Two sequels that won't disappoint

Jeanne Birdsall’s and Trenton Lee Stewart’s gangs score another hit.

Calling all summer sleuths

Boys and girls tackle the mysterious in four new books for ages 9-12.

Two boys, two bikes, and a cross-country odyssey

Can a high school friendship survive change and a disappearance?

Love in the summer stock wings

A newly published book by a young Madeleine L'Engle.

Baseball before salaries went boom

Sports writer Mike Shropshire sees 1975 as “The Last Real Season” for baseball.

A world in which the US is no longer No. 1

Journalist Fareed Zakaria writes of the rise of new global powers.

A dog story for the ages

A former fundamentalist examines the world of his youth

What's in a nerd? Plenty.

Author Benjamin Nugent shines a light on a widely mocked subculture.

A front-row view of JFK's presidency

Ted Sorensen's loving portrait of his boss, John F. Kennedy.

Barbara Walters auditions for readers

America's first female newscaster shares her memories.

Love and four-legged loyalty

How a Japanese family in the cold mountains save the Akita from extinction

Two paths converge in the woods

One friend asks another to conspire in his disappearance.

The Dr. Doolittle of the West Bank

In a downtrodden West Bank town, one man dreams of creating a world-class zoo.

Linked

Based on over 150 interviews, Arnie & Jack traces golf's most famous rivalry.

A rueful return to the links

The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport is the humorous journey of one golfer back into the game.

New views of the Cuban missile crisis

Chaos may have been closer than we think.

At the close of the Civil War, a unique moment in US culture

The hummingbird became the symbol of an era for 19th-century America.

A story told with help from literature's giants

Margot Livesey enlists the help of Keats, Carroll, Bronte, and Dickens in her latest novel.

The Boat

Vietnamese-born Nam Le transcends the ethnic label.