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Mother's Day: 10 great books for Mom

You've probably already done the classics – try these 10 books for a gift this Mother's Day.

Top 7 detective series set in foreign locales

Two of the most popular summer book genres are mystery and travel, and there's no better way to enjoy both than by reading detective novels set in foreign locations. Check out this list to learn about seven series that will keep you on the edge of your beach chair – all summer long.

4 new mysteries for spring

As April is the cruelest month, it seems like a fine time to check in with some of the mystery genre's most reliable wordsmiths. From forgotten historical figures to lost children, there are enough puzzles and double-crosses here to carry fans through to summer – but not a butler in sight.

5 novels for the new year

If you're a fiction reader, you are going to want to pick up at least one of these early 2011 novels.

10 best Mother's Day books of 2010

You know the favorites. But so does she. Here are the 10 best new books to give for Mother's Day.

The Double Comfort Safari Club

Bush tea and empathy flow in the new ‘No. 1 Ladies’ Detective agency’ novel.

White House Project honors innovative women

Jill Scott, Kiran Bedi, and other women who work to change cultural perceptions highlighted the White House Project event.

In books, the rise of the overweight heroine

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

The Beatles getting better all the time, the humor in politics on zolitics.com, Brit pop singer Gary Go, and more.

Summer reading list

No. 1 Ladies' cookbook in the works

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

Africa’s No. 1 female detective probes the mysteries of the human heart.

The Miracle at Speedy Motors

Morality for Beautiful Girls