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8 New Picture Books To Pick Up This Month

Posted 04.02.2013 | Parents

Here in the northeast, Spring is finally here which means it's time to clear out the winter cobwebs with picture books! HuffPost blogger Devon Cornea...

Amazon Buys Goodreads

AP | Posted 03.29.2013 | Books

NEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc., the world's biggest online retailer that got its start in bookselling, has agreed to buy book recommendations site G...

9 Quirky Kids' Books That Celebrate Spring

Posted 03.11.2013 | Parents

So what if there are still the odd piles of snow on the ground? HuffPost blogger Devon Corneal is convinced spring is just around the corner, and is r...

6 Adorable, Instant Classic Valentine's Day Storybooks

Posted 02.14.2013 | Parents

HuffPost blogger Devon Corneal hasn’t had the best luck trying to explain the concept of Valentine’s Day to her 5-year-old son. “All he really c...

8 Books To Help Teach Your Kids About Black History Month

Posted 02.03.2013 | Parents

These eight children’s books, recommended by HuffPost Blogger Devon Corneal, are great ways to celebrate Black History Month and President’s Day w...

8 Quirky Books To Read With Kids This Month

Posted 01.12.2013 | Parents

HuffPost blogger Devon Corneal has made exactly one New Year's resolution. "I am only going to read books I like this year. If I don't like a book, I ...

Can Twitter Predict Your Favorite Book?

Posted 01.03.2013 | Books

Can Twitter tell you what books to read next? That's the premise behind BookRx, an online experiment from the Knight Lab, created by Larry Birnbaum, c...

Summer Reading for Urban Leaders

Lee Fisher | Posted 11.18.2012 | Impact
Lee Fisher

It may be a bit harder to get through multiple books now that the summer is ending, but for urban leaders, three recent books are worth reading even after Labor Day. Each offers some provocative insight about what's happening in American cities, why, and what we might do about it.

Book Review: In Law Man, Shon Hopwood Achieves Equal Justice Under Law

Lisa McElroy | Posted 11.18.2012 | Books
Lisa McElroy

"Equal Justice Under Law" -- the motto over the Supreme Court's door -- comes to life in Shon Hopwood's new memoir in a way that is too often absent from the cert. petition process.

Think Again: Political Dysfunction Summer Reading

Eric Alterman | Posted 10.23.2012 | Books
Eric Alterman

The book business moves slowly. Our political dysfunction has been obvious for many years, but the topic is only now making its way into the nation's bookstores in a sustained fashion.

10 Business Books You Should Read This Summer

Melinda Emerson | Posted 10.09.2012 | Small Business
Melinda Emerson

Summertime isn't just for swimming when you want to start and grow a profitable small business. Yes, you should recharge with a summer vacation, but you should also find ways to add to your pool of knowledge about your industry, your customers and your competition.

The Summer Reads Of HuffPost Editors

Posted 07.25.2012 | Books

We at HuffPost work a lot, but that doesn't mean we don't know how to relax with a good book every once in awhile. Summer is the quintessential tim...

Amazon's Top 18 Fall Book Picks

Posted 07.24.2012 | Books

Amazon's Editorial Director and Senior Editors have released "The Big Books Fall Preview," a compilation of the new releases they're most excited abou...

15 Beach Reads Worth Your Time and Money

LearnVest | Posted 09.02.2012 | Women
LearnVest

All of these titles go great with sun and a splash of lemonade.

Summer Reading Part 6: Two Fun Reads

James Franco | Posted 08.29.2012 | Entertainment
James Franco

In Frederick Exley's A Fan's Notes, the infiltration of the world of a clinically depressed alcoholic is buoyed and enlivened by the character's intellectual strengths and sense of humor. A fun ambassador through contemporary hell.

The Book We're Talking About This Week

Posted 06.11.2012 | Books

"The Red House" by Mark Haddon Doubleday, $25.95 Published on June 12, 2012 What is it about? The novel tells the story of a family through ...

Summer's Sizzling Southern Fiction

Kim Michele Richardson | Posted 08.05.2012 | Books
Kim Michele Richardson

There is something succulent about the halcyon days of the season that has me craving good Southern fiction. Here are some stellar Southern reads that have plenty of buzz and bite.

Summer Reading Part 1 of 6: 'If I Don't Six'

James Franco | Posted 08.04.2012 | Entertainment
James Franco

I am not a sports fan, but that didn't keep me from loving If I Don't Six by Elwood Reid. There is something more to this book that takes it out of the sports fiction genre and brings it into the realm of literary fiction.

Notes From My (Book)shelf: Week of April 23, 2012

Roxanne Coady | Posted 06.24.2012 | Books
Roxanne Coady

Since there is an astonishing amount of information out there, I thought it might be fun to share with you items I have noticed, learned or was curious about in the past week.

YA Books Adults Will Love

Leah Konen | Posted 06.02.2012 | Books
Leah Konen

Author Joel Stein argues that adults should read books written for adults, and stay away from any book marketed to children and teens, while Lev Grossman offers a defense of the genre, praising its rich storytelling, descriptive clarity and more. Our take: Why not read for yourself and decide?

Titanic Titles for Tots and Teens (SLIDESHOW)

Rocco Staino | Posted 04.30.2012 | Books
Rocco Staino

April 14th marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Over the last century the disaster has spawned numerous books. Here is a collection of a dozen titles you and your young Titanic buffs may enjoy.

The Book We're Talking About This Week

Zoë Triska | Posted 02.27.2012 | Books

This is our new weekly series, The Book We're Talking About. At the start of each week, we'll tell you about a recent release that is getting a lot of...

Top 10 Young Adult Fantasy Books You Should Read

Lisa Parkin | Posted 04.16.2012 | Books
Lisa Parkin

With The Hunger Games movie coming out in March, the frenzy for young adult fiction has reached an all-time high. For those of you who still haven't read young adult books, here are a few suggestions.

Foxy Lady -- A Review of Helen Oyeyemi's Mr. Fox

Joseph Sutton | Posted 03.14.2012 | Denver
Joseph Sutton

Oyeyemi excellently juggles a wide variety of narrators throughout the book, keeping the text always fresh; and stories vary greatly from sweet to foreboding and -- perhaps I am a tad bit sensitive -- sometimes horrifying.

So You Want a Career in Intelligence: The Real Reading List

Alma Katsu | Posted 11.21.2011 | DC
Alma Katsu

Intelligence work has its own particular demands and a unique culture. I often thought aspirants would be better served if we could give them a taste of what the job was really like.