Best-selling author Don Winslow wishes he had more time to read and to catch up with books he missed.

A weekly calendar of literary events and author readings.

“You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me’’ is a fierce howl of pain and a dark hymn to Sherman Alexie’s immensely difficult, indomitable mother.

The good news is that a rare and previously unknown daguerreotype of Sophia Thoreau has turned up. The better news is she doesn’t look much like her brother Henry David Thoreau.

Women still smarting from the impact of the glass ceiling last November, meet your new feminist figurehead.

Ms. Dunmore was a British poet and historical novelist whose widely praised books were known for their gothic plots.

Ben Mezrich’s wild and woolly tale of how and why a team of Harvard researchers are working to return a signature species from extinction.

Some suggestions for your reading list.

’Tis the season for sun and sand, lobster and leisure, barbecues and books. Especially books.

Julia Fierro’s novel is set in a fictional islet off the coast of Long Island in the summer of 1992.

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The book blends a look at the stations, players and programs with a glimpse into the life of a TV critic and a portrait of the city itself.

Jillian Tamaki’s “Boundless’’ presents a reality that’s tilted slightly of its axis

Smith, who was born in Falmouth and attended Harvard University, will assume her duties this fall.

Perhaps it was just a matter of time.

“You’ll Never Know, Dear” unspools with a strong psychological component and a sense of real people involved in relatable situations.

“Big River” at Old Sturbridge Village features a real river, the South Shore Art Center festival takes over Cohasset Common, and more.

Comings and goings of businesses and other organizations in the suburbs west of Boston.

Julia Glass crafts a thoughtful, warm-hearted tale about the choices each of us makes.

Thrity Umrigar’s “Everybody’s Son’’ is a tragedy in many ways.

Roxane Gay explores her two life cataclysms: her gang rape and what it means to be obese in a society that despises those who are.

In Charles Simic’s poems time spreads out forever and collapses.

Springfield has opened a museum dedicated to the beloved children’s author.

“This Ever New Self: Thoreau and His Journal” was organized by the Concord Museum and the Morgan Library & Museum, where it opened last week.

Finn Murphy saved stories of his adventures on the road as a long-haul mover on audio cassettes, and those stories form the backbone of his new book.

The book is steeped with violent encounters and violations of trust but what unifies it is Kevin’s painterly eye.

Kay Redfield Jamison believes that medical students benefit from reading about how moods and madness are experienced by those who struggle with them.

Madison Smartt Bell’s latest work is an experimental novel of mystical themes that toys with narrative convention.

The former St. Paul’s School student who was sexually assaulted by a classmate and later told her story on national television is writing a memoir.

Holly FitzGerald’s book “Ruthless River’’ recounts how a plane crash turned her and her husband’s honeymoon in the Amazon into a harrowing survival saga.

Theodore Geisel, under the name Dr. Seuss, became one of the best-selling children’s authors in the world. A museum about him is now open in his hometown.

This fall, Harvard students will have the opportunity to take “The Real Game of Thrones: From Modern Myths to Medieval Models.’’

“The Best Land Under Heaven’’ takes a fresh look at the ill-fated Donner Party as emblematic of the more shadowy aspects of Manifest Destiny.

The MIT Press has just published a new edition of the book, with a telling subtitle: “Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds.”

Capsule reviews of “The Six-Day War’’; “The 1967 Arab Israeli War”; “Foxbats Over Dimona’’; “The Lion’s Gate.’’

“The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” is a fierce and fabulously disobedient novel.

Part of the power of Nina Riggs’s “The Bright Hour’’ derives from her warm portraits of her husband, young sons, gentle father, and her mother, who is herself dying of cancer.

Novelist J. Courtney Sullivan reads mostly fiction and is trying to get in as much as she can before the nearing birth of her child.

Lou Cove felt like a fish out of water when he was 12 and his family moved to Salem from New York City.

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Sarah Prager’s book is intended to help and inspire teens facing issues involving sexuality and gender identification.