A look at the world of a myth-shrouded Sioux hero, and the continuing resonance of his life and death.

Twenty-two versions of San Francisco, in the form of revelatory, provocative maps.

A new book portrays the second American-British conflict as a war whose concerns were largely internecine.

In a teasing blend of fiction and memoir, the provocative writer turns the camera on the inner lives of his children.

A Montana doctor takes the long way home in Thomas McGuane's funny and affecting new novel. Melissa Holbrook Pierson reviews.

An emotionally layered, searchingly intelligent musical memoir, with lyrics and commentary.

The final volume of this majestic biography follows "TR" into jungle adventure and Progressive leadership.

An investigative reporter looks at the destructive fallout of combat's violence on both soldiers and the civilians they come home to.

In this potent psychological thriller, an infant’s arrival on the doorstep of a remote Spanish convent threatens the foundations of the nuns' cloistered society.

Simon Winchester dives into a sea of stories in his rich new biography of the ocean whose immensity is almost too much to grasp.

The new novel from the prizewinning writer is a shrewd twist on a Henry James story of the road not taken.

A true story of a World War II airman's unimaginable ordeal, and endurance against the odds, from the author of Seabiscuit.

A multimedia, multi-genre extravaganza: part memoir, part coffee table book, part annotated compendium of lyrics, part polemic in the defense of hip-hop's poesy.

A teenage girl confronts the mysteries of her mother's young life, in a town shadowed by the fear of a monster's rampage.

A former judge for the National Book Awards on this year's fiction nominees and what it's like trying to pick a winner.

The delights of freedom and the power of precision are on display in new works from Lynda Barry and Chris Ware.

A gifted historian portrays the marriage of John and Abigail Adams—"the premier husband-and-wife team in all American history."

The poet remembered for his witty treatment of love lived on the razor's edge of 17^th-century political intrigue.

A "Don't try this at home" memoir from the man who wrote "Satisfaction" in his sleep.

A searing novel about abandoned homes, broken families, and the never-extinguished urge to connect.

 The author's dream house, and a bid for immortality beyond the page.

A new set of short works from the master storyteller, each highlighting a different persona.

An investigation of the life, thought, and wisdom of Michel de Montaigne, inventor of the essay and "the first modern man."

Saul Bellow's life in letters, as presented in correspondence spanning eight decades, delivers a revealing portrait of the novelist and his age.

An arsonist terrorizes a New England city in a thriller by turns taut and tongue-in-cheek.

A portrait of a vast and little-known region of the globe rendered with affection, insight, and humor.

 A plot of French farmland, coveted by old residents and new arrivals, becomes the catalyst for violence.