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EggMichael Ruhlman recognizes the humble white orb as a fundamental building block of cooking.
Reader recommendation: Death Comes for the ArchbishopMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Benedict Cumberbatch will star in 'Richard III' for the BBCThe actor is also starring in a theater production of 'Hamlet' in 2015.
Megan McCafferty urges readers to interact with YA authors via new web seriesMcCafferty is hosting a Google Hangout series titled 'Ask! Authors! Anything!' which finds her interacting with young adult authors like Sarah Dessen and Laurie Halse Anderson.
Jackie Chan: 10 quotes on his birthday Jackie Chan 鈥� martial artist, singer, actor, screenwriter, and director 鈥� is an all-around star turned philanthropist. Celebrate his birthday with these 10 quotes.
BarkDoes this new short story collection jibe with Lorrie Moore's rock-star reputation?
Reader recommendation: Ordinary GraceMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Meet Yahya Hassan, the Danish-Palestinian teen poet sensationHassan's poetry has brought him literary fame but also 30 death threats.
Kind of creepy: 'Game of Thrones' generator gives you a Westeros deathWith the fourth season premiere of the notoriously death-filled show close at hand, the website Vulture has created a generator that tells visitors just how they would die on the HBO drama.
'Breaking Bad' actor Bryan Cranston will write a memoirCranston said the book will detail 'the stories of my life and reveal the secrets and lies that I lived with for six years shooting "Breaking Bad."'
7 books for golfers and fairway fans Spring sunshine glints off golf clubs once again, stirring those who play, enjoy watching, or simply communing with the game through the printed word. Here are excerpts from seven books that range from a young caddie's perspective to a closeup of a famous course architect.
Utopia or BustIn a series of sharp and witty essays, novelist and Marxist thinker Benjamin Kunkel works his way through some of the left's most complex scholarship.
Reader recommendation: Easter IslandMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Ted Cruz will write a memoirCruz's advance for the book would reportedly be the largest for a conservative politician in years, surpassing Sarah Palin's.
Young adult novel 'Eleanor & Park' will become a movieThe book that Monitor young adult fiction critic Katie W. Beim-Esche called '2013's best young adult novel' is being adapted for film, with the script written by 'Eleanor' author Rainbow Rowell.
Independent bookstore workers embrace Gabrielle Zevin's 'The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry'Independent bookstore owners and their employees are promoting Zevin's new work with particular gusto.
10 best books of April: the Monitor's picks Here are the 10 April releases most favored by the Monitor's book critics.
Pete Rose: An American DilemmaSports Illustrated staffer Kostya Kennedy explores the controversial baseball star's life in a smart, balanced biography.
Reader recommendation: The BurglaryMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea will write a memoirFlea said he thinks of books as 'sacred' and that he has a desire to 'honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.'
