Book buzz: 'Hunger Games' director, teen novel coming to TV

Here's a look at what's buzzing in the book world today:

Best books: It may only be November, but check out Publishers Weekly's list of the best books of 2012, from Hilary Mantel's Man Booker-winningBring Up the Bodies, to a study of America's colonial era.

Hunger Games: Lionsgate has announced that Francis Lawrence (Water for Elephants, I Am Legend) will direct the The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and Part 2.

Lost Girls: Another teen-targeted show based on a book is coming to the CW. This time it's The Lost Girls by Jennifer Baggett, Holly Corbett and Amanda Pressner getting the small screen treatment with a story that "centers on a self-obsessed young pop star - the black sheep of her religious family... until word spreads that she has divine powers."

Voracious reader: If you're reading this blog, you obviously love books. But just how much do you love books? NPR interviews Joe Queenan, an author who reads more than 125 books a year - between 6,000 and 7,000 total.

Big money: What's the trick to writing a memorable business book? The Financial Times tracks down the recipe for success.