About This Book: Stieg Larsson's #1 bestselling mystery featuring Lisbeth Salander is now a major motion picture directed by David Fincher, starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, from Columbia Pictures/Sony. In theaters December 2011. The first volume in the Millennium Trilogy, and an international publishing sensation, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, [...]
While celebrating the great dads in our lives, let's consider further how lucky we are by pondering some of the worst dads in literary history.
There’s no ignoring it: Awards season is here. That’s right: February 26, the night of the eighty-fourth annual Academy Awards, will be here before you know it. But rather than rush to the box office in a pre-show frenzy, take a literary look at the upcoming awards.
It seems to sneak up on us annually, doesn’t it? You know what I’m talking about: Awards Season. And while some of us may prepare by setting our DVR, others of us get set by delving into the books behind the movies generating the most buzz during this star-studded, red carpet-draped time of year.
One of our favorite things about the end of the year in the world of books is looking back over the last twelve months to see what it was that got people reading. At Random House, the numbers are in, the bestselling eBooks of the year have been announced, and there's something in the mix for nearly everyone!
With over 65 million copies sold, and fans worldwide spanning ages, classes, and sexes, it’s clear that the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy is not only an enormous commercial success, it has directly impacted our culture. But why?
Nesbo’s Norwegian roots and knack for suspense and cold, creepy ambience have invited obvious comparison to the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Millennium Trilogy. But like his hero Harry Hole, Nesbo is his own man.
Meg Wolitzer's The Interestings: A New York Epic
A New Tale from Paulo Coelho: Manuscript Found in Accra
A Modern Classic That Endures: Robert Penn Warren's All the King’s Men
Oceans Eleven Comes to the YA Set: Ally Carter's Perfect Scoundrels
Some Heat Before Summer: Long Simmering Spring by Elisabeth Barrett
Alice Munro
Barbara Kingsolver
George Saunders
Haruki Murakami
Abigail Pollak
Allyson Pearl
Andrew Agudo
Jen Marshall
Joe Muscolino
Rita D. Jacobs
