Munro's prose shines in this new collection inspired by her Scottish family history. With stories as subtle and lucid as always, this is her most personal fiction to date.

Hardly a page goes by without serving up a laugh or one of the author's trademark, go-tell-somebody details. Fans will not be disappointed, and plenty more just might jump on the bandwagon for the ride.

A street-smart heroine with mysterious powers and a magic cat are plunged into a perilous underworld of crime and dark magic in this first installment of Pierce's new Tortall series.

The Improvisational Cook offers decadent recipes, sure, but Sally Schneider also wants you to understand how those recipes work. In doing so, she makes the other cookbooks on your shelf more valuable.

Art and words meld in explosive and provocative ways in this fantastic and diverse sampling of the best new comics in America. No super heroes, no kids' stuff: just great storytelling.