Now that we're past the equinox, makes sense that darkness is gathering — not just outside our windows, with the lengthening nights, but also on the printed page. This week's notable book releases promise a veritable potpourri of death: murder, war, ritual interment, even the dreadful undeath of avenging spirits.

Luckily though, to start us off, the heavy load is at least leavened by a celebration of life from one of our most defiantly sentimental artists, in Lionel Richie's new memoir.

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Truly: A Memoir , by Lionel Ritchie

Few voices on the radio are as easy to recognize as Richie's, partly because few voices have proven as ubiquitous over the past half-century. Find just one person who says they can't belt at least part of the chorus to "All Night Long (All

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