This Week in Writing

The English translation of The Three-Body Problem, the first of a science fiction trilogy by Liu Cixin, was released on Tuesday by Tor Books.

Warsaw Ghetto, scrapbooks created by Polish author Jewish Mary Berg in 1945, disappeared in 1950, and have surfaced recently to shed light onto the Nazi genocide. The family of Ms. Berg has requested to cancel the auction of her diary.

Former President George W. Bush publishes 41: A Portrait of My Father, a biography about his father and being the second president in history to follow in the steps of his father.

David Ritz, author of celebrity biographies, will publish Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin this year. This is his second time working with Ms. Franklin since 1999.

Upcoming writer Atticus Lish publishes Preparation for The Next Life, about a love story lived in the shadows, based in part on his own experiences.

-Zalma Aguirre