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How to Read the George R.R. Martin Books That Launched Game of Thrones for Free
If you aren't already using the Libby app, you'll want to download it immediately—especially if the A Song of Ice and Fire series has long been on your "to-read" list.
LITERATURE
8 Facts About Shel Silverstein
The author of 'The Giving Tree' and 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' was friends with Hugh Hefner and wrote some of his books while staying at the Playboy Mansion.
Virginia Woolf Calls D.H. Lawrence and James Joyce 'Overrated' in Newly Unearthed 1923 Survey
One writer who took the survey called T.S. Eliot the worst living English poet and worst living literary critic. Ouch.
Connecticut's Traveler Restaurant Gives Diners Free Books With Their Meal
Travelers looking for books to read can visit the Traveler restaurant off I-84 in Connecticut and pick out free books to go with their food.
35 Surprising Facts About Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel—who you probably know better by his pen name, Doctor Seuss—came into the world on March 2, 1904. In the more than 100 years since, he has changed it for the better for readers all over the planet.
Letters Reveal That Charles Dickens Tried to Have His (Sane) Wife Committed to an Insane Asylum
Unhappy with his marriage and engaged in an alleged affair with a teen actress, Charles Dickens apparently sought an easy way out—even if it meant having his sane wife declared mentally ill.
25 Amazing Books by African American Writers You Need to Read
From literary icons to fresh, buzzworthy talent, here are 25 great books by African American authors you should add to your reading list today.
5-Year-Old Logan Brinson Couldn't Find a Library Near Him—So He Opened One Himself
Five-year-old Logan Brinson opened Logan's Little Library—the first library in his village—on his front lawn last year. He plans to open a second location in May.
More Than 80 Percent of the Most Popular Novels Are Written by Men
Think of your top 10 favorite books. How many were written by women? According to one survey by Ranker, men named one book by a female author in their top 10. Women chose two.
10 Nice and Accurate Facts About Good Omens
Amazon's recent series starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen isn't the first time Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s 'Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch' has been adapted. Or attempted.
20 Inspiring Quotes from Langston Hughes
“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go,” is just one of Langston Hughes's most memorable quotes.
How to Exercise Like Franz Kafka
The Bohemian writer was interested in more than one kind of metamorphosis.
Can You Tell an Author’s Identity By Looking at Punctuation Alone? A Study Just Found Out.
For decades, linguists have been able to use the quirks of written texts to pinpoint the author. The process, called stylometric analysis or stylometry, has dozens of legal and academic applications.
5 Facts About Edgar Allan Poe
You can quote 'The Raven.' But how well do you know Edgar Allan Poe's quirky sense of humor and code-cracking abilities?
Stephen King Just Stopped a Maine Newspaper From Cutting Its Freelance Book Reviews
And he helped local writers at the same time.
7 Surprising Facts About The Giving Tree
There are various interpretations of the relationship at the center of the Shel Silverstein classic—not all of them positive.
How to Download Thousands of Classic Books and Movies That Just Entered the Public Domain
Classic titles by Lewis Carroll, Agatha Christie, Winston Churchill, and Charlie Chaplin are now the public's property.
Zora Neale Hurston, Genius of the Harlem Renaissance
Despite being a star in her day, writer Zora Neale Hurston—who is best known for her novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'—was almost forgotten.
How the Chicago Public Library Is Bringing Story Time to the Laundromat
Making errands more educational.
To Kill a Mockingbird Just Became Broadway’s Highest-Grossing American Play Ever
The previous record was held by ‘All the Way,’ a play featuring Bryan Cranston as Lyndon Johnson.
George RR Martin Says Some Game of Thrones Fans Have Correctly Guessed How It Ends
The author is talking about the books, which may or may not end the same way as the HBO series.
11 Secrets of Children’s Book Authors
They write for the parents, too.
5 Ways Grimm's Fairy Tales Changed After the First Edition
We rounded up some of the more surprising aspects of the first edition that were later cleaned up or scrubbed from the text altogether.
5 Facts About Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson, the famed author of 'The Lottery' and 'The Haunting of Hill House,' claimed to be a witch.