Editor Pick: Books

'The Book of Odds' is a fascinating collection of odds for every aspect of everyday life from birth to death, marriage, parenting- health and sickness religion and more.

This is the soft place to rest your head for a moment during the harrowing rides of military life.

"I strive to have balance in my life, and I want my characters to have the same thing."

This novel treats its 60 year old female main character with great respect and provides a well-paced and engrossing story as well as a nuanced and believable view of alcoholism.

The Allman Brothers Band tell their own story, just in time for their final tour.

The title is a metaphor for Leilani and her daughter, Lani, who helped her with compiling her emails into a book.

Many books try to help people move ahead in life, but few have pointed out the main problem they face so succinctly as 'Vision Blockers.'

This inventive and passionate novel is an imagined sequel to "Madame Butterfly," but it will enthrall readers whether they are familiar with the opera or not.

The twists and turns keep you reading and wondering how a life so full of promise has become so unhinged.

A grim dystopian French graphic novel receives its long-overdue English translation.