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"I had been thinking about the link between luck and empathy," says Dublin Murder Squad series author Tana French about her new standalone mystery, The Witch Elm. In this twisted tale, she looks at what happens when things take a turn for a man who had "gotten all the right coin flips in life."

The year is 1940, and Juliet Armstrong is on the trail of Nazi collaborators. Juliet isn't some MI5 femme fatale; the protagonist of Transcription, a new novel by Kate Atkinson, is just an 18-year-old girl who writes up surveilled sessions between fascist sympathizers. But though she's a minor cog in the war effort among the secret agents, she's soon pulled into bigger things.

Peace Like a River author Leif Enger's new novel, Virgil Wander, is set in a small Minnesota community. Books set in tiny towns offer "a rich stew of conflict, betrayal, and misunderstanding, not to mention romantic longings and acts of outsized decency," he says, recommending some of his favorite books.

Actress Sally Field has spent more than five decades in front of a camera. Now it's Field's turn to tell her own story, in her own words, in the new memoir. In honor of her book, Field is recommending five more powerful memoirs that have inspired her.

National Book Award Finalist and American Street author Ibi Zoiboi introduces readers to a modern-day re-imagining of a beloved Jane Austen classic. “Retelling Pride and Prejudice came up during a conversation about smart love stories. Elizabeth Bennet was the hero and love interest I didn't know I needed. I wanted to update her so she could be relatable to teens.”

Kendall Ryan, the bestselling author of Hard to Love and Filthy Beautiful Lies, introduces us to a seriously seductive friendship in Flirting with Forever. She talked to us about irresistible banter, book boyfriends, and favorite romance tropes.

Bow down to YA royalty—Megan Whalen Turner is back with a new The Queen's Thief adventure. She shares the books that inspire her love of history and magic.