BOOKS

Each year, hundreds of formal challenges asking for the removal of “inappropriate” books from shelves and syllabi are filed with schools and libraries across the country.

The Holy Bible is regularly challenged for having a "religious viewpoint."

3. The Nagini film theory is incorrect.

Celebrate Banned Books Week by giving these once-censored classics a read.

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.

7. Gene Wilder doesn't show up until nearly 45 minutes into the movie.

His father's grave debts probably influenced the Bard's writing on class and money.

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

Writers used to instill good manners through strange, scary cautionary tales—and some stories were so bizarre it's a wonder the kids that read them turned out OK.

Whether it's classic fiction, children's literature, or supernatural works, bibliophiles will find something to delight in here.