Repeat after me: “This year, I resolve to read at least one book every month.”

Is your book club putting together its reading list for the next few months? Here are 5 new releases that are guaranteed to keep you talking, well after the wine is gone.

Highland Park native David Friend always wanted to write a book about the role of photography in a given week, but he never anticipated an event as horrific as 9/11.

Highland Park native Joanne Gordon is easy to find—just head to your local Starbucks, where you’ll see her picture inside the book jacket of the best-seller “Onward.”

Enjoy this excerpt from the new novel by Evanston mom, Tracy Egan, based on her one-woman play, “Who’s Driving the Bus?”

In a celeb-crazed society, it’s easy to lose sight of our priorities.

It’s the book lover’s siren call—gentle waves lapping at the beach’s edge.

Ann Patchett, celebrated author of “Bel Canto” and 5 other best-selling novels, is coming to Chicago on Wednesday, June 22 at noon.

Local mom and writer, Trish Cook, will be at The Book Stall on Thursday, June 16 at 7 p.m. for a reading and signing of her book, “Notes from the Blender.”

Diane Falanga, author of “P.S. I Hate It Here!: Kids' Letters From Camp,” is busy at work collecting camp letters for her second book: “P.S. I STILL Hate It Here.”

Looking for a book to give a new grad (that’s not “Oh The Places You’ll Go)?