Amy Sutherland

As they do in life, unanswered questions nag in Dinaw Mengestu's new novel, “ Someone Like Us. ” That is what sets a man on a cross-country trip to understand his father's past and, ultimately, his own.

In her new biography, “ The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America ,” Sara B.

Author Bill Schutt. Janet Schutt When vertebrates began developing teeth about a half billion years ago, they could at last start to seriously chow down.

Our weekly conversation with authors about what they like to read.

Paul Murray's fourth novel, “ The Bee Sting ,” follows the bad luck-prone and judgment-impaired Barnes family, a clan so dysfunctional you're sure to feel better about your own.

The days of falling into a book are over, for now.

Jean Hanff Korelitz's new book, “ The Sequel ,” is exactly what it is titled, a follow-up to “ The Plot ,” her best-selling mystery set amid the darker corners of the publishing world.

The author of the forthcoming "The Puzzle Maker" loves mystery and horror, but not gratuitous violence.

Peter Godfrey-Smith, chronicler of how minds work, likes to read four books at once

In Deborah Jackson Taffa's memoir “ Whiskey Tender ,” which is a finalist for the 2024 National Book Award, the author recounts how she found the