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- 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 story
Stine 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 greats
This collection of 19th-century ghost tales includes works by Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Henry James.
- 'Rain Reign' is one of the best children's books of 2014
Martin has created multi-faceted, complex characters and situations that make 'Rain Reign' – a novel about a girl diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome – sing.
- Reader recommendation: Moneyball
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- 'Paddington' trailer shows some of the fictional bear's exploits
The film adaptation of the children's series about the talking bear stars Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington.
- Gillian Flynn, Diana Gabaldon's books dominate sales lists following screen adaptations
Sales bumps after books are adapted as movies or TV shows are nothing new, but 'Gone Girl' author Flynn and 'Outlander' writer Gabaldon are seeing their older books reappear and hold steady on bestseller lists as well.
- 'The Secret History of Wonder Woman' combines biography and cultural history to tell the story of Wonder Woman and her creator
Jill Lepore’s new book deftly traces the entwined stories of Wonder Woman, her idealistic creator, and 20th-century feminism.
- Reader recommendation: Woody Guthrie
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- Bestselling books the week of 10/30/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America?
- 5 quotes from Thoreau celebrating October In these five passages from "Autumnal Tints," Henry David Thoreau celebrates October.