BOOKS

The cover of Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs. Dalloway.’

10 Interesting Facts About Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs. Dalloway’

The novel, which turns 100 this year, was so successful that it allowed Woolf to put in a bathroom she called “Mrs. Dalloway’s closet.”

Another excuse to plunge back into the world of Westeros.

10 Fascinating Facts About ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’

Here’s everything you need to know about the Tales of Dunk and Egg, the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel novellas that inspired HBO’s upcoming adaptation.

12 Mysterious Facts About ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’

Peter Weir’s Australian New Wave classic turns 50 this year. Here’s what you need to know about the film, from the off-limits question Weir asked book author Joan Lindsay to the spooky stuff that happened on set.

LEGO’s Cullen house set offers a 2001-piece tribute to Twilight.

New Twilight LEGO Set Lets You Recreate the Cullen’s Home

These are the blocks of a killer, Bella.

12 Fun Facts You Might Not Know About Winnie The Pooh

The “willy nilly silly old bear” was based on a real-life bear cub.

Popeye will soon be at the mercy of low-budget filmmakers.

10 Works Entering the Public Domain in 2025

The 95-year limit on copyright is about to expire on some classic movies, books, and one cartoon sailor.

How do these two famous vampires compare?

What’s the Difference Between Dracula and Nosferatu?

Ahead of Robert Eggers’s adaptation of ‘Nosferatu,’ here’s a breakdown of the differences and similarities between the two iconic bloodsuckers.

14 Gifts That Changed the World

These gifts made a huge impact.

Y2K led to a lot of hypothetical scenarios involving mass panic, failing banks, and eating squirrels.

Advice for an Apocalypse: 10 Tips From Y2K Survival Guides

Buy a water bed—you might need to drink it.

In Iceland, Christmas Eve is one for the books.

The Christmas Book Flood: Iceland’s Literature-Loving Holiday Tradition

Jólabókaflóðið, Iceland's long-running Christmas tradition, involves books, bed, and chocolate—all our favorite things.

Fifty years is a long time to keep a library book.

Detroit Library Lets Man Keep Book That‘s Five Decades Overdue

The Warren Public Library waived late fees for a Chicago man who check out a baseball book 50 years ago.

6 Fascinating Facts About ‘Salvage the Bones’

Here’s how Jesmyn Ward’s award-winning novel about Hurricane Katrina came to be.

‘Searching for Franklin,’ ‘The Indifferent Stars Above,’ and ‘Cannibalism.’

8 Books About Historical Cannibalism

You might want to skip dinner after reading these.

Title of a Romance Novel or Name of a Nail Polish?

Turns out the monikers of romance books and cosmetics can sound eerily similar.

8 Fascinating Facts About ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’

Here's how Stieg Larsson's modern classic came to be.

Can You Match the Word to the Author Who Created It?

See if you can spot the laudable lexicography of these famous writers.

A whole lot of foreshadowing in these pages.

7 Obscure Literary Devices

How many have you come across?

The UK Quad Advance poster of Terence Young‘s Bond film “From Russia with Love.”

Rare James Bond Memorabilia Is Headed to Auction

Propstore is auctioning off tons of James Bond items, including hand-made posters and props.

6 Fascinating Facts About Ha Jin’s ‘Waiting’

He got the idea from a story his wife told him while they were visiting her parents: “I joked, ‘This would be good for a novel. I am going to write a novel based on this.’ ”

Mel Wiley, the Ohio Police Chief Who May Have Authored His Own Demise

In 1985, Chief Wiley went for a swim and was never seen or heard from again. What he left behind shocked his community.

Get a better sense of how illnesses have shaped history in these gripping reads.

12 Fascinating Books on History’s Most Notorious Diseases

Get a better sense of how illnesses have shaped history with these gripping reads about history’s most notorious diseases.

Bram Stoker's bibliography just got richer.

A Long-Lost Short Story by ‘Dracula’ Author Bram Stoker Has Been Rediscovered After 130 Years

The tale was composed as Stoker was working on his iconic vampire.

10 Famous Uses of the Ouija Board

Sylvia Plath often broke out her Ouija Board to speak to her spirit guide, Pan.

1984 was a banner year for movies and music.

7 Reasons Why 1984’s Pop Culture Is the Gift That Keeps On Giving

From ‘Ghostbusters’ to Madonna’s VMA performance, 1984 was a memorable year for pop culture.