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National Readathon Day: Here's what you need to knowNational Readathon Day is being held for the first time on Jan. 24. It's sponsored by publisher Penguin Random House and the National Book Foundation, among others.
'The Match Girl and the Heiress' profiles an unlikely duo in search of a better worldHow a factory worker and an heiress united to fight for their ideals.
Reader recommendation: Russia in PrivateMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
'Gateway to Freedom' offers new insight into the workings of the Underground RailroadA historian looks more closely at the network that liberated thousands.
Reader recommendation: MeditationsMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Oscars 2015 nominations: Here are some of the nominees that came from booksOscar nominees like 'American Sniper' and 'The Theory of Everything' were inspired by the written word.
Lemony Snicket's 'All the Wrong Questions' series will be personalized for young readersThe third book in the 'Questions' series, 'Shouldn't You Be in School?,' was released this past September.
'Khirbet Khizeh' is a haunting fictional take on the Arab-Israeli warAn Israeli novelist offers an unsettling look at the paradoxes of a conflict.
Reader recommendation: China in Ten WordsMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
F. Scott Fitzgerald tale 'West of Sunset' draws critical praiseThe novel about Fitzgerald's time in Hollywood has received mostly positive reviews.
'The Bone Clocks' writer David Mitchell will release a new book this fallThe book, 'Slade House,' is reportedly based on a short story Mitchell released on Twitter this summer.
'Leaving Before the Rains Come' is Africa native Alexandra Fuller's captivating third memoirIn her third memoir, Fuller unspools the story of her surprisingly rocky life since childhood.
10 best books of January: the Monitor's picks What the Monitor's book critics liked best this month.
'The Dogs Are Eating Them Now' offers a harsh but illuminating verdict on the war in AfghanistanCanadian journalist Graeme Smith struggles to make sense of all that he saw during a decade of war and nation-building in Afghanistan.
Reader recommendation: Last Chain on BillieMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Stephen King's 'Mr. Mercedes' could become a TV showThe book is reportedly being adapted for TV by David E. Kelley, best known as creator of such series as 'Boston Legal' and 'Ally McBeal.'
'Voices from Tibet' captures China鈥檚 subjugation of the roof of the worldWriters Tsering Woeser and Wang Lixiong speak for many voiceless Tibetans.
Here's a preview of the upcoming illustrated version of 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'Artist Jim Kay is doing the artwork for the new version of the first book of the 'Harry Potter' series, which will be released this October.
'The Internet Is Not the Answer' challenges 'the centers of digital power' that are changing our worldJournalist and onetime Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen wants us to more carefully consider the question: 'What society are we building here?'
Bestselling books the week of 1/8/15, according to IndieBound What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
