Whether your book club loves to dissect character development or dives right into social commentary, May's releases offer something for every kind of reader.

Check out our picks for the best books of April so far, including a family centered-short story collection, sharp science ...

If you loved "Hidden Figures" and "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," check out these other great books on women doing ...

Marianne Faithfull was a star in her own right; Peggy Caserta was a hippie tastemaker. Their memoirs are riveting.

An evangelical celebrity, lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic, Scotland’s mountain wilderness, the joy of gossip and more.

A Cartoonist’s Life,” Dan Nadel tries to tell the story of the “Mr. Natural” creator without sanding down the rough edges.

In these books, characters’ inner lives are inseparable from their environments, and the changes they undergo are shaped by ...

Misunderstood artists. Legendary music icons. A forgotten Golden Age film star. These life stories deserve space in your ...

The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. As a student of leadership, I found it one of the most insightful books on the theme. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and ...

Essays by a writer of literary lives meditate on the obsessions and obstacles endemic to her trade.

Leslie Odom Jr., one of the original cast members of the mega-hit Broadway musical "Hamilton," is coming back for another ...

That Oscar went missing, with no one knowing for sure how long, before reappearing in a Mission District pawn shop window. The widely celebrated local writer who first won it had reportedly used it as ...