Michael Schaub

There's much to read in the the coming months of this year from authors including George Saunders, Tayari Jones, Helen Garner, Ibram X. Kendi, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney and Michael Pollan.

Bass chronicles his experience playing for the "incredibly unknown" Brenham Express and the life lessons he took from it.

We combed through a bunch of bestselling mysteries and thrillers published this year for your end-of-the-year reading.

From novels and nonfiction to titles that resist easy classification, these exciting books are coming to your local library or favorite independent bookstore.

The book's subtitle is “A True Story … Allegedly.”