“Sometimes in life, something astonishingly wonderful happens,” Moira Macdonald writes. Here’s what’s going on and how it affects her writing about books.

Her new book, “The Puppets of Spelhorst,” looks at the inner lives of the inanimate creatures that shape us, whether or not we know it.

Here are this week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly.

This week’s top local bestsellers from The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association.

Kingsolver won a Pulitzer Prize for this modern retelling of a Charles Dickens classic. She chatted with The Seattle Times before an event on Oct. 16 at Benaroya Hall.

Here are this week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly.

Local scene Current bestsellers from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers AssociationHardcover fiction 1. Tom Lake, Ann Patchett 2. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros 3. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver 4. The Running Grave, Robert Galbraith 5. Lessons in Ch…

RANT AND RAVE Rave to the Japanese Garden at the Arboretum, just beginning to show its colors! Rant to the person smoking a cigarette there (gross, yuck) then having the wherewithal to crush the butt on the pathway. Clueless. RAVE to whoever designed T…

Journalist Tom Fucoloro’s new book, “Biking Uphill in the Rain,” details how the history of cycling in Seattle mirrors the greater development of the city.

Get into the Halloween spirit with these horror audiobooks recommendations.