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- 'A Wolf Called Romeo' tells the remarkable story of a wolf and his human friendsWriter Nick Jans discovered a wolf living near his home in Juneau, Alaska 鈥 an ambassador from the wild who appeared to delight in friendly canine company and accepted humans as well.
- Lev Grossman's book trailer stars readers and fellow authorsAuthor Lev Grossman got fans and fellow writers involved for the creation of the book trailer for his upcoming work 'The Magician's Land.'
- The 'Maximum Ride' books by James Patterson will be adapted as a YouTube seriesCollective Digital Studio will be creating the series, which will reportedly consist of six to 10 episodes, each between 10 and 15 minutes long.
- 'Joe and Marilyn' considers the poignant, troubled love affair between Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn MonroeIt's a sad story, but in the end, Joe DiMaggio was the one man on whom Marilyn Monroe could depend.
- Reader recommendation: I've Got You Under My SkinMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Costco removes, then puts back, the book 'America' by conservative writer Dinesh D'SouzaThe book accompanies a documentary of the same name, titled 'America: Imagine A World Without Her,' which was recently released in theaters.
- Gillian Flynn's 'Sharp Objects' will reportedly be adapted as a TV seriesGillian Flynn is also the author of 'Gone Girl' and 'Dark Places.'
- Amazon offers 100 percent of e-book profits to Hachette authors as dispute rages onAmazon recently offered Hachette writers 100 percent of e-book profits until the dispute between the publisher and the bookselling giant is resolved. The move prompted criticism from Hachette.聽
- Harper Lee's classic, 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' is finally available as an e-book'To Kill a Mockingbird,' the 1961 Pulitzer Prize winner that often appears on 'most-loved books' lists, has been released as an e-book for a new generation of readers.
- 'The New Arabs' asks: Who is remaking the Middle East?A tech-savvy and youthful population may be changing the Middle East faster than Westerners realize.
- Reader recommendation: EclipseMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Which are the most unread books of 2014?Jordan Ellenberg, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently designed the Hawking Index, named after Stephen Hawking's book 'A Brief History of Time' (often called 'the most unread book of all time'), to calculate which books are put down the most often.
- Bestselling books the week of 7/10/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
- 'Gone Girl' trailer delves more into the mystery of Gillian Flynn's novel'Gone Girl' stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike.
- 'Indonesia, Etc.' draws a skillful portrait of a complex nationIndonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation and the world's third-largest democracy, but writer Elizabeth Pisani says the country 'punches below its weight on the world stage.'
- Tiny books by young Bront毛s digitized for the general publicHarvard University is putting its collection of nine tiny, handmade books made by young Charlotte and Branwell Bront毛 online for public viewing
- J.K. Rowling pens a new 'Harry Potter' story and 'Potter' theme park opensJ.K. Rowling recently released a short story about the futures of such characters as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, while the new section of Universal Studios titled The Wizarding World of Harry Potter 鈥 Diagon Alley just opened to the public. J.K. Rowling also recently published the mystery 'The Silkworm' under the pen name Robert Galbraith.
- Young adult books: 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' author James Thurber picks the best YA titlesBeyond John Green and Veronica Roth: James Thurber compiled his own list of books that he thought young adults might enjoy, and his picks still hold up today.
- Uzodinma Iweala鈥檚 novel 'Beasts of No Nation' will reportedly be adapted as a film'True Detective' helmer Cary Fukunaga is said to be on board to direct with actor Idris Elba expected to star in the film.
- 'My Struggle, Book Three: Boyhood' continues the sprawling odyssey of an unlikely Norwegian folk heroThe obscure Norwegian writer has taken the literary world by storm with his six-volume, 3,000-page epic of the quotidian.