Books

Two young boys go adrift on a raft trying to escape the law after a murder is committed in Andrew J. Graff's "Raft of Stars."

It's the story of a boy named Jack and a beloved toy (Dur Pig) that goes missing.

Writer Philip Roth's novels, his rivalries with colleagues like Saul Bellow and his many complicated relationships with women are examined in Blake Bailey's excellent bio "Philip Roth."

Grohl will reflect on everything from his childhood to his years with Nirvana and Foo Fighters to times spent with Paul McCartney, David Bowie and many others.

A couple have to deal with their demons and with each other in Steven Wingate's riveting "The Leave-Takers."

Three teens growing up in Rome as Mussolini comes into power into Lisa Scottoline's superb new novel "Eternal."

In her honest and inspiring memoir "The Beauty of Living Twice," Sharon Stone opens up about being abused when she was younger, having an abortion and playing the Hollywood game.

A writer suddenly becomes a hit woman in the entertaining, madcap mystery "Finlay Donovan Is Killing It."

"Whatever issues women have in society in general, they're amplified by a factor of about a million in sports," DiCaro writes.

P.I. Maisie Dobbs helps a young boy who witnesses a murder during World War II England in Jacqueline Winspear's gripping new mystery "The Consequences of Fear."