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Renée Branum's debut follows twins who believe they are cursed.

The Mountain Goats singer-songwriter John Darnielle releases dark new novel "Devil House," and Danya Kukafka returns with a haunting thriller.

Danya Kukafka's poetic and mesmerizing second novel "Notes on an Execution" is a different kind of serial killer story, and a necessary one.

Johann Hari's "Stolen Focus" examines how technology robs us of our attention, and how to get it back.

Gillian Flynn, Carmen Maria Machado and other authors discuss their creative process.

In a new book, a cold-case team identifies a Jewish man as the likely culprit, stirring questions about culpability in extreme circumstances.

The best-selling author of “It Ends With Us” has struck a chord with her emotional novels.

In "Small World," short chapters and sheer eventfulness keep the story chugging along.

Christopher Leonard focuses on Thomas Hoenig, onetime president of the Kansas City Fed, to explore the policy implications.