Books

Self-proclaimed 'minimalists' Ryan Nicodemus and Joshua Millburn have published 'Everything That Remains: A Memoir' to share the ideas that led each to a less acquisitive lifestyle.

We are deep into National Poetry Month, but ample opportunity remains to pay homage to the literary art that so persuasively appeals to both our cerebral and our emotional selves.

Fans of British author David Mitchell -- and they are indeed legion -- will be heartened to hear that his next novel, "The Bone Clocks," will be coming out in the United States from Random House on Sept.

A person close to the family has confirmed reports that that Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died. He was 87.

LONDON (AP) -- British comic author Sue Townsend, who created angst-ridden teenage diarist Adrian Mole and sent Queen Elizabeth II into exile on a public housing estate, has died after suffering a stroke.

WALNUT CREEK -- Gary Peterson, a former Contra Costa Times sports reporter and columnist, will sign copies of his new book "Battle of the Bay" from 1 to 3 p.

We encountered Palo Alto's Yangsze Choo, whose debut novel, "The Ghost Bride," was a hit with critics and readers last year, at an Authors Under the Stars fundraiser for the Walnut Creek Library earlier this month.