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- Much LovedHow Mark Nixon photgraphed our very best friends.
- Obama's half-brother's memoir may prove controversialMark Obama Ndesandjo's book will reportedly detail abuse, beatings from the father he and the president shared.
- New 'Fault in Our Stars' tagline divides fansSome 'Fault in Our Stars' fans object to the phrase 'One sick love story' as a tagline for the film adaptation of John Green’s popular young adult novel.
- Kids' Right to Read Project says numbers of books banned or challenged is way upKids' Right to Read Project staff says that in November alone, the group investigated three times more incidents than usual.
- Bleeding EdgeThomas Pynchon spins a showstopping tale of New York residents living in the aftermath of the dot-com bubble.
- Garry WinograndThe lifework of Garry Winograd is also a personal commentary on three decades of life in America.
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt will produce 'Sandman' film adaptation. Will he also direct and star?Director and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt tweeted that he has 'signed on as a producer on Sandman. The rest remains to be seen.'
- New novel for 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' seriesSwedish writer David Lagercrantz will pen a fourth installment in the 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' series originally written by Stieg Larsson, according to Larsson's publisher. It will be released in August 2015.
- HavishamRonald Frame imagines the past of an iconic Dickens character – the jilted and vengeful Miss Havisham.
- 5 best short stories about the holidays Here are some of the very best stories about one of the most magical times of the year.
- Bestselling books the week of 12/19/13, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
- Will Lindsay Lohan release a book?Lindsay Lohan reportedly has a literary agent and may have a pending book deal.
- Amazon's bestselling titles of 2013 include Dan Brown, Khaled HosseiniAmazon's 2013 list of bestselling adult titles includes Brown's 'Inferno' and Hosseini's 'And the Mountains Echoed,' while Veronica Roth's 'Allegiant' tops the children's bestseller list.
- Neil Gaiman dresses as Charles Dickens to read 'A Christmas Carol'At the New York Public Library, Gaiman read an edition of 'A Christmas Carol' that Dickens himself had edited for live readings.
- The New Countess'The New Countess,' the final book in Fay Weldon's trilogy set in the Edwardian era, showcases Weldon's deep knowledge of both the era and human nature.
- 4 fabulous picture books for the young readers on your listTop off your last-minute holiday shopping list with these four fabulous picture books for young readers.
- Independent bookstores capture headlines in 2013Many were sounding the death knell for independent bookstores as first Barnes & Noble and then Amazon rose to prominence. But indie stores have surprised the naysayers.
- Jason Segel will portray David Foster Wallace in the film 'The End of the Tour'According to TheWrap, Segel will star as Wallace in the film and actor Jesse Eisenberg will portray author David Lipsky.
- Independent bookstores and self-published authors are increasingly teaming upPreviously, independent bookstores tended to stay away from marketing self-published authors, but in the age of Amazon, some are embracing local authors no matter how they released their work.
- Doctors: James Bond's job performance would suffer if he really drank that muchThe doctors who conducted the study by reading Ian Fleming's 'James Bond' novels noted that if the spy had drunk as much as Fleming said he did, Bond would have been ill-suited for car chases and shooting a gun.