As a passionate fan of the Band, Stephen T. Lewis had watched the concert film “The Last Waltz” numerous times and devoured autobiographies on Levon Helm and Robbie Robertson, the Band’s best-known members.

Despite those acclaimed accounts of the influential group’s story – the early days as the Hawks backing Ronnie Hawkins, their ...Read more

Sure, you can survive a shipwreck, but have you ever tried surviving a marriage?

That’s what Sophie Elmhirst contemplates in her riveting, feisty “A Marriage at Sea.” It’s a narrative nonfiction look at Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, an English couple who embarked on an oceanic life in 1972, were rammed into by a whale on their way to the ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Robert Wolf, more commonly and affectionately known as Bob, is no longer a kid, and hasn’t been for some time. He has long had white hair and a white beard, and his eyesight isn’t what it used to be. But he is still filled with the coltish enthusiasm that fuels his desire to create what he calls an “autobiography of America.” ...Read more

On “CBS Sunday Morning” recently, novelist Anne Tyler said she’s working on a book but she may never publish again. She might have been joking but, if she wasn’t, a new novel could make fans of the wry, observant author mighty happy.

Even the title of Kathy Wang’s “The Satisfaction Café” sounds like a Tyler title, specifically �...Read more

On the first scorching Saturday of the season, the beaches in Cape May and Wildwood in New Jersey were packed with sun tents, towels, and folding chairs tucked into the sand. The air buzzed with the sound of crashing waves, a mix of country and early-2000s R&B, and the scent of hoagies and watermelon.

It was the ideal setting for Nancy Vales, ...Read more

In his debut novel, “In Pursuit of Beauty,” veteran investigative journalist Gary Baum draws inspiration from years of interviewing Los Angeles’s most provocative and compelling figures to create the fictional cosmetic surgeon Dr. Roya Delshad – or as the media dubs her, the Robin Hood of Roxbury Drive.

“There’s so much psychology ...Read more

Many writers have explored Paris through art, literature and food, but “Nobody Sits Like the French” takes a different approach, thanks to Minnesota writer Charles Pappas’ knowledge of the exposition industry.

Using seven universal expositions that took place in Paris from 1855-1937, Pappas guides readers through their global impact, and ...Read more

In the 1920s, in “The Crack-Up,” F. Scott Fitzgerald declared, people “thought of their old best dreams. Maybe there was a way out by flying, maybe our restless blood could find frontiers in the illimitable air.”

Born in 1897 in Atchison, Kansas — a small town with limited opportunities, especially for women — Amelia Earhart decided...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 5, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2025 Circana.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2025, PWxyz LLC.)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "Atmosphere: A ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 5, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2025 Circana.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2025, PWxyz LLC.)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "Atmosphere: A ...Read more

Where’s Amelia?

We’re still looking, though recent events seem to offer the possibility, the possibility I emphasize, that we may find out what happened to aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who, along with navigator Fred Noonan, vanished in their twin-engine Lockheed Model 10E Electra as they attempted to fly around the world.

Here’s a recent ...Read more

Vice President Kamala Harris had a better rapport with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and saw him as a preferable fit to be her No. 2 — but she wrestled with whether Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro would be the more strategic choice in the campaign against Donald Trump, in a decision that came down to the wire last summer.

The final deliberations are...Read more

Dick Wolf might want to take a gander at “V is for Venom.”

Wolf is the creative force behind the various, long-running “Law & Order” shows, “Chicago” and “FBI” offshoots, too. Well over 1,000 episodes in, collectively, I figure he has to be running out of ways to off people. Enter the inventively homicidal Agatha Christie.

Over...Read more

Karen Powell, whose previous novel is “The River Within,” is the author most recently of “Fifteen Wild Decembers.”

Q. Please tell readers about your novel, “Fifteen Wild Decembers.”

Like many readers, I first discovered Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” as a teenager. I was mesmerized by the wild moorland landscape she ...Read more

The title of “The Original” refers to: A. The painting its heroine, Grace, copies. B. Grace’s cousin, Charles, who disappears and then (allegedly) returns, more than a decade later. C. The idea that we are all constantly changing and that trying to revert to a previous version of ourselves dooms us to failure.

I’m sure there are more ...Read more

One of the best ways to take your investing skills to the next level quickly is to learn from the masters. The insights and wisdom gleaned from the experts — all for the cost of a book — can help you fine-tune your stock-picking skills and venture beyond your usual hunting grounds.

The best investing books are those that have stood the test...Read more

For the past 30 years, Kate Elliott has written fantasy, science fiction, space opera, Young Adult fantasy, as well as two novellas set in the Magic: The Gathering multiverse.

Her work has been nominated for the Nebula, World Fantasy, Norton, and Locus Awards. The Hawaii-based author’s latest is “The Witch Roads,” the first in an epic ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, June 28, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2025 Circana.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2025, PWxyz LLC.)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "Don’t Let ...Read more