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The author of “Gilead” says that after “Housekeeping,” her greatest fear was writing “a fraudulent book simply to escape the embarrassments of having written only one novel.”

The award-winning children's author talks about his new book.

The author talks about her new book, 'See Now Then,' and other inspirations as an immigrant.

Plus: E-books dominate USA TODAY's bestseller list and Hyperion will focus on books tied to TV.

Mr. Toomey’s book concerns the search for life unlike any we have discovered to this point.

Oz is back in both movies and books galore

Gregg Allman looks back on his rock 'n' years in memoir, now out in paperback.

Short stories from Jess Walter, Ron Rash. Karen Russell and Jaime Quatro.

It's March Madness... book style! Check out the bookish bracket, plus look at the BEA Buzz Books.

James Salter, Jonny Steinberg and Naomi Wallace are among the winners of the Windham Campbell Prizes.

In today's book news, disgraced journalist Jonah Lehrer pulls his second book, and the Book Critics winners are named.

Clive Cussler's 'The Striker' goes on sale March 5.

Mr. Caro won his third Book Critics Circle award for the fourth volume in his life of Lyndon B. Johnson.

Siblings chafe against their assigned family roles in Lucinda Rosenfeld’s novel.

The discovery of a long-lost manuscript reveals the fate of an ancient German kingdom in Caleb Carr’s epic fantasy.

In these intertwined essays, Cynthia Zarin reflects on love, work and the surprises of time’s passing.

A former Federal Reserve vice chairman examines the 2008 financial crisis, how it was handled and what remains to be done.

Wide-ranging essays and a writer’s guide from Phillip Lopate.

The protagonist of Amity Gaige’s novel, worried about an impending divorce, takes off on a road trip with his daughter.

Katherine Bouton explores the experience, and the science, of hearing loss.