BOOKS

Who reads more, young people or old people?

The library’s extensive Witchcraft Collection is open to the public and available online.

The first installment of Alvin Schwartz’s 'Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark' trilogy hit bookshelves in 1981. The series would become a preteen cult classic and among the most banned books of the following decades.

The Mütter Museum recently discovered it owns the nation's largest collection of books bound in human leather—and now a research team is trying to track down the rest of the world’s examples.

'Sorcerer's Screed' was first published in 1940.

The author who terrified (and enthralled) you as kid spills on writing, the state of horror, and his history with humor.

How the elusive Lemony Snicket turned some rather, well, unfortunate events into a literary juggernaut.

Studies have shown that if you want to really remember something, it's easier to do with paper.

Some scholars have dedicated decades of their lives to cracking the code.

Once a beloved teaching tool, Dick and Jane was later denounced as dull, counterproductive, and even misogynistic. Still, whether you loved or hated them, there’s no denying that little Dick and Jane have earned their place in history.

In honor of her 125th birthday, below are 15 of the countless influences the late Queen of Crime culled for her popular novels.

These odd (or oddly named) books would look great on your shelf.