Sotheby’s has agreed to postpone a highly anticipated auction as a consortium tries to raise $21 million to acquire a “lost” private library for the British public.

This poem by Sonia Sanchez will astonish and alarm you.

A new book of photography features the intimate moments of queer dads in America.

In “Americanon,” Jess McHugh catalogs the country’s virtues and foibles by examining the history of almanacs, dictionaries, etiquette guides and other practical books.

In Cynthia Leitich Smith’s “Sisters of the Neversea,” the Darlings have been transported to Tulsa, Okla., and Lily is Wendy’s Native stepsister.

Pamela Erens, acclaimed for her adult novels, has made a natural and satisfying shift to middle grade fiction with “Matasha.”

A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.