A new memoir by Elaine Pagels plumbs some of the deepest questions about what it means to be human and how ritual and faith can help make sense of the unfathomable.

The costs of medicine in the United States are addressed in different, though complementary, ways in two new books on broken U.S. health care.

A new book on sea-level rise by Elizabeth Rush is a welcome addition to the small but growing canon on what the changing climate means for U.S. residents.

For all its campus-novel punches, Randy Boyagoda's new novel most succeeds in limning the ways his title character's faith bends to his needs.

Greg Pardlo's new memoir clips quickly along and burdens the reader with almost no slow moments.

Sarah Blake's dream-like and intriguing first novel introduces us to the wife of Noah.