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'The Heart's Invisible Furies' is the funny, touching story of an Irish EverymanBoyne's new novel follows its protagonist throughout the decades, from birth in 1945 to age 70, and the story encompasses a great deal of history.
How 1927鈥檚 Mississippi River megaflood changed AmericaIn 1926, the Army Corps of Engineers said they were in a position to protect the entire Mississippi valley. It was classic hubris.
Hillary Clinton to kick off book tour for 'What Happened'Clinton's new book is a personal memoir about her campaign as well as a 'cautionary tale' about Russian interference in the election.
'So Happiness to Meet You' spins an improbable premise into a deft memoirAuthor聽Karin Esterhammer聽talked her husband into selling nearly everything they owned to move to Vietnam with their 8-year-old son.
3 science books compelling enough to speak to all readersBob Berman's 'Zapped,'聽Max Tegmark's 'Life 3.0,' and Richard Dawkins's 'Science in the Soul' succeed in turning science books into good summer reads.
Bestselling books the week of 8/31/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
'Stark Mad Abolitionists' is a dramatic and gripping account of the battle over slavery fought in KansasRobert K. Sutton brilliantly brings history to life in this thoroughly researched and passionately recounted story.
'Charlton Heston' is a voluminous, possibly definitive, study of a Hollywood paragon of masculinityA portrait of the actor who gave life to the larger-than-life.
'White Tears' follows two Brooklyn hipsters who fake an old blues song and pay the priceIn the new novel from the author of 'Gods Without Men' and 'Revolution,' an attempt to fabricate a work of art sets off a voyage into the darkness of American history.
The real story behind Trump's Pershing tweet: how General Pershing handled Muslim insurgents'The Americans were not simply ruthless and brutal,' says James R. Arnold, author of 'The Moro War.'聽 Pershing was tough, but also embraced a gentler American approach that focused on hearts and minds.
English science fiction great Brian Aldiss, author behind Spielberg film 'AI,' dies at 92Aldiss helped shape and elevate the science fiction genre, but he recognized its mutability.
'Poetry Will Save Your Life' is a sketchbook of personal experience through the lens of poetryPoet Jill聽Bialosky illuminates for us the joys and tragedies that have shaped her 鈥� saved her 鈥� through poetry.聽
'The Epic Crush of Genie Lo' is young adult author F.C. Yee's laugh-out-loud debutSixteen-year-old protagonist Eugenia 'Genie' Lo is much more interested in getting into Harvard than in learning that she is a Chinese deity.
Bestselling books the week of 8/24/17, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
'The Commander' illuminates a figure at the heart of the 20th-century Arab nationalist movementFawzi al-Qawuqji spanned a remarkable period in Arab history and led a life well worth examining.
'Mary McCarthy: The Complete Fiction' may startle youThe genius of Mary McCarthy's fiction, writes Melissa H. Pierson, is that she lets no one off the hook.
'Quakeland' author Kathryn Miles on why there's a lot more shaky ground than we realizeAmericans make the mistake of imagining that earthquakes are a West Coast problem, says Miles.
'The House of Government' is packed with a fascinating tangle of true, uniquely Russian storiesThe book's title is an actual place: a vast apartment building 鈥� built in 1931 for the new Communist ruling elite 鈥� standing on an embankment in the Moscow River, just opposite the Kremlin.聽
What's behind the dramatic spike in swearing in books?A new study finds a 'dramatic' increase in swear words in American literature over the last 60 years.
'Wild Things' is a delicious dive into the world of children's litBruce Handy鈥檚 brief but deeply satisfying survey of children鈥檚 literature marries curiosity, humor, and downright excitement.