It’s a new year, and we asked Times Union staffers, librarians, business owners and readers like you to recommend their favorite books that focus on new beginnings.

I love a year-end review. I’m enjoying everyone’s reports from Spotify, but I’m really not an avid music listener. When I do listen to music, it’s Taylor Swift. And when I listen to Taylor Swift, I ...

“Sixteen’s good,” I said before Gary Tuttle, my happy hour companion, followed with his ale selection, specifying: “I’ll have the twenty.” When in Rome — or drinking with a long-distance legend who ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It's freezing cold, the roads are slippery, and everything is frosted in white. Embrace it: You're not ...

I recently found one of my favorite novels under my 13-year-old daughter’s pillow. Great, right? I’m not so sure!