh out loud. You Can't Be Serious is both thoughtful and playful,...

The Oceanography of the Moon reads like a romance, with superlative moments, emotional encounters with art and music, and clean...

In Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction mystery, she uses a fascinating story structure to explore different potential paths for...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading A Flicker in the Dark, Stacy Willingham's recent mystery about the disappearances of young women...

The Time-Travel Books What are your favorite time-travel books? I had trouble narrowing down this list, and I love a time-travel book in...

Rachel Hartman's young adult story follows irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she breaks from rigid medieval gender...

ICYMI: This five-star read--part memoir/part essay--is one of my favorite books of Ann Patchett's, and I didn't want her reflections and...

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a fictional account of an interracial music duo's rise to success (and their famous split) in which...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading What Happened to the Bennetts, the upcoming mystery from the prolific Lisa Scottoline; the upcoming...

Science Fiction Faves I've been giving book talks lately about stories I've loved and upcoming titles I'm excited about, and I've seen...

The issues Umrigar confronts in Honor are weighty and fascinating, but I found myself distracted by the story's pacing and an...

Finlay dips her toe into a criminal underworld in the second in Cosimano's campy mystery series. She juggles motherhood, her ex, her...

Bob Odenkirk's memoir digs into fascinating elements of process, creativity, and collaboration, and he shares his own missteps, joys, and...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead, the second in Elle Cosimano's playful Finlay Donovan mystery...