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How friends and an oil magnate saved ShakespeareAuthor Andrea Mays explains how close the world came to losing Shakespeare in her new book 'Millionaire & the Bard.'
What they liked best at Amazon in 2015The editors at Amazon read hundreds of thousands of pages of books throughout the year to come up with this year's list of Top 100 Books from a range of categories.
How social media savvy made 'The Rap Year Book' a bestsellerAt its most basic level, 'The Rap Year Book,' by Shea Serrano, who used rap to teach science to middle school students in Houston, is a series of essays and illustrations discussing and debating the best rap song of each year, from 1979 to 2014.
Where fans can see a new adaptation of 'His Dark Materials'Philip Pullman's fantasy novels are often called some of the best books in the genre, but a movie adaptation wasn't well received when it was released several years ago. Can a new adaptation bring the books' complex world successfully to life?
New Sherlock Holmes anthology's appeal is elementary, my dear!Mystery guru Otto Penzler talks about Sherlock's timelessness and the writers – including Stephen King, P.G. Wodehouse, Kingsley Amis, Anne Perry, and even O. Henry – who can't resist adopting him.
Bill O'Reilly's 'Killing Reagan' faces a raft of criticismThe lightly sourced 'Killing Reagan' claims that dementia gradually took over the life of 40th president Ronald Reagan, including the years of his presidency.
How ‘Machine Gun Kelly’ helped spawn the FBIAuthor Joe Urschel chronicles the violent evolution of gangsters after Prohibition.
'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child': Here's how the play fits into the 'Potter' universe'Potter' fans now know what the upcoming play will be about and it involves more of the characters from the book series than they may have thought. The show is set to open in London in the summer of 2016.
Why Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, are bulk-buying copies of their own booksAmong politicians and political candidates, it's a fairly widely-practiced, if somewhat less-than-honest, trend to buy their own book in bulk amounts.
Who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize and finalists for National Book AwardsA Jamaican-born writer took the Man Booker Prize for the first time, while some authors are in the running for the National Book Award in America.
How Memphis gave us ‘Main Street of Black America’Music historian Preston Lauterbach talks about Memphis and its unique place in America's music and history of race relations.
Author James Patterson wants to give holiday bonuses to booksellersPatterson says he got the idea of offering holiday bonuses from applications he receives for bookstore grants.
'Twilight': A look at the new work in the series by Stephenie MeyerStephanie Meyer has released a new version of her 'Twilight' story in which the genders of her main characters Bella and Edward are swapped. The new take on the narrative debuted with the tenth anniversary rerelease of the 'Twilight' novel.
Ben Carson expounds on the US Constitution in 'A More Perfect Union''A More Perfect Union' is one of at least seven books, many of which have become bestsellers, penned by the former neurosurgeon.
How Whitey Bulger corrupted the good guysAuthor T.J. English condemns the broken US justice system – and particularly its reliance on criminal informants – but says reform is possible.
UK authors join together with #BuyBooksForSyriaProfits from all books marked with the 'Buy Books for Syria' sticker in any of Waterstones' 280 UK locations will be part an initiative to raise one million pounds for Syrian refugees..
How 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' changed the life of Joyce Carol OatesAs the 150th anniversary of the publication date of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' approaches, Joyce Carol Oates praises 'Alice' as 'the singular book that changed my life – that made me yearn to be a writer.'
Women’s crime fiction: There was nothing sentimental about itSarah Weinman, the editor of a new Library of America anthology, spotlights the no-nonsense work of female crime writers.
Banned Books Week: How it's being celebrated across the countryBanned Books Week, which celebrates works that have been challenged or banned, is being held this year from Sept. 27 to Oct. 3. The number of challenges reported this year is low in comparison to recent figures, according to the American Library Association.
Annie Dillard: Which 5 books by this National Humanities Medal winner are must-reads?Annie Dillard received national attention after earning the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama.
