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- Man Booker Prize long list includes writers Colum McCann, Tash Aw
While some books on this year's Man Booker prize long list have gotten buzz here in the US, none of them compare (so far) with the success of last year's winner, Hilary Mantel's 'Bring Up the Bodies.'
- Looking for literary love in London?
Book review website the Omnivore has created a dating feature that matches participants based on answers to questions like 'What are you currently reading?' and 'What author do you have a crush on?'
- 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' trailer is revealed
A trailer for 'Catching Fire' includes a glimpse of the new contestants in the second installment of 'The 'Hunger Games,' plus scenes of rebellion.
- 5 books to take you to the heart of contemporary Europe Traveling to Europe this summer? You can be. New York's Idlewild Books carries guides, memoirs, and fiction titles aimed at transporting readers to all the far reaches of the globe. So what do the experts at Idlewild pick up when they are looking for a book evocative of Europe? Here are five titles on Europe especially recommended by the Idlewild staff.
- The Telling Room
Michael Paterniti weaves two lives, ten years, and a brief history of Spain into an epic tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and the world's greatest piece of cheese.
- Reader recommendation: Born to Run
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- J.K. Rowling's 'The Cuckoo's Calling': What are reviewers saying now that the secret's out?
Many publications are reviewing 'The Cuckoo's Calling' now that it's public knowledge that the mystery was written by J.K. Rowling. Most reviews are positive but NPR's critic says she's 'read better.'
- 'Ender's Game' director and star discuss the proposed boycott of the film
The website Geeks Out has proposed a boycott against the movie version of 'Ender's Game' because of author Orson Scott Card's views against gay marriage.