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Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins has a thing for the word "drunk", Stephenie Twilight Meyer likes "unwilling" and J.K. Rowling more often than not reaches for the word "nasty".

Our critics look back at the books of 2013 that took us to turning points in history and told us stories both sweet and sinister of year again: time to look back at 12 months' worth of favourite new books, the ones we counted on for brilliant company in all the waiting rooms, lineups, and commutes of 2013.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling and Happy Days star Henry Winkler are among those who have been named as the nation's "Literacy Heroes".

LOS ANGELES _ With his novel "World War Z," author Max Brooks won over a legion of readers, weaving an epic tale told from the perspective of the survivors of a global pandemic that saw the dead return to life.

Lust for learning - and love. Brilliant Alma Whittaker, 19th-century Philadelphia heiress and scientist, finds that her study of botany isn't enough to fulfill her deepest longings in The Signature of All Things , memoirist Elizabeth Gilbert's return to fiction.

Prolific fantasy and graphic novel author Neil Gaiman has penned another hit with The Ocean at the End of the Lane .

His own man: Daniel Radcliffe still gets offered roles as 'a young fantasy guy who discover's he's got these powers', but he isn't interested.

It's time to buy holiday gifts for that ruggedly handsome "Castle" fan on your shopping list.

Mark Helprin has been publishing breathtaking books since his breakout novel, the fantasy "Winter's Tale," was published in 1983.

Every year, the book recommendation site asks its users to vote for the best new book across 20 genres, from historical fiction to horror.

Hands on is definitely the approach favoured by Angelina Jolie if her recent on set antics are anything to go by.

While Oxford University Press, the British publisher of the Oxford dictionaries, declared those little smartphone self-portraits its winner last month, the folks at Merriam-Webster announced "science" on Tuesday.

Get the inside scoop on the World War Z movie sequel. Despite poor buzz for Brad Pitt's World War Z, Paramount is moving forward with a sequel.

Writer Haruki Murakami's new novel "Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" was the best-selling book in Japan during the 12 month period through November, selling an estimated 985,000 copies, according to information company Oricon Inc. Fans of Japanese author Haruki Murakami buy his newly published book "Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki ... (more)

John Sandford 's latest Virgil Flowers novel "Storm Front" http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Front-Virgil-Flowers-Novel/dp/0399159304/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386055673&sr=8-1&keywords=storm+front is a caper heist story involving a wily old preacher, a stone stele smuggled out of Israel, a Hezbollah assassin, a hot blonde lumber thief, a wild Israeli ... (more)

This book cover image released by Alfred A. Knopf/McSweeneyA s shows "The Circle," by Dave Eggers.

Double Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel says the prospect of seeing the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptations of her books is "a dream come true".

Various retailers are celebrating 'Cider Monday,' in which shoppers who go to brick-and-mortar stores will receive free cider and, at some locations, discounts and freebies.

Some people go on vacation to find themselves. They start writing their novel, or get a makeover or eat/pray/love their way to self acceptance.

Fifty Shades of Grey Author EL James and producer Dana Brunetti used Instagram to confirm that the movie adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey" officially began shooting in Vancouver.