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Review: Robert Crais' 'Suspect' is action-packed
"Suspect" (Putnam), by Robert Crais Los Angeles police officer Scott James and his partner, Stephanie Anders, were searching for an all-night noodle ...
Inaugural poet pays homage to American experience
Poet Richard Blanco has delivered an inaugural poem paying homage to the American experience. Blanco, at age 44 the youngest ever inaugural poet, ...
'Big Truck' details disastrous Haiti aid effort
"The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster" (Palgrave Macmillan), by Jonathan M. Katz After two and ...
'Twilight' creator Meyer makes Sundance debut
Stephenie Meyer knows all about obsessive fans. So it makes sense that the "Twilight" author should produce a movie about a woman who takes another ...
Maurice Sendak collection coming to NYC auction
A collection of works by the late children's author Maurice Sendak is coming to a New York City auction. Swann Auction Galleries says many of the ...
AP NewsBreak: Rewrite for National Book Awards
The National Book Awards are getting a rewrite. New rules announced Tuesday include a "long list" of 10 nominees to be offered for each of the four ...
New Dan Brown novel 'Inferno' coming in May
A new Dan Brown novel is coming in May, and the subject is Dante. Doubleday announced Tuesday that Brown's book is called "Inferno," named for Dante's ...
Junot Diaz is finalist for short story prize
Junot (JOO'-noh) Diaz's "This Is How You Lose Her" is among three finalists for a $20,000 prize for short story collections. Other nominees announced ...
Review: Brad Meltzer delivers another winner
"The Fifth Assassin" (Grand Central) by Brad Meltzer Brad Meltzer writes his first sequel, a follow-up to 2011's "The Inner Circle," and delivers one ...
Review: 'The Entertainer' depicts old Hollywood
"The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century" (Riverhead), by Margaret Talbot Part biography and part Hollywood history with a ...
Tracy Kidder and his editor on writing
"Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction" (Random House), by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd Writing about writing is riddled with pitfalls. Take that ...
Review: Personal finance industry gets drubbing
"Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry" (Portfolio/Penguin), by Helaine Olen After the financial crisis began in ...
Caro, Katherine Boo nominated for critics prizes
Robert Caro, Katherine Boo and the late Anthony Shadid are among the finalists for the National Book Critics Circle prize. Boo already won the ...
Crime writer Cornwell has personal courtroom drama
For more than two decades, crime writer Patricia Cornwell has famously dramatized the life of a fictional medical examiner in her best-selling books.
Acclaimed writer Evan S. Connell dies at 88
Evan S. Connell gained some attention via his better known books, but the acclaimed author was well-known and regarded fondly by students of ...
Daughter claims Klaus Kinski abused her as child
Klaus Kinski's eldest daughter claims the late German actor raped her when she was a child, showering her with gifts as he used her as a "sex object," ...
'Fifty Shades' trilogy to be released in hardcover
"Fifty Shades of Grey" will soon be slipped under a new set of covers. E L James' erotic trilogy is being issued in hardcover, the Knopf Doubleday ...
From Ethiopia to Chile: Day 1 of a 7-year walk
On the eve of an unimaginably long walk — one that starts in Africa, winds through the Middle East, across Asia, hops over to Alaska, goes down the ...
"Rumsfeld's Rules" coming out in May
Here is a "known known" for publishing this spring: The many aphorisms of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld are coming out in book form.
Hockey great Bobby Orr has memoir coming in Oct.
One of hockey's greatest and most private stars, Bobby Orr, is finally telling his life story. "Orr: My Story" will be released in October by G.P.
Book reviews vie for dreaded Hatchet Job award
A mauling of Martin Amis and a savaging of Salman Rushdie are in the running for the best bad book review of 2012. Eight finalists were announced ...
'The Walking Dead' was 2012's top-selling comic
Stilted gaits and mindless shambling did nothing to stop demand for Image Comics' "The Walking Dead" series, with the 100th issue of Robert Kirkman's ...
Review: Jack Swyteck returns in 'Blood Money'
"Blood Money" (Harper), by James Grippando James Grippando continues to deliver great legal suspense with his latest thriller, "Blood Money." His ...
Review: 'Blood Gospel' is supernatural thriller
"The Blood Gospel" (William Morrow), by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell James Rollins, king of the action-adventure thriller, and award-winning ...
Review: Book sheds light on traditional societies
"The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?" (Viking), by Jared Diamond What if, in trying to figure out the best way ...