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- Khaled Hosseini's 'And the Mountains Echoed' garners rave reviews'And the Mountains Echoed,' Hosseini's third novel, is racking up huge pre-sale numbers. The book will be released tomorrow.
- 'Bates Motel': it all goes back to a brilliant novelist named Robert Bloch'Bates Motel,' which airs its season finale May 20, owes its origins to the novel "Psycho" by horror writer Robert Bloch.
- Stephen King's decision to skip the e-book format gets renewed attentionStephen King said his new novel, 'Joyland,' will be released in paper format only. 'Let people ... go to an actual bookstore,' said King.
- Belle & Sebastian founder Stuart David will write a memoirStuart David founded the band with Belle & Sebastian current lead singer Stuart Murdoch and is now the lead singer for the band Looper.
- J.K. Rowling, Hilary Mantel, and other British authors auction off annotated first editionsJ.K. Rowling and other authors are selling first-edition copies of their books with annotations, written thoughts on the book, and/or illustrations to benefit the writers' organization English PEN.
- Red MoonBenjamin Percy's supernatural novel is audaciously complex and hauntingly composed.
- Country GirlTrailblazing Irish novelist Edna O'Brien delivers the memoir she once believed she'd never write.
- Frozen in TimeMitchell Zuckoff brings an astounding, forgotten story of World War II back to life.
- Reader recommendation: FatherhoodMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 'Someone Could Get Hurt': 5 stories from the front lines of parenting In 'Someone Could Get Hurt,' Drew Magary shares stories from his time as a dad.
- 'The Great Gatsby': Why it draws fans in prisonThe student-inmates in my prison lit class were attracted to 'Gatsby' by scenes of opulence 鈥 and the thought of self-improvement.
- Laini Taylor's 'Days of Blood and Starlight' sequel will be released spring 2014The third book in the series, 'Dreams of Gods and Monsters,' will conclude the trilogy that started with Taylor's book 'Daughter of Smoke and Bone.'
- 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers' will become a London stage play'Behind the Beautiful Forevers' by Katherine Boo won the 2012 nonfiction National Book Award and received almost universal critical praise.
- 海角大神ophobiaBritish journalist Rupert Shortt documents and examines the persecution of 海角大神s around the world 鈥 a problem of which many Westerners are unaware.
- Dan Brown at Lincoln Center: more about his childhood than 'Inferno'Dan Brown appeared at Lincoln Center to promote his new novel 'Inferno,' but focused more on his parents and his early years than his Dante-inspired book.
- Ultimate Library aims to beef up hotel literary offeringsUltimate Library helps hotels to offer their guests a better array of reading choices, with a focus on books with a sense of place.
- 'The Maze Runner' will hit the big screen next February'The Maze Runner,' James Dashner's young adult novel and the first of a trilogy, is being adapted into a film starring 'Teen Wolf' actor Dylan O'Brien.
- Homeward BoundThe 'new domesticity' is persuading many mothers to stay home. But is that really the best answer for moms 鈥 or their children?
- Reader recommendation: The CovenantMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Growth in e-book sales slows in 2012The number of e-books sold last year grew by 43 percent, but that's a fairly small increase compared to the triple-digit increases of past years.