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Thomas Pynchon, George Packer and others are finalists for National Book AwardThe contenders for the fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature prizes are now narrowed down to five.
Man Booker Prize winner: 5 surprising things about Eleanor Catton's victoryWriter Eleanor Catton took the Man Booker Prize for her novel 'The Luminaries.'
Booker Prize winner: Murder mystery wins prestigious awardBooker聽Prize winner Eleanor Catton wrote an 832-page murder mystery set in Catton's homeland, New Zealand. This is the last year that the Man Booker Prize will be open only to writers from the former British Empire.
Bestselling books the week of 10/17/13, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
The Signature of All ThingsEat, pray, love 鈥� then write a really good novel.
Reader recommendation: Krakatoa, The Day the World ExplodedMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Kobo removes all self-published titles. Is this censorship, an overreaction, or just good sense?Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo removed self-published pornographic titles from their sites and Kobo stopped sales of self-published titles altogether.
'Fifty Shades of Grey': Charlie Hunnam is out'Fifty Shades of Grey' has lost one of its leads, with Charlie Hunnam citing an 'immersive TV schedule.' 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is set to be released in August 2014.
'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy' earns mixed reviewsHelen Fielding's newest book following the misadventures of Bridget Jones has earned mixed reviews, with some critics finding Bridget's exploits a bit too familiar.
CountrymenThe Final Solution loomed over Denmark's Jews in 1943, but their nation was not prepared to give them up.
McDonald's Happy Meal: Books included during NovemberMcDonald's Happy Meal: Books will be served with one of four original titles in Happy Meals for two weeks in the month of November.
Reader recommendation: South to SelmaMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
5 reasons Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize in LiteratureMerit trumped politics this year when modest, retiring, universally admired Canadian author Alice Munro received the Nobel Prize in Literature.聽
The CircleA young woman joins a tech firm with Orwellian ambitions in Dave Eggers's accomplished new novel.
Reader recommendation: My BookstoreMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.- Alice Munro, master of the short story, wins Nobel Prize for literatureAlice Munro聽is the first Canadian writer to receive the prestigious $1.2 million award from the Swedish Academy since Saul Bellow, who left for the US as a boy and won in 1976.
Russia blacklists translation of the QuranMore than 2,000 texts have been banned over the past decade in Russia.
Book of AgesNew Yorker writer Jill Lepore examines the life of an 鈥榚very woman' who just happens to be the sister of Benjamin Franklin.
Reader recommendation: The Yellow TutuMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Librarian Shaming lets library workers share their shameful secretsThe Tumblr site Librarian Shaming includes such confessions as 'I prefer Wikipedia' and 'I never return my books on time.'
