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Can anything challenge 'The Girl on the Train' as the breakout book of 2015?We're not even halfway through the year, so there's plenty of time for another book to become a success, but 'Train' continues to dominate bestseller lists months after its publication.
'Another Little Piece of My Heart' is the 'unauthoritative' memoir of one of America's first rock criticsRichard Goldstein offers a first-hand report of '60s counter-culture and rock.
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Bestselling books the week of 4/30/15, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
Jane Smiley's 'Early Warning' continues her family trilogy'Early Warning' is the second in Smiley's planned series about a family living in America during the 20th century and is a sequel to her critically acclaimed book 'Some Luck.'
'Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell': A trailer for the TV adaptation is hereFormer Monitor critic Ron Charles called 'Jonathan' 'thoroughly enchanting.' The TV version will star 'Ray Donovan' actor Eddie Marsan and Bertie Carvel, who starred in the Broadway production of 'Matilda.'
'Dreamland' is the must-read book about America's heroin crisisAward-winning journalist Sam Quinones combines thorough research with superlative narrative skills to produce a horrifying but compulsively readable book about opiate addiction in the United States.
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'Far From the Madding Crowd' is adapted as a movieThomas Hardy's novel is being adapted as a movie starring Carey Mulligan and Michael Sheen. The new film will be released in the US on May 1.
Hitler parody 'Look Who's Back' comes to the USFollowing the book's European publication, some questioned whether a novel placing Hitler in a contemporary setting was offensive while others praised its satirical tone. Now 'Look Who's Back' by Timur Vermes is arriving in America.
Celebrated poet Jane Hirshfield explains poetry as 鈥榓 truing of vision鈥�Hirshfield offers essays, poems that inspire fresh views of the familiar.
Accio Books!: Harry Potter Alliance hopes to get thousands of books to those who need themThe goal for organization's Accio Books! campaign is to get 60,000 books donated.
Reese Witherspoon will narrate 'Go Set a Watchman' audiobook'As a Southerner, it is an honor and privilege to give voice to the Southern characters who inspired my childhood love of reading, Scout and Atticus Finch,' the 'Wild' actress said in a statement.
3 powerful new poetry collections Three new poetry collections celebrate verse 鈥� and life 鈥� in rich and varied voices.
Toni Morrison discusses 'skin privilege' in recent interviews about 'God Help the Child'In one interview Morrison said that "when a white teenager is shot in the back by a cop running away ... we'll know something about race."
'This Present Moment' shares poet, environmentalist Gary Snyder's personal insightsSnyder's new work focuses on the here and now.
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'The Little Prince': An upcoming adaptation gets another trailerThe new adaptation of the classic book includes the voice work of actors Jeff Bridges, Marion Cotillard, and James Franco.
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