The weekend is here and we're hunkering down with a handful of great new books...

We asked bestselling author Ransom Riggs about writing the first book of a companion trilogy for his popular series, his thoughts on the the Miss Peregrine movie, and more... 

An easy and oh-so-flavorful combo of chicken + black eyed pea chili and cheesy, buttermilk cornbread made in a cast iron skillet.  Author Julia Turshen let us share these recipes from her new cookbook.

Ten new books to share with young readers, perfect for the season of ghosts, zombies, and... candy.

See the books this NASCAR superstar read and loved this year...

Fashionista, Instagram maven, and now children's book author: Eva Chen tells us what she read and loved this year.

Today Show co-host Kathie Lee Gifford tells us about her favorite reads this year.

The bestselling author of the Dork Diaries series shares her top three reads of the year.

Ransom Riggs' highly anticipated new novel in the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series publishes on October 2nd.  You can read the prologue and an excerpt from the first chapter here. 

Debut author Ngozi Ukazu answers our questions about about her fantastic new graphic novel, Check, Please!:#Hockey, her favorite comic cons, and more.

Renowned actor Taye Diggs has just penned his third children's book, I Love You More Than... We asked him to tell us about a couple of books that he's enjoyed recently.

Two decades ago now, Arthur A. Levine introduced American audiences to an unknown author named J.K. Rowling, and her first novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Earlier this year we went to his office in Manhattan and talked to him about it.

Reese Witherspoon's first book is a delightful hybrid of memoir, cookbook, and Southern lifestyle guide.  We caught up with her via email to talk about recipes, tradition, and more.

Award-winning author and illustrator Yuyi Morales let us peek inside the studio where she created her gorgeous new picture book, Dreamers, and shares a few early sketches from the book.

Sadie is a suspenseful novel of murder, revenge and disappearance told through dual narratives, one of them the transcripts of a podcast.  We asked the author about her favorite podcasts and stories of true crime.