‘Shopgirls’ is an amusing trip back to the ’80s, but the story falls flat

'Shopgirls' by Jessica Anya Blau is the story of 19-year-old Zippy, who works in petite dresses at I. Magnin, a legendary high-fashion department store in San Francisco.

Despite some truly dark subject matter, "The Road to Tender Hearts" grabs your heart with both hands and somehow gets you laughing through tears.

'Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put' is a memoir in essays by Annie B. Jones, the owner of an independent bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia. It explores small-town living and the idea that you don't have to do big things in a big city to have a meaningful life.

Katie Kitamura's newest novel, “Audition,” is a slow-burn psychological thriller that you can’t stop reading, even though you’re not exactly sure what’s going on.

Lynn Steger Strong's new novel, "The Float Test," is the story of four siblings who come together in Florida after the unexpected death of their mother.

In her new book, "Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives," author Gretchen Rubin distills decades of research into a collection of easy-to-remember life hacks.

Emma Pattee's debut novel, "Tilt," is a powerful, fast-paced literary thriller that will have you pondering human nature and your own capacity to carry on.

In her new book, "Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children," scholar Noliwe Rooks unpacks the questionable legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

Kim Fay's "Kate & Frida" is a heartwarming epistolary novel that follows the unexpected friendship between two young women in the early 1990s who bond over food and books.

A new, 10th-anniversary edition of 'Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls' includes 22 new profiles of women, including Greta Thunberg, Judy Blume and Taylor Swift.