Liane Moriarty's 2014 novel "Big Little Lies" was not only a best-seller, but it also spawned an Emmy-winning HBO series.

Like much of Rachel Cusk's work, Life of M is driven by her concern with conditions that impede self-definition -- for writers, artists, and women in particular.

The National Book Festival brought together two greats — Ann Patchett and Tayari Jones — listen in on part of their conversation about writing!

In The Jackal, national security writer Joby Warrick writes about the playboy terrorist who killed and kidnapped for years, eluding law enforcement while frequenting nightclubs and luxury hotels.

If you're looking for an end-of-summer escape you can't go wrong with The Intrigue, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Under the Falls, by Richard Russo, or The Blue Flame, by George Pelecanos.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Harvard professor and writer at the New Yorker Jill Lepore about her new book, "The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State."

To help us hang on to summer vibes, we invited author Jade Chang to share a couple of the books she's reading and to talk about he own novel, What a Time to be Alive.

The novel tells the story of a young woman in Florida as she navigates the aftermath of surviving a mall shooting, raises a 10-year-old daughter, struggles to keep her elderly parents and brother safe from gangs in Haiti, and grapples with her mother's mental illness.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with author and illustrator Fernanda Frick about her new graphic novel, "Raise the Bar," about a Chilean girl who pursues a passion for weightlifting.

In 1926, author A.A. Milne and illustrator Ernest H. Shepard published Winnie-the-Pooh. Now, a new kids' book — How a Bear Became a Book — celebrates their collaboration.