These four new books—and an SF classic—perch at the top of our editors’ TBR piles this spring weekend.

Fifty Shades author E L James talks with us about her hopes about launching a brand-new romantic couple into the world with her just-released novel, The Mister.

From fairytales to nonfiction, from Los Angeles to Nantucket, here are the books we are reading this weekend.

All good things must come to an end. But remember that there are other good things out there waiting for you. 

George R. R. Martin catches us up on Wild Cards, Starport, The Winds of Winter, and more.

Here's what you'll find in our book bags this weekend.

Can't get to the beach today? Relax with these shacks. 

We aren't in the office right now, but we're still talking books. 

A few of the things we're doing this weekend: tucking into the memoirs of a legendary culinary editor; traveling back in time to Charles Dickens's London; and pondering possible "post-human" identities. Also, we are going on a Bigfoot hunt.

As Women's History Month winds down, we highlight a handful a first-time female writers whose work we’ve admired this year (and the year is still young). 

In this week's edition, the Bubonic plague, a brutal but beautiful debut about the bond between two brothers, two fantastical historical fictions, and a novel Louise Erdrich says "makes a compelling case for compassion over blame."

Harlan Coben tells us what he's been reading and loving lately, even as his new thriller, Run Away, hits shelves this week.

Don't be.

After a long winter, warm and sunny weather is coming to town. What does this mean for book reading?

Warm up with spring’s most essential reads, according to Amazon Charts pre-order data.