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- Reader recommendation: Texas Got It Right!Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Down the Up EscalatorBarbara Garson tells the stories of Americans who have lost jobs 鈥 and hope 鈥 during the Great Recession.
- Boston marathon bombing: how it connects Tolstoy, David Foster WallaceEchoes of one of Tolstoy's great works, inspired by the conflict between Russia and Chechnya, can be found in the final novel by David Foster Wallace.
- 'The Great Gatsby' movie tie-in cover rankles some fansF. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' is experiencing huge sales in advance of Baz Luhrmann's cinematic take on the novel, but a cover featuring Luhrmann's leads doesn't appeal to some.
- Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing' gets a new trailerJoss Whedon's take on Shakespeare's classic keeps the original language but updates the plot to a modern setting.
- Don DeLillo becomes first writer to receive the Library of Congress Prize for American FictionDon DeLillo, who has been called 'chief shaman of the paranoid school of American fiction,' is the author of works that include 'White Noise' and 'Underworld.'
- 5 memoirs to add to your 2013 reading list A new crop of memoirs takes readers to the worlds authors once knew.
- Reader recommendation: Double FeatureMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Saul Bellow's HeartGreg Bellow's memoir of life as Saul Bellow's son offers unique insights into the author and the man.
- Jason Segel will pen series for kidsThe first part of the middle-grade trilogy, titled 'Nightmares!,' will come out in fall 2014.
- Let's Talk Diabetes with OwlsDavid Sedaris proves as quick-witted as ever in this new collection of essays.
- Reader recommendation: Dancing DogsMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 10 reasons NOT to love books (compliments of H.L. Mencken) Books may seem universally beloved, but these historical persons, from Martin Luther to Woodrow Wilson, weren't such big fans.
- Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and EcologyThe collected writings of American naturalist Aldo Leopold appear in a beautiful new edition from the Library of America.
- Reader recommendation: CanzoniereMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Bestselling books the week of 4/22/13, according to IndieBound* What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
- Margaret Thatcher authorized biography gets a US release dateThe authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore will come to America next month.
- 'Top of the Morning': great word-of-mouth, but not such good reviewsBrian Stelter's expos茅 on TV's morning news shows has gotten lots of publicity.
- World Book Night: the most popular books and which Broadway show is getting involvedWorld Book Night, the celebration of reading which includes the distribution of free books, has arrived.
- Return of a KingWilliam Dalrymple looks for contemporary lessons in the story of Britain's disastrous 19th-century invasion of Afghanistan.