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Reader recommendation: Playing on All the KeysMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Bestselling books the week of 11/6/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
'Paddington' statues come to London ahead of movie's releaseFifty Paddington statues designed by celebrities and organizations will be auctioned off to benefit the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children after being on display in London. The 'Paddington' film will be released in November in the UK and in January in the US.
Tom Hanks will release a short story collectionHanks said his collection will be related to his collection of typewriters, 'not about the typewriters themselves, but rather the stories are something that might have been written on one of them.'
'Nora Webster' tells the story of a 40-something widow with power and graceWhen Nora Webster loses her husband 鈥� beloved by all in their small Irish village 鈥� she must find a way to live that works for herself and her sons .
Reader recommendation: A Natural History of the PianoMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
4 engaging audio books that span the globe These four audiobooks give us plenty to occupy our ears as the nights grow longer.
Still looking for a scary story post-Halloween? Booksellers have a suggestion for youIn a recent survey by industry newsletter Shelf Awareness, the novel 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' by Shirley Jackson was booksellers' top pick for a great spooky tale.- Lena Dunham cancels tour dates following bloggers' accusations that she sexually abused her younger sister
'Ciao, Carpaccio!' is travel writer Jan Morris's loving meditation on Venetian painter Vittore CarpaccioIn a book billed as her final work, famed travel writer Jan Morris salutes an old friend and favorite artist.
10 best books of November, according to Amazon Here's what Amazon's editors selected as the best books being released this month.- 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 鈥� Part 1' trailer shows a lot of action'Mockingjay' is an adaptation of part of the final book in Suzanne Collins's trilogy.
J.K. Rowling reveals past, 'source of inspiration' for 'Harry Potter' character Dolores UmbridgeDolores Umbridge is a sadistic teacher whom Harry encounters. Rowling posted a piece on the website Pottermore with new information about the character's past and revealed how she was inspired to give the cruel teacher a love of bows and kittens.
Halloween: Can you figure out the culprit of a locked-room mystery?Editor Otto Penzler explains how he selected the 'locked-room mysteries' that are included in 'The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries.'
Will '41: A Portrait of my Father' reveal a different side of George W. Bush?George W. Bush's biography of his father will be published聽Nov. 11 by Crown, with a planned first printing of 1 million copies.
'The Devil's Alliance' traces the short, unhappy marriage of Hitler and StalinThe 'Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics' stunned the world and altered the course of World War II.
Reader recommendation: On the BeachMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Neil Patrick Harris's 'Choose Your Own Autobiography': What are critics saying?Many reviewers found Harris's autobiography entertaining, though some found the format, in which the narrator is referred to as 'you' and the reader chooses what course to take, distracting.
Halloween: 'Goosebumps' author R.L. Stine tweets a spooky storyStine tweeted out a story titled 'What's In My Sandwich?' The author has released narratives through his Twitter account before, including a scary story he shared for Halloween in 2012.
For Halloween, a collection of scary stories by literary greatsThis collection of 19th-century ghost tales includes works by Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Henry James.