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“Moon Witch, Spider King,” by Booker-winner Marlon James, is the second volume of his African "Games of Thrones"

A veteran journalist, she also edited a forthcoming compilation of the journals of Alice Walker, thus illuminating African American women of letters from the Harlem Renaissance to the present day.

“Jane and the Year Without a Summer,” by Stephanie Barron (Soho Crime)

Owen Tanner has always had a bird living in his chest. No, literally. The fantastical conceit makes for a vivid queer awakening - and a good read.

Stephen King pieces together beloved aspects of his literary universe with co-writer Richard Chizmar in trilogy closer 'Gwendy's Final Task.'

Stephen King and Richard Chizmar’s Gwendy saga comes to a satisfying conclusion

Stephen King and Richard Chizmar’s Gwendy saga comes to a satisfying conclusion

Marlon James releases the second book in his Dark Star Trilogy, and Garrett M. Graff writes the definitive history of the Watergate scandal.

In Charmaine Wilkerson's debut, a mother's death exposes long-held secrets.

Philosopher David Chalmers contemplates the deep questions surrounding virtual reality.