Looking for a new read? We've got some ideas. Boston Globe writers assess the tumultuous life and times of Senator Ted Kennedy in the books The Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy and Ted Kennedy: Scenes from an Epic Life; humorist Beth Teitell documents her Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth; mystery writer Hallie Ephron warns, Never Tell a Lie; fortysomething rocker Juliana Hatfield pens the memoir When I Grow Up; and Jeff Kinney reflects on the surprising success of his best selling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

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Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy Edited by Peter Canellos

Ted Kennedy: Scenes from an Epic Life, by Boston Globe photographers

The Given Day, by Dennis Lehane

Never Tell a Lie, by Hallie Ephron

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney

Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth, by Beith Teitell

When I Grow Up, by Julianna Hatfield