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It's April 28, the day we celebrate National Superhero Day. Of course, superheroes enter into books and literature. We read about them every day (or we could if...

Against a backdrop of North Carolina's lush marshes, a little girl, Catherine "Kya" Clark, grows up alone in Where the Crawdads Sing. Delia Owens explores many basic human...

It’s the first of April, which really just means that you have a chance to give and receive pranks. The best part of the April Fool’s Day is...

Téa Obreht’s debut novel, The Tiger’s Wife, is a mix of folklore, war story, and magical realism. With this bestselling novel, she re-imagines the land of her birth,...

Reading books can change hearts and minds. We all know it, and studies continually reinforce those well-worn facts. That's also part of why we support literacy programs, collect...

Adapting a book into a movie is often a massive driver for book sales, but this is ridiculously amazing! The Crazy Rich Asians film has already made $208 million...

Ilie Ruby's The Salt God's Daughter takes us to the beaches and fields in Southern California with an itinerant wandering of two girls and their troubled mom, Diana (meaning...

Books are an experience, but that experience has become more inextricably linked with the digital landscape. Beyond just reading ebooks via Kindle, there's a myriad of digital book...

"Treasure hunter" likely brings to mind Indiana Jones. His fedora is askew. He narrowly escapes rolling boulders and outsmarts nefarious villains. But hold onto your hats, adventure enthusiasts!...

The Power of Memorization in Fahrenheit 451 In Ray Bradbury’s dystopian masterpiece, Fahrenheit 451, we encounter a world where books are banned, and firefighters burn any they find....