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10 best fiction books of 2011
10 best 2011 fiction titles as chosen by Monitor reviewers
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Fall books: 12 fiction titles you don't want to miss
From Ireland to India, and from the year AD 73 to the possible end of the world, here are 12 of the most enticing of the fall 2011 fiction titles.
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3 of this month's best novels
Novelist John Gardner once said that there are only two plots in literature: someone goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. You're trying to think of exceptions right now, aren't you? Well, while you brainstorm, this month's fiction roundup is packing its bags to join three novels' worth of characters as they set out on life-altering adventures 400 years and thousands of miles apart.
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NBCC award finalists: the best fiction of 2010
All those book critics – the ones who devour several books a week – what did they like best last year? Here's your chance to find out. The National Book Critics Circle Awards are sort of the Golden Globes of the book world – lower profile, perhaps, than the National Book Awards but very prestigious, nonetheless. The winners will be announced in March.
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Best books of 2010: nonfiction
In 2010 Monitor reviewers critiqued hundreds of books. Here's a list of the 28 nonfiction titles they considered the most outstanding. To assist you with your holiday shopping, each title here has a link that allows you to purchase the book – even as you help to support The Christian Science Monitor
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Chapter & Verse
Kennedy son Tim Shriver will write book on the Special Olympics
Special Olympics CEO Tim Shriver says his new book will focus on how the athletes involved in the competition have changed his life.
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10 best fiction books of 2011
10 best 2011 fiction titles as chosen by Monitor reviewers
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Fall books: 12 fiction titles you don't want to miss
From Ireland to India, and from the year AD 73 to the possible end of the world, here are 12 of the most enticing of the fall 2011 fiction titles.
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Chapter & Verse
Nick Davies will write about phone hacking scandal in "HackAttack"
The British journalist who broke the story about the News of the World hackings will publish a book about the tabloid's collapse next fall.
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3 of this month's best novels
Novelist John Gardner once said that there are only two plots in literature: someone goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. You're trying to think of exceptions right now, aren't you? Well, while you brainstorm, this month's fiction roundup is packing its bags to join three novels' worth of characters as they set out on life-altering adventures 400 years and thousands of miles apart.
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Chapter & Verse
Elizabeth Bishop centennial
To celebrate the centennial of the birth of Elizabeth Bishop, some of her previously unpublished writing is being released.
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NBCC award finalists: the best fiction of 2010
All those book critics – the ones who devour several books a week – what did they like best last year? Here's your chance to find out. The National Book Critics Circle Awards are sort of the Golden Globes of the book world – lower profile, perhaps, than the National Book Awards but very prestigious, nonetheless. The winners will be announced in March.
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Best books of 2010: nonfiction
In 2010 Monitor reviewers critiqued hundreds of books. Here's a list of the 28 nonfiction titles they considered the most outstanding. To assist you with your holiday shopping, each title here has a link that allows you to purchase the book – even as you help to support The Christian Science Monitor
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Chapter & Verse
Amazon vs. Macmillan: The latest round in the book wars
A big publisher fights back, Amazon gives in, and e-book prices go up. But what does it mean in the long run?
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Top book picks for 2010
The experts tell us what they are excited about reading in 2010.
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A reading list for 2010
Looking ahead, here's a list of some of the most anticipated titles of the first quarter of the new year.
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IndieBound* hardback bestseller list 7/16/09
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A translator's task – to disappear
Natasha Wimmer's acclaimed translation of Roberto Bolaño's '2666' is giving foreign works new prominence.
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Best novels of 2008
The Monitor’s annual gift guide to the best fiction books of 2008.
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Best nonfiction books of 2008
The Monitor’s annual gift guide to the best nonfiction books of 2008.
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What book reviewers are saying this week
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What book reviewers are saying this week
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Chapter & Verse
National Book Award Finalists
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More tall tales in pictures
Dogs on trains and maps of imagination
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Chapter & Verse
Children's books and war
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Calling all summer sleuths
Boys and girls tackle the mysterious in four new books for ages 9-12.
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Love in the summer stock wings
A newly published book by a young Madeleine L'Engle.
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Three novels-in-verse for ‘tween’ readers
Award-winning narratives treat history, racism, and teen woes in free verse.
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Three novels-in-verse perfect for 'tween' readers
Award-winning narratives that treat history, racism, and teen woes in free verse.
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