BOOKS

Technically, the author did give birth to the boy wizard.

They terrified Old Nan—and now we understand why.

Shirley Jackson, the famed author of 'The Lottery' and 'The Haunting of Hill House,' claimed to be a witch.

Of the hundreds of books that crossed our desks in 2018, these were our favorites.

"I seemed to have him kidnapped and killed for no good reason."

The 'A Wrinkle in Time' author, who would have turned 100 years old today, saw her most famous work get rejected 26 times.

She's the richest author on the planet.

Dickens believed humans could spontaneously combust—and he had Cornelia di Bandi's death as proof.

The Standing Rock Portraits is the first book of turn-of-the-century photographer Frank Bennett Fiske's photos ever released.

He's not the only one.

Nobody's perfect.

Many of our most beloved and successful movies are adaptations of similarly beloved books. But just because a book reads well doesn’t mean it will film well.