A lost Pearl S. Buck manuscript, found in a Texas storage unit, will be published this fall.

In other literary surprise news: on public display for the first time is a previously unknown Tolkien poem, “The Fall of Arthur,” part of a magical literature exhibition at the Bodleian Library.

It’s sad enough when a bookstore closes, but what to do about the inventory? Seattle-area Once Sold Tales scrambles to place 500,000 books by month’s end.

Eoin Colfer lists his top fictional villains. Discuss.

Keith Richards claims to owe fifty years’ worth of library fines, which the Huffington Post estimates at over $30,000.