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- Reader recommendation: Curse of the Pogo StickMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 'The Fault in Our Stars': What are critics saying about the movie adaptation?'Fault' is based on the bestselling young adult novel by John Green.
- Middle Eastern online bookseller plans to create a banned books sectionAla Alsallal, founder of the website Jamalon, says there will be an entire section on the website devoted to selling banned books. Alsallal hopes to make banning books so pointless that governments stop doing so.
- What was America thinking during the final year of the Civil War?Aaron Sheehan-Dean, editor of 'The Civil War,' says of the final months of the conflict that there was a 'sense of insecurity and not knowing what will happen.'
- Margaret Atwood's 'MaddAddam' series is in development at HBOAtwood's acclaimed 'MaddAddam' series will reportedly be the basis for a series of the same name produced by HBO.
- 10 best books of June: the Monitor's picks Here are some of the new June book releases that the Monitor's book critics liked best.
- D-Day 70th anniversary: 10 noteworthy World War II books The Monitor brings you a list of 10 noteworthy World War II books.
- 'To Rise Again at a Decent Hour' tackles the mystery of existenceA misanthropic dentist 鈥 and all-around skeptic 鈥 is pulled into the mystery of an ancient tribe of doubters.
- Reader recommendation: Night in ShanghaiMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Stephen Colbert has some choice words for AmazonIn a recent episode of his show, Colbert discussed the dispute between Amazon and publisher Hachette which has caused some books, including his own, to be delayed or unavailable to customers.
- 'Congo' is a magnificent, epic look at the history of the regionIn 'Congo,' Belgian author and historian David Van Reybrouck tells a story rife with plunder, exploitation, violence, corruption 鈥 and human resiliency.
- Reader recommendation: Once Upon a FlockMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 15 book-to-film adaptations coming in 2015 Here are some of the most highly anticipated book-to-film adaptations scheduled for 2015.
- Trigger warnings: Should they appear on books?Are 'trigger warnings' on readings assigned to students a courtesy or a form of censorship?
- 'This Is Where I Leave You' movie adaptation boasts star-studded castThe movie is directed by Shawn Levy and stars Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman, and Tina Fey, among many others.
- George R.R. Martin addresses the 'eight books' rumor as 'Game of Thrones' fans buzzAfter Martin's editor created waves by suggesting that his 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series could stretch from seven books to eight, Martin himself spoke out.
- 'Mr. Mercedes' is Stephen King at his pop-fiction bestKing's newest novel begins with a driver slamming into a crowd at a job fair and continues with a white-knuckle chase.
- Bestselling books the week of 6/5/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
- Yiyun Li: Tiananmen Square is 'never forgotten,' yet still unclearPrize-winning Chinese American writer Yiyun Li says that today's young Chinese may have only a vague sense of what happened at Tiananmen Square in June, 1989, yet the events of that month are 'never forgotten.'
- Reader recommendation: Jane Austen Ruined My LifeMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.