Link Round Up from 05/23/2011 to 06/04/2011

Aldous Huxley who wrote Brave New World also wrote a children's book.
NPR has the story: The Return Of 'Crows,' Huxley's Children's Tale.

Do you like Stieg Larsson's books? The Daily Beast has discovered a new author who may fill your desire for Scandinavian thrillers: Scandinavian Thriller Obsession.

Salon asks: Does reading great books make you a better person? My answer is no. Having sat though many literature classes with raging assholes, reading great literature doesn't make better people. In fact, most of the authors of great literature were assholes themselves. Ernest Hemingway was a sexist ass.

PBS has started its summer reading series. If you know a parent (or are one yourself) and would like some help with summer reading, this website is a great place to start: Summer Reading Community Challenge.

NPR did a wonderful story about how Kurt Vonnegut is still relevant today: Kurt Vonnegut: Still Speaking To The War Weary.

Thinking of picking up a memoir? Here are three that aren't depressing: 3 Memoirs That Won't Make You Slit Your Wrists.

Here's a great site that will help build an ebook library: Booki.sh

Need help figuring out what to read next? Well there's a website for that: Book Seer.

Esquire complied a list of 75 Books Every Man Should Read. Ladies, read them too. There's a lot of good stuff on this list.

The Guardian is compiling a list of the best Science Fiction books ever written. The rough draft can be found here: The best science fiction books. It will get more interactive as time goes on.

Finally, NPR asks Can Literature Make A Better Doctor?. My answer is a resounding yes. My father is a doctor, and literature has helped him understand the pathology of death and life.

(Image brought to you by: Lisa Pisa. This is the George Peabody Library at Johns Hopkins University)