Midweek Links: Literary Links from Around the Web

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Looking for some interesting reading to get you through hump day? Here are some literary links from around the web to check out:

The BBC released a list of the top 12 books of the 21st century (Junot Diaz’s Oscar Wao was number 1)

Listen to Hemingway read Faulkner and Faulkner read Hemingway

Authors and teens share the books that saved their lives

Idris Elba is planing a film trilogy about Edgar Allan Poe fighting Satan

Speaking of Poe, his death is still mysterious

Carolyn Kellogg on celebrating MLK in books

Matt Bell interviews Kate Bernheimer about myths and fairy tales

Beulah Maud Devaney on why you should chose your reading carefully

Haruki Murakami’s advice column has started up

Lastly, if you are worried that you are boring here are 50 books that Flavorwire says will make you more interesting

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