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- Hilary Mantel's Tudor novels coming to TVHilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies' will be adapted into a BBC miniseries.
- Navy SEAL book on bin Laden raid contradicts White House accountsOsama bin Laden was not armed, and posed no threat when the Al Qaeda leader was fatally shot by Navy SEALs, says the first-hand account by a Navy SEAL on the raid. The book goes on sale Sept. 4.
- The Distance Between UsReyna Grande's memoir of Mexican illegal immigration puts a face on a political issue.
- Reader recommendation: Cat's CradleMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Bestselling books the week of 8/30/12, according to IndieBound What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
- Please burn your 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' urges one British charityWearside Women in Need is so outraged by the sado-masochistic bestseller it has organized a “Fifty Shades of Grey” book burning.
- Gravity's EnginesWith 'Gravity's Engines,' Caleb Scharf establishes himself as one of the finest space storytellers.
- Reader recommendation: Gemini ShipMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Navy SEAL author's identity is revealedThe author of 'No Easy Day' – the book on the Osama bin Laden mission – is reportedly Matt Bissonette, who has been awarded five Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart.
- The Bookscore: the new Rotten Tomatoes for books?The website The Bookscore rounds up book reviews, assigns a ranking, and lets readers discuss literary news.
- Haruki Murakami: early leader in Nobel Prize predictionsBritish gambling site Ladbrokes puts Japanese author Haruki Murakami at odds of 10/1 for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Do sad songs make us feel better?Adam Brent Houghtaling explores melancholy music and how it affects us.
- Reader recommendation: The Twelfth PlanetMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Castro and Chavez working on a book?A pro-government Cuban blogger claims that former leader Fidel Castro is now collaborating on a book with Hugo Chavez.
- Navy SEAL Osama bin Laden book: Too 'top secret' to be published?Navy SEAL Osama book: Will the US military and CIA allow the book by a Navy SEAL who was on the Osama bin Laden raid, be published?
- Sherlock Holmes and Tom Sawyer come to TVA modern update of Sherlock Holmes will air this fall, while a show following Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn is being developed.
- Gore Vidal biography will be released in 2015Vidal's close friend, author and academic Jay Parini, will write the biography.
- J.K. Rowling will come to New York for 'Casual Vacancy'J.K. Rowling will be interviewed by Ann Patchett at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Oct. 16.
- Navy Seal is reported to be publishing a book about the bin Laden raidPenguin is reported to be publishing a major, first-person account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, scheduled for release on Sept. 11.
- Conservative books are leaping off the shelves, says Amazon. Liberal titles, not so much.According to a new heat map by Amazon, readers in 44 states prefer conservative 'red' books to liberal 'blue.'