Books
The Secret of "The Martian" Success? Scientific Peer Review
Andy Weir's tale of a stranded astronaut got its start as a blog, complete with reader comments that helped shape the plot
Supreme Court Justices Have a Thing for Shakespeare
The brief's the thing
People are Leaving Secret Letters to Fellow Fans in Harry Potter Books
#PotterItForward was designd to warm the hearts of future readers
This Digital Library Contains Every Phrase That Could Ever Be Uttered
Inspired by an essay by Jorge Luis Borges, computer programmer Jonathan Basile has created a "Library" of Babel
What 200 Years of African-American Cookbooks Reveal About How We Stereotype Food
In a new book, food journalist Toni Tipton-Martin highlights African-American culinary history through hundreds of pages of recipes
The Guinness Book of World Records: A Promotional Stunt That Became an International Phenomenon
The book that makes us ooh and ahh, and squirm in our seats is more than 65 years old
Six Children's Books That Use Psychological Techniques to Help Kids
The sleep-inducing "The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep" has become a mega bestseller. But it's not the only story to lean on psychology
The World's Oldest Multicolor Printed Book Was Too Fragile to Read...Until Now
The 1633 book has now been digitized
Muggles, Rejoice: Quidditch is Becoming a Serious Sport
The Harry Potter-inspired game is now played by more than 300 teams around the world
How Flowers Changed the World, From Ecosystems to Art Galleries
A new book by entomologist Stephen Buchmann explores the beautiful and sometimes bizarre history of flowering plants
The Mad Challenge of Translating "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
Explore the linguistic tricks used to make Lewis Carroll's puns, parodies and nonsense accessible in hundreds of tongues
What to Expect From Harper Lee’s Long-Lost Second Novel
Controversy still surrounds the release of <i>Go Set a Watchman</i>
Why Milo's Sunrises Are a Symphony of Color in The Phantom Tollbooth
Author Norton Juster says one boon to his magical writing is that he was born with synesthesia and hears colors
What's Changed, and What Hasn't, in the Town That Inspired 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Traveling back in time to visit Harper Lee's hometown, the setting of her 1960 masterpiece and the controversial sequel hitting bookstores soon
Before Moby-Dick, There Was "Two Years Before the Mast"
This salty memoir by Richard Henry Dana Jr. was one of America's first literary classics
The Library Mark Twain Built
The author helped create a library in the last town he called home—and it's full of great summer reading suggestions
The Most Loved and Hated Novel About World War I
An international bestseller, Erich Maria Remarque's <em>All Quiet on the Western Front</em> was banned and burned in Nazi Germany
Houghton Mifflin Once Sued Another Publisher on Behalf of Hitler and Mein Kampf
Rival versions of the book once vied for American readers
The Independent Bookstore Is Not Dead Yet
Membership in the American Booksellers Association is up
How Our Modern Lives Became Infested With Bed Bugs
After being bitten by the tiny pests, author Brooke Borel set out to learn all she could about her blood-sucking foes
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