BBD president Scott Shannon announced several promotions across the group’s leadership ahead of the departure of Kara Welsh at the end of this month.

1. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine Books: $30) A story of friendship, love and adversity during the 1980s Space Shuttle program. 2. Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart (Random House: $28) ...

The first thing that stands out in Jennette McCurdy’s debut novel is that it’s uncomfortable. Released Jan. 20 by Ballantine Books, “Half His Age” follows Waldo, a 17-year-old girl with a resentment ...

Betty Ballantine, who with her husband helped transform reading habits in the pre-internet age by introducing inexpensive paperback books to Americans, died Tuesday in Bearsville, New York. She was 99 ...

The best-selling author tells PEOPLE that she "can't wait" for her milestone publication to "get people talking" ...