Sometimes, the right book shows up just at the right time. Our book critic encountered two such books this week: Water, Water ...

Public comments are being gathered and a public hearing on the proposed rules is scheduled for December in Des Moines.

British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize award with her novel Orbital, the first book set in space to win the prize. Book critic Kiran Dass spoke to Corin Dann.