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Jill McCorkle returns to the fictional Fulton, N.C., in her sixth novel.    

In Jennifer Haigh’s linked stories, restlessness and regret loom over a Pennsylvania coal-mining town for generations.    

A diary washes ashore, linking a teenager in Japan and an author in Canada in Ruth Ozeki’s latest novel.    

A collection of short stories by the Russian writer Nikolai Leskov, a contemporary of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy.    

Albert Camus’s writing on Algeria reveals both hope and dread.    

Arnon Grunberg’s hero wants to throw his daughter the best party ever.    

Mark Mazzetti argues that the C.I.A. gave up its traditional functions as it embraced manhunting.    

Plus, Mother's Day reads and literary tattoos.

Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Weiner and others share the best book they ever got for Mother's Day.

Plus, Dexter's Michael C. Hall is adapting a book into a series for Showtime.

The 71-year-old has a new book, 'The Shared Wisdom of Mothers and Daughters.'

The world's strongest librarian gives his recommendations.

Josh Hanagarne's memoir traces the librarian's battle with Tourette's Syndrome.

Richard Blais and Fabio Viviani both have new cookbooks out.

The author of “Waiting to Be Heard” says that reading Marilynne Robinson’s “Housekeeping” in prison helped, because it explores themes of loneliness and alienation.    

The crossover mythology tale that Rick Riordan's fans have been asking for is on its way.

Nina Blackwood, Martha Quinn, Alan Hunter and Mark Goodman share off-camera experiences.

The fifth film version of 'The Great Gatsby' sparks debate over the novel's greatness.

F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a best seller thanks to upcoming movie out Friday

First lady signs and sells her White House garden book at Washington bookstore.