GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir. ...more

November 3, 2009

"Irreplaceable," by Stephen Lovely (Voice, $24.95) ...more

March 8, 2009

Forget sex, but not the city. What concerns everyone in Candace Bushnell's new novel, "One Fifth Avenue," is real estate. ...more

October 12, 2008

Cody Fowler Davis was on hand to sign copies of his new novel, "Implied Consent," on Sept. 16 at Barnes & Noble, 213 N. Dale Mabry Highway. The courtroom thriller brings back his Anderson Parker character, a good-natured lawyer who once again must lock horns with rival Justin Cartwright III. ...more

September 24, 2008

"Hit and Run," by Lawrence Block (William Morrow, $24.95) ...more

September 21, 2008

"Scream for Me," by Karen Rose (Grand Central Publishing, $17) ...more

July 27, 2008

When Americans think of 1950s Cuba, they tend to picture Fidel Castro ranting in tattered fatigues about the revolution. ...more

July 27, 2008

"Skeletons at the Feast," by Chris Bohjalian (Shaye Areheart, $25) ...more

July 13, 2008

"Tipperary," by Frank Delaney (Random House, $26.95) ...more

January 20, 2008

"Signed, Mata Hari," by Yannick Murphy (Little, Brown and Co., $24) ...more

December 16, 2007