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- 'Bookless libraries' – has it really come to this?A growing number of public and college libraries are deciding to remove paper-and-ink books from their shelves.
- 'Encyclopedia Brown' author Donald J. Sobol rememberedDonald J. Sobol, 87, had penned more than 20 books featuring Encyclopedia Brown, a.k.a. 'Sherlock Holmes in sneakers.'
- Johnson’s Life of LondonThe other eternal city: Boris Johnson brings a collection of famous Londoners to life.
- American Writers Museum gets a concept planThe foundation behind a proposed museum honoring American authors has published a plan for the building.
- Reader recommendation: The C.S. Lewis EncyclopediaMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 12 best quotes about writing Twelve famous authors talk about writing.
- Neil Gaiman will pen five children's booksNeil Gaiman will write five children's books for HarperCollins, including a sequel to his 2009 children's book 'Odd and the Frost Giants.'
- 'Gone Girl' will come to the big screenActress Reese Witherspoon will produce the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn's bestselling new novel "Gone Girl."
- Between the LinesNot all of the 'Between''s brain-teasers are resolved, but Picoult and van Leer's novel has a universal appeal.
- Shooting VictoriaWriter Paul Thomas Murphy's crisp prose provides a vivid look at the various assassination attempts against Queen Victoria.
- Heinrich Barth: the greatest explorer you've never heard ofWriter Steve Kemper tackles Barth in the first biography in English about the explorer who ventured into Islamic Africa.
- The Big Read: National initiative returns for its seventh yearThe National Endowment of the Arts will provide grants to communities for the read-a-thon program.
- CityP.D. Smith takes a thorough and engaging look at the urban lifestyle more than half the planet has now embraced – for better or for worse.
- 10 best comic works in all of literature A list of the top 10 comic works – books you don't want to miss.
- Henry David Thoreau: 12 quotes on his birthday Here are 12 quotes to mark the birthday of American poet, author, naturalist, philosopher, and abolitionist Henry David Thoreau.
- Two of the best-written mysteries of the summer Two novels that marry a page-turning whodunit with lyrical writing.
- Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez may never write againThe Nobel Prize-winning author's brother says the effects of dementia mean Márquez may be unable to write.
- The 10 greatest villains in literature A list of the 10 greatest villains in all of literature – the most memorable bad-guys of the fictive world .
- E. B. White: 10 memorable quotes on his birthday E. B. White was a much loved and prolific writer, best known for his children's books. Here are 10 of his most memorable quotes.
- Bestselling books the week of 7/12/12, according to IndieBound* What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.