The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir

This eagerly awaited tell-all is over-detailed, ironic, and believable.

Friends and Strangers: A Novel

By J. Courtney Sullivan

Friends and Strangers: A Novel

A new mom moves to a small town and discovers who she is all over again.

The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move

This new work combining science and social justice makes a strong case for coming and going.

Mr. Know-It-All

By John Waters

Mr. Know-It-All

The low-brow director's highly entertaining life story.

An Elegant Defense

By Matt Richtel

An Elegant Defense

A compassionate, compelling look at the body's true "bodyguard."

Love: A Novel

By Roddy Doyle

Love: A Novel

A stunning story about masculinity, family life, and the one who got away.

Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic

Edited by Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle

Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic

This eclectic anthology imagines the lives of people taking shelter from a new reality.

Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir

An unnecessary repetition of famed sports agent Christy Walsh’s myth-building mission.