British author Douglas Adams, left, and Nick Landau read Adams' book The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy in October 1979. Colin Davey/Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption
Louise Penny (left), a best-selling author, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, paired up to write State of Terror, a new novel that they say is meant to serve as a cautionary tale. Dominique Lafond and Deborah Feingold/Simon & Schuster hide caption
Omar Mohamed, left, and his brother, Hassan. In the graphic memoir he coauthored, When Stars Are Scattered, Mohamed shares what their life was like in the refugee camps in Kenya — and their journey to resettlement in the U.S. Omar Mohamed hide caption
Comedian Nicole Byer performs onstage. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Turner hide caption
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Author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson alongside the cover of her new book, My Monticello. Billy Hunt hide caption
Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief, by Victoria Chang Milkweed hide caption
A laboratory in New York City's Bellevue Medical Center on May 17, 1949. Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division hide caption
On Animals, by Susan Orlean Avid Reader Press hide caption
In November's Superman: Son of Kal-El #5, (written by Tom Taylor, art by John Timms), Jonathan Kent, son of Clark, will get a boyfriend. DC Comics hide caption
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the House select committee hearing in July on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington. Jim Lo Scalzo/AP hide caption
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, by Andrea Elliott Random House hide caption
