BOOKS

Perplexing jackets for 'The Great Gatsby', 'Our Mutual Friend,' and more.

The Hulu series is stuffed with King lore, including some deep cuts you'd need your pause button to catch.

It lists the animals, plants, and minerals each color appears in.

A world without Roald Dahl would be a world without Oompa Loompas, Snozzcumbers, or Muggle-Wumps. And who would ever want to live in a world like that?

The dictionary goes from aardvark to zozimus because "every dictionary has to start with aardvark; otherwise it would have to start with aback, which is just too boring."

"I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter." —D.H. Lawrence

If the letters look familiar, it’s because you see them every day on signs, advertisements, and beyond.

A small consolation for students.

Here's your chance to ace potions class.

Escape reality—both literally and figuratively—by visiting one of these literary-inspired getaways.

They say that a dog is man's best friend, but these writers found solace—and occasional inspiration—in feline companions.

Massimo Listri's The World's Most Beautiful Libraries is a visual tour of the world's most spectacular temples devoted to the written word.