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If you haven't already sent in your book list for our newest "100 Greatest," you'd better do it soon! You have until midnight on Monday night, February 15, 2010, to get your opinions in. That's when we'll be cutting off the submissions, and we'll start Read More

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." So proclaims the legendary sleuth in 1890's The Sign of Four, and such is the inspiration for many of the stories in The Improbable Adventures of Read More

That's the question we want you to answer between now and next Monday, February 15. Hundreds of books have been nominated by your fellow readers, but only one hundred will make the final cut. Please take a few minutes to support the ten books you think Read More

Don't forget to send us your book lists so that we can include your input in our definitive list of The 100 Greatest Books of All Time! Read More

Last year we consulted you, our readers, to compile a list of the 100 Greatest Fictional Characters of All Time. That poll was such a huge success that we're doing it again, this time with books. The voting starts now! Read More

Although promoted as a zombie novel, Joss Ware's sci-fi romance Beyond the Night defies such simple categorization. The way that Ware seamlessly integrates her commentary on human nature and oppression with elements of post-apocalyptic storytelling and Read More

Don't forget that today is your last chance to enter our contest to win a big bundle of fantasy books from Harper Collins! Read More

This week we're giving away a big bundle of fantasy novels, courtesy of Harper Collins! Read More

Tobias Hill is the author of a tale set in modern day Sparta where terror never died. The Hidden made it to the number 2 spot on the recent Best Books of 2009 list for a good reason: you'll be thinking about it long after you've finished reading. I had Read More

Reading with Pictures is an organization that supports early childhood literacy through comic books. I had the opportunity to ask founder Josh Elder a few questions about his organization, and I also want to share with you what you can do to help them Read More

Finally, the moment you've all been waiting for: the final five books on our Best Books of 2009 list! For a selection of books from both experienced and newly-published authors, the quality that each of these books displays is highly impressive. Read More

Today's selection of Best Books of 2009, books #10-6, has something to offer nearly every reader, from poetry to post-Soviet Russia, unicorns to parasitic aliens. Read More