Last updated: December 25, 2013

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Top 20 books of 2013

STILL stuck for the perfect gift for a loved one this festive season? Read our guide to the top 20 books of 2013 and share the gift of the written word this year.

Pope is Time's 'Person of the Year'

TIME magazine has named Pope Francis its person of the year, saying he had become a new voice of conscience.

Miley beating pope for 'person of year'

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WILL Miley Cyrus twerk her way past Pope Francis and Barack Obama to be named TIME magazine's Person of the Year?  

Is this the face of Jack the Ripper?

Is this the face of Jack the Ripper?

IT IS one of the most enduring mysteries in the history of crime and now best-selling author Patricia Cornwell is sure she has solved it.

Ron Burgundy clears up hair myths

DOES he wear a toupee and does the carpet match the curtains? Ron Burgundy responds to the many myths about his famous hair in Let Me Off At The Top: My Life & Classy Other Musings.

New Salinger stories leaked online

THREE unpublished stories by J.D. Salinger have appeared online.

30 books you have to read before 30

30 books you have to read before 30

GOT a quiet moment this weekend? You'll need it. These are the books we believe you should read before you're 30. Any later and their impact won't be the same.

Rollicking time worth the wait

Roll With It

IT'S difficult to imagine a journalist taking 25 years to write a book . . . but that's how long it took Nick Place to produce 'Roll With It'.

What Bridget Jones did next

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BRIDGET Jones is all grown up and married. But that doesn't mean she's changed all her ways.

'It's over for the Kardashian's' say magazines

MAGAZINE publishers are the latest people to lose interest in the Kardashian clan, saying "the fatigue factor has really set in."

Dylan does not look like actor dad

CLEARLY this 22-year-old beauty takes after her mother, rather than her Hollywood star father in the looks department.

Falzon strips off and Warner's happy

Falzon strips off and Warner...

CANDICE Falzon is celebrating re-entering the spotlight by getting her gear off for a men's magazine - and her new man approves.

7th Heaven's Ruthie is all grown up

7th Heaven's Ruthie is all ...

THE fictional Reverand Camden would have a heart attack if he saw Mackenzie Rosman's racy photoshoot in Maxim Australia.

Pope is Time's 'Person of the Year'

Time Person Of The Year

TIME magazine has named Pope Francis its person of the year, saying he had become a new voice of conscience.