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Cynthia Bond's novel "Ruby" is set in Texas and tells a fierce and poetic tale of a worldly, beautiful black woman, Ruby Bell, and her struggle not to be destroyed by her home community of Liberty Township.

The Laura Ingalls Wilder autobiography 'Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography' sales have taken off. And sales are likely to get another lift from a Google Doodle on her 148th birthday.

Publisher聽Harper聽announced Tuesday that "Go Set a Watchman," a novel the Pulitzer Prize-winning author completed in the 1950s and put aside, will be released July 14.

Former Navy SEAL, Matt Bissonnette, filed a lawsuit against his ex-lawyers for advising him it was OK to publish his book about the Osama bin Laden raid. The book聽聽"No Easy Day," prompted a Pentagon inquiry that evolved into a criminal probe by the Justice Department.

The Frenchman has written about the German occupation of his country during World War II.

The Nobel prize for literature has gone to well-known authors long lauded by critics, but just as frequently plucks unknown authors from obscurity.

"Archie: The Married Life Book Three" was removed from bookshelves because it featured same-sex marriage. Last week, Singapore's National Library Board said it would destroy three children's books seen as being pro-homosexual.

First lady Michelle Obama said that Maya Angelou told black women that "our worth had nothing to do with what the world might say."

George Patton book:聽Stephen Rubin, president and publisher of Henry Holt and Company, announced Wednesday that 'Killing聽Patton' will be published on Sept. 23.

LeVar Burton聽was the host of 'Reading Rainbow,' the children's literacy program that aired on public TV through 2009.