One True Thing

Mario Batali recipe for monkfish and foie gras, Stephen King's suggestions for what to cook when you don't feel like cooking anything at all, and much more. Here's more from editor John Donohue: Read More

Just in time for Father's Day, This I Believe: On Fatherhood is the perfect gift for dads of any age. Read More

Best Staged Plans is a great summer beach read that tackles the familiar themes of taking chances and pursuing live-long dreams. Here's more from author Claire Cook. Read More

The First Husband is a witty and insightful look at love and the human dilemna of making the right choice about marriage. Read More

First Wicked Plants, now Wicked Bugs -- Amy Stewart is fascinated with all things wicked. Read More

About a year after I was hit by a truck while riding a bicycle, my friend Doris asked if I had found God that day. When I said "no," I think we were both surprised. Read More

Therese Fowler's new novel, Exposure, was inspired by her own son's arrest for texting explicit photos of himself to a friend. This well-told, fast paced story is a great read and a thoughtful look into a topic that's getting lots of press lately. Read More

"When I lost my mother, I felt as if I was losing a piece of myself." Read More

Alan Heathcock's provocative and stunning debut collection of short stories, VOLT, has been described as the Cohen Brothers meet Raymond Carver. Read More

Every writer dreads the task of seeking endorsements for their book. Funnyman Mike Sachs shares how not to go about it. Read More

Jonathan Evison hacked up road kill and wrote more short stories nobody wanted than he could count for 20 years before becoming an overnight success. And he wouldn't trade those years for anything. Read More

A Visit from the Goon Squad is "odd" (as author Jennifer Egan says) in the most fabulous and entertaining ways. Here's more from Jennifer about she created-and broke-rules for writing this poignant and hilarious novel: Read More

Garth Stein, author of the highly successful novel The Art of Racing in the Rain, has a passion for books that he's using to bring writers and readers together to support literacy. Here's more from Garth: Read More

Heidi Durrow's compelling debut novel, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, began as a seed of an idea she found in a newspaper article about a girl whose family died in a tragedy that she survived. Durrow became obsessed with imagining this girl's life, and in the process started thinking more about her own bi-racial upbringing. Here's more from Heidi:

  Read More