American history is full of hoaxes and hucksters, but they were often at the expense of people of color or indigenous peoples.

The national conversation around gun control is dominating the news. Bookseller Alyson Jones Turner recommends a title that dives into America's unique historical relationship with firearms.

Bookseller Morgan Miller recommends a novel built around a writer who finds sudden success, and a new acquaintance: "It's both very literary, and also just a really good, creepy, twisty thriller."

"A Wrinkle in Time" hits theaters this month. It's one of several books being turned into a movie this year. Three film and literature junkies talk about what it takes to make a good book-to-film adaptation.

If you've been gripped by the excitement of T'Challa, Wakanda, and more, bookseller Jeffrey Blair knows what to put on your reading pile.

Kaete Schwehn discovered that if she were going to write a dystopian novel, she needed to set it in Minnesota.

Although her greatest success has been with novels for young readers, the author says she has always written short stories.

Bookseller Susan Hans O'Connor recommends a novel about two sisters whose bond is tested by mental illness.

Lately, Danez Smith can't talk about poetry without also addressing the political climate that surrounds it.

Emmet Penney recommends a poetry collection that explores how life is "waiting for things to happen ... and sometimes being terrified of what might come your way."