Recommendations for Readers Since today is Labor Day, the traditional if not actual end of summer, here are some recommendations for your fall reading list: Fall Books Preview: 20 New Releases to Check Out From The Atlantic Fall Preview 2012: New York’s indie booksellers recommend the best new From Capital New York PW Picks: The […]
The Best Books of Fall 2012. Start building your fall reading list now with this list of Publishers Weekly’s picks for the best books scheduled for publication in September, October, and November: This year’s fall roster is the perfect mix of reader favorites like Dennis Lehane and Richard Russo, and some notable debuts from authors
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5 Most Popular Books on Books Do you have irresistible desire for books? Do you feel passionate about reading or has the book changed your life? If yes then read about some interesting plots that revolve around books or book connoisseurs resembling you. Here goes a list of top 5 well-received titles that celebrate books
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Just in time for tonight’s opening cermonies of the 2012 Olympics, USA Today offers Literary gold for Olympic readers. Here are book recommendations for the following groups of people: armchair athletes the statistically minded those seeking inspiration armchair tourists those seeking a post-Olympics prince young fans There are books for all ages here. Publisher Simon
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Best-Ever Teen Novels? Vote For Your Favorites : NPR. NPR asks for your help in choosing the best YA novels from their list of 235. I am not up enough on YA lit to participate ethically, but I’d be interested to hear in the coments which 10 you pick.
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The Best Stephen King Book: Readers’ Picks Readers have spoken. The Stand won in a landslide as Stephen King’s most popular novel. If your King favorite is something else, check the pie chart here to see how it stacked up. New & Forthcoming: The Algonquin Reader Download Algonquin Books’ big list of books due out
Tonight is Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game here in the U. S. Why not celebrate by reading a book about the national pastime? Here are some suggestions, both fiction and nonfiction. Fiction Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris The Natural by Bernard Malamud The Brothers K by David James Duncan The Great American
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Happy July 4th to everyone in the U. S. Although the record heat and drought have nixed most of the fireworks displays here in the midwest, you can still celebrate with an all-American book. Here are a couple of lists to choose from: The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1891-1991, from BookRiot 88 books that shaped
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The Millions : Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2012 Book Preview. You’ll definitely want to check out this list to get yourself ready for fall and winter reading. There are books by some big-name authors here, including J. K. Rowling (yes! Her novel is due in September), Zadie Smith, Michael Chabon, Martin Amis, Junot Diaz,
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I finally got around to watching the film Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012), based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel of the same title. Our book group read the novel several years ago and loved it, so I’ve been looking forward to seeing the film adaptation. The story involves 10-year-old Oskar Schell, whose father died
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