The first comprehensive guide to Maine’s birdlife in some 70 years gets everything right

Peter Vickery did not live to see his life's work published, but 'Birds of Maine' - engaging, gorgeous and packed with information - is a great testament to a great ornithologist.

In India, the complicated truth behind the killing of two teenagers

What Sonia Faleiro learns while investigating the deaths of 'The Good Girls' who are the subject of her new book "reveals as much about the failings of India's law enforcement, media and politics" as about their murder.

Bedside table: A coming-of-age novel in tough times

Stephen King talks about crime, creativity and his new novel

Stephen King doesn't tell only horror stories. This week, his novel ‘Later’ comes out.

A new rose book by Maine rose expert Peter E. Kukielski is a stunner

The lavishly illustrated 'Rosa: The Story of the Rose,' encompasses history, art, religion and botany.

A Georgetown professor trades her classroom for a police beat

Assigned to a D.C. police district with the highest concentration of Black residents, poverty and reported crime, Rosa Brooks tells stories of Black citizens with few choices, their Black victims and the police who are caught in the middle.

Bedside table: One way to take your mind off the pandemic? Read about a very different disaster

'In Harm's Way' tells of the USS Indianapolis, torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in World War II, which lost three-quarters of her crew, many to shark attacks.

Forced by poverty to retreat to the Maine woods, a spirited young girl comes into her own

In 'Echo Mountain,' the remarkable Ellie gains new skills and undertanding.

For a mother forced to give up her child, decades of grief, shame and secrets

Though 'American Baby' chronicles a forced adoption in the 1960s, the tale resonates with the news of the many migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Bedside Table: John Le Carré’s last book