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'Harry Potter and the Death Eaters' was one of a few other titles in the running.

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The next book in the 'A Song of Fire and Ice' series has been a tough one for the author.

Encyclopedia Britannica volumes on display at the New York Public Library

The first edition featured 39 pages on horse diseases.

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The library classification system isn't perfect—and neither was its creator.

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Of the hundreds of books that crossed our desks in 2018, these were our favorites.

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"I seemed to have him kidnapped and killed for no good reason."

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The 'A Wrinkle in Time' author, who would have turned 100 years old today, saw her most famous work get rejected 26 times.

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The sequel, 'Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator,' could also be filmed for the first time.

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Prepare to be depressed.

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A series of dime store turtles eventually led him to The Iron Throne.

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'House Henson' has a certain ring to it.

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She's the richest author on the planet.

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Dickens believed humans could spontaneously combust—and he had Cornelia di Bandi's death as proof.

The Standing Rock Portraits is the first book of turn-of-the-century photographer Frank Bennett Fiske's photos ever released.

The title page of The Love Books of Ovid (1925), translated to English by James Lewis May and illustrated by Jean de Bosschère

A few of them are now taught in high school English classes.

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Most termites aren't interested in eating houses. In fact, one day they may teach us how to build them.

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No, you probably aren’t eating any spiders in your sleep.

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If one of the joys of being a horror fan in the 1980s was being seduced by the shocking and lurid come-ons in the newspaper advertisements for these movies, one of the downers was going to the theater and not getting all those ads promised.

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"From what I’ve seen, I think he’s perfect," says Evanna Lynch, a.k.a. Luna Lovegood.

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Make time to read one of the most disturbing short stories of all time this Halloween.