NEW YORK—The latest e-book from Stephen King is no bargain. Scribner announced yesterday that the digital edition of King’s “Under the...

The past has a way of clinging to troubled and haunted souls, and Gil Castle, the scarred protagonist of Philip Caputo’s smart new thriller, “Crossers,“...

TUESDAY “Haunted Plantations of Virginia” by Beth Brown—Book talk and signing, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Fountain Bookstore, 1312 E. Cary St....

The Library of Virginia last night announced the winners of the 12th annual Literary Awards during a gala celebration at the library in downtown Richmond....

It’s not easy to put in a good word for the other woman. She is the wicked witch of marital bliss, the one who threatens destruction and heartbreak....

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway are rightly known as two of the most gifted authors of their generation—and two of the most different. Fitzgerald’s...

When Adolf Hitler invaded Poland and started World War II, special units went along to seize works of art, says author Robert M. Edsel. Other Europeans...

In the 1960s, an albino groundhog often scampered along the edge of state Route 151 in the Nelson County community of Greenfield. Albino animals were no...

Biblical accounts of Abraham’s relationship with Sarah and Hagar have always been problematical, and even more problematical was Abraham’s...

Gone fishin’. They might be two of the most beautiful words in the language, conjuring an image of relaxation, solitude (or companionship, if chosen),...

TODAY “The Cats of Hanover Juvenile Correctional Center” by Teresa Adele Bettino—Author event, 2 p.m. at Sundial Books, Chincoteague....

NEW YORK—The wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is writing a memoir. Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House Inc., says it will publish...

Fans of the British novelist E.M. Forster, who exhorted his readers to “Only connect,“ should be especially pleased with Nicholas A. Christakis...

In February 1983, alluring songstress and part-time heroin addict Zoe Kruller is found murdered in her home in the dying Rust Belt town of Sparta, N.Y....

His “The Confessions of Nat Turner” stayed on the best-seller lists for weeks in 1967 and eventually earned him a Pulitzer Prize. More than...

Any fan—or, for that matter, nonfan—of Kathy Griffin knows one thing: She never shuts up. If you fall in the nonfan category, that unfiltered...

TODAY “Haunted Richmond” and “Haunted Virginia” by Pamela K. Kinney—Book signing 3-5 p.m. at Chop Suey Books, 2913 W. Cary...

In a 2003 piece for The New York Times, Booker Prize-winning author A.S. Byatt questioned the merit of the Harry Potter series. Her basic argument: Young-adult...

BP, the international oil company, made news in early September with an announcement that it had discovered a “giant” oil field deep below...

Doreen Rappaport’s “Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln” has been selected by the public as the winner of the third...

Judging by the unending flow of books, movies and television series, World War II is still being fought. But, as Dan Fesperman shows in his absorbing new...

A former employee of Danielle Steel who embezzled more than $400,000 from the romance novelist has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion.

NONFICTION Chicken Little kind of had it right—the sky is falling, in fireballs and chunks of rock hewn by a tumble through Earth’s atmosphere....

NONFICTION As Scott Rosenberg’s informative “Say Everything” persuasively suggests, the blogosphere now belongs with those other influential...

He was born in Wisconsin, went to college in California and practiced law and politics in Arizona, but William H. Rehnquist spent much of his life in Virginia....

MYSTERIES One finishes an outstanding trilogy with regret, but also, in the case of Rennie Airth’s three novels featuring John Madden, with abundant...

FICTION Reviewing Dan Brown’s new thriller several days after its publication is a little like standing in the middle of the Indy 500 racetrack and...

TODAY “Nonesuch Place: A History of the Richmond Landscape” by Tyler Potterfield—Book talk and signing 2-4 p.m. at Book People, 536 Granite...

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS  HARDCOVER FICTION 1.The Last Songby Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) 2.Alex Cross’s Trialby James...