All Books
- 'Every Song Ever' is a creative listener's guide to contemporary music
New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff suggests that how we listen to music might be 'every bit as important' as what the composer intended when writing it.
- 'Polly and Her Pals: Volume Two,1928-1930' is a gorgeous trip to the 1920s
A classic comic strip gets the royal treatment in an oversized hardcover collection.
- Why I stayed away from 'To Kill a Mockingbird' as long as I could
How could a book that teachers all seem to push at us not be kind of boring?
- 'The Queen of the Night' blends opera and mystery into a grandiose read
Loosely inspired by the life of opera singer Jenny Lind, Chee's new novel drips with romance, betrayal, intrigue, and espionage.
- Harper Lee laid to rest in private ceremony in Alabama hometown
The celebrated author's close friends and family gathered Saturday at a church in the small Alabama town of Monroeville, the basis of the setting of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird."
- Harper Lee leaves behind a trail of unanswered questions
With Harper Lee's passing, the questions about her second book and her retreat from public life over the past half-century have only deepened the mystery about her.
- Harper Lee: Beloved ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author dies
Harper Lee created a work that has endured for generations with her first novel 'Mockingbird,' which told the story of Scout Finch and her experiences as her father battles racism.
- 'Nemesis' tells how a single drug lord came to rule Rio
Misha Glenny digs deep below the surface to tell a dark but riveting story.
- Does Thoreau's 'Walden' need a 21st-century update?
Why one writer has launched an ambitious new Kickstarter campaign to make Henry David Thoreau's 'Walden' more accessible to modern readers.
- The history of cotton: enormous exploitation, violence, and coercion
'Empire of Cotton' author Sven Beckert answers questions on the epic history of the commodity that helped to create capitalism.
- 'The Essential Goethe' offers English-language readers a major new tool
This new compilation puts before readers a smattering of just about everything Goethe wrote in his busy lifetime.
- Bestselling books the week of 2/18/16, according to IndieBound* What's flying fastest off the shelves of independent bookstores this week? IndieBound's list is based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States for the sales week ended Sunday, February 14, 2016.
- 'Salt to the Sea' effectively blends World War II history with teen romance
In this World War II story, set during the sunset hours of the terrible conflict, Ruta Sepetys effectively spins a tale that is equal parts romance, thriller, and real life dystopia.