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Daily Lit Links for 12/18

BNA_Daily | December 18, 2009

What do you do when your friend asks for a truly terrible book for the holidays?  How much do you really understand about Afghanistan?  And, most importantly, what is Stephen King’s favorite book of 2009?  Answers below!

Just in time for Christmas, Shelf Life addresses a question of book-giving etiquette you may have asked: if you’re, [...]

Daily Lit Links for 12/10: Best of 2009

BNA_Daily | December 11, 2009

We’ve avoided it for as long as possible, but the plethora of “Best Books of 2009″ lists can no longer be ignored. There seems to be a list for every age group, genre, and topic, so we’ve picked a few to focus on.  And if “Best of” lists aren’t your thing, there’s a “Worst of” [...]

Daily Lit Links for 10/29

BNA_Daily | October 29, 2009

Today’s news is a series of best and worst, with Omnivoracious beginning their “Best Books of the Year” countdown, AbeBooks announcing the “worst pulp novelist of all time,” and Philip Roth foreseeing a fearful reading apocalypse.  Scary, and just in time for Halloween.

It’s not quite December, but Omnivoracious has begun the countdown for Best Books [...]