6 Great Halloween Books for Kids of All Ages
Leaves are once again crunching underfoot, which means your cobwebs, spiders, and long-handled sweeper-thingies are considered acceptable decor, and you…
Barnes & Noble Reads
The Luminaries
A death and a disappearance in a New Zealand mining town set off a mystery of epic proportions.
Who Is the Scariest Writer on the Planet?
It’s that time of year again. Classic horror movies starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are back in heavy rotation…
The Best Witches in Literature
Something wicked this way comes: Halloween’s almost here, and the witching season is at hand! While the trick-or-treating masses still…
The 7 Best Revenge Stories in Literature
Marcus Aurelius once said that the best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. Sure, it’s sage…
14 Characters Who Should Have Lived
Among Kurt Vonnegut’s oft-quoted tips for creative writing is this gem: “Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent…
The 10 Scariest Goosebumps—Ranked (SPOILER ALERT)
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One of Your Favorite Humor Blogs Is a Book!
Do you have a touch of prejudice when it comes to books adapted from blogs? Fair enough. Not everything from…
If These Famous Novels Were Self-Help Books…
When it comes to learning about ourselves, literature, some would argue, is the most masterful teacher of all. That said,…
A Brief Introduction to Alice Munro, Nobel Prize Winner for Literature
Early this morning, it was announced that celebrated Canadian short story writer Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature.…
What Does Your Subway Reading Style Say About You?
Public transportation is a boon to the avid reader, allowing you a certain amount of (relatively) uninterrupted time to spend…
The 10 Best Fall-Inspired Quotations From Literature
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Funny Books about Dying Teens
Cancer is no joke. Or so not one but two agents told me a few years ago, when I shared…
What Would these 13 Famous Authors Give Out on Halloween?
Thanksgiving shmanksgiving, Christmas shmistmas, Halloween has ‘em beat. It’s aspirational, self-reflective, magical, and nonjudgmental—just try wearing your Jedi knight or…
Recommended Reading for Villains
A book can change your life. But can it change your character? To exercise the theory—that the right dose of…
Will Eat, Pray, Love Fans Like Elizabeth Gilbert’s New Novel, The Signature of All Things?
Yes! Most of them will, anyway. If you enjoyed Eat, Pray, Love for its personal confessions alone, you might be…
6 Nonfiction Books That Will Give You Nightmares
Even though I tend to avoid horror movies and books, I have no problem diving into some of the creepiest,…
Kids In Children’s Books That Give Us The Creeps
Nothing adds a soul-chilling note of fear to a story like the presence of a creepy child. Small, quiet, and…