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- 'H is for Hawk' celebrates the healing power of the wildIn the throes of grief, a naturalist finds release in a wild companion and an ancient art.
- Reader recommendation: The Ariadne ObjectiveMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 10 best books of April: the Monitor's picks Here are the 10 new April 2015 book releases that Monitor book critics placed on the "must read" list.
- Amy Poehler's 'Yes Please' continues to thrive on bestseller lists'Yes' was released almost six months ago but it's still holding steady on multiple bestseller lists. Poehler starred on the NBC sitcom 'Parks and Recreation' as well as 'Saturday Night Live' and films such as 'Anchorman 2' and 'The Secret World of Arrietty.'
- Steven Spielberg will reportedly direct a movie adaptation of 'Ready Player One'Ernest Cline's book 'Ready,' which centers on a virtual experience, was released in 2011.
- New Yorker copy editor Mary Norris's 'Between You and Me' has 'wit, sass, and smarts'Already half-asleep when you hear about a guide to grammar and punctuation? Reviewers say Norris's book is 'sprightly' and 'laugh-out-loud' funny.
- Shakespeare: Can you match the quote to the play? Try our quiz!
They say all the world's a quiz, so the question must be: to quiz, or not to quiz? Clearly, the answer is "to quiz." Find out how well you know these quotes from William Shakespeare's plays.
- 'Station Eleven' wins another prize: Tournament of Books championEvery year, The Morning News hosts a March Madness-style face-off of works of fiction. This year, Emily St. John Mandel's novel emerged as the winner.
- Spring cleaning: Can you narrow your book collection down to 30 titles?'The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up' author Marie Kondo says she keeps about 30 books in her house at one time. Here are the titles this reader would keep if he followed Kondo's advice.
- 10 best books of April, according to Amazon's editors Looking for a great spring read? Here are some picks from Amazon's editors.
- 'The Architect's Apprentice' evokes folk tales, artistry, and the Ottoman EmpireElif Shafak's 10th novel offers an adventure story complete with battles, kings, sea voyages, prisons, disguises, artists, a curse, betrayal, and a Romany king.
- Reader recommendation: 'Sunday Morning, Shamwana'Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Bestselling books the week of 4/2/15, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
- New author picks up where 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' series left offLisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist are back in the fourth installment of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' series, this time written by David Lagercrantz.
- What's hotter than a sequel to 'Mockingbird'? A coloring book for grownupsJohanna Basford's 'Secret Garden' coloring book shot to the top of Amazon鈥檚 bestseller list this month, overtaking books by authors like Anthony Doerr, Paula Hawkins, and Harper Lee.
- Cassandra Clare's 'Mortal Instruments' is coming to ABC FamilyThe TV series 'Shadowhunters' will reportedly be based on the 'Mortal Instruments' series by Cassandra Clare. Clare's new series, 'The Dark Artifices,' will debut in 2016.
- 'Wolf Hall' stage and TV adaptations both arrive in April 2015The miniseries adaptation of 'Wolf Hall' debuts on PBS on April 5, while the Broadway version of the story officially opens on April 9.聽
- 'Hissing Cousins' profiles the battling Roosevelts, Eleanor and AliceEleanor and Alice Roosevelt may have been first cousins but they were also polar opposites.
- Reader recommendation: Testament of YouthMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 'The Emperor of All Maladies' comes to TVThe book 'The Emperor of All Maladies' won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in the nonfiction category. The TV adaptation of the award-winning book debuts on PBS on March 31.