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Philippa Gregory explores the life of a 17th-century midwife in "Tidelands," and Rob Hart goes dystopian for futuristic thriller "The Warehouse."        

Novelist Paule Marshall died Monday in Richmond, Virginia after suffering dementia in recent years, her son told The Associated Press.        

There are key differences in Maria Semple's 2012 best-seller "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" and the new film adaptation starring Cate Blanchett.        

Looking to be inspired? Here's a round-up of formidable memoirs, beginning with Tara Westover's "Educated."        

Téa Obreht follows up her best-selling, award-winning debut "The Tiger's Wife" with "Inland," a phantasmagorical and dizzyingly beautiful Western.        

24/7 Tempo reached out to several English professors to compile a list of 20 English literature classics everyone should read at least once.        

Winegard’s 400-plus-page expedition explores the vast impact of the mosquito, a small but mighty pest that has shaped human history.        

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are writing “The Book of Gutsy Women,” honoring everyone from scientist Marie Curie to climate activist Greta Thunberg.        

In her new book, "Is There Still Sex in the City?" Candace Bushnell puts a magnifying glass to life after divorce in your fifties and sixties.        

Author Sherrilyn Kenyon, who filed suit against her husband accusing him of orchestrating a scheme to poison her to death, has dismissed her case.        

Shari Lapena's latest novel begs the question, do you really know who lives next door?        

Joshilyn Jackson has a new page-turning domestic thriller, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo releases his first standalone novel in a decade.        

A newlywed woman who was swept away by a river in Alaska was trying to reach an abandoned bus made famous by the book and film “Into the Wild.”        

Chris Colfer wants new book "A Tale of Magic," set to hit shelves in October, to encourage those "fighting battles of injustice or inequality."        

The actress' latest project is a collection of poetry called "The Life of a Wannabe Mogul: Mental Disarray Vol. 1.”        

J. Ryan Stradal’s followup to 2015's "Kitchens of the Great Midwest" is an intoxicating tale of family, forgiveness and, of course, beer.