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The author's unfinished manuscript contains many odd characteristics, including a kind of precursor to the paperclip.

Every month, the subscription service sends you picks from a curated list.

Whether you were a fan of her thrillers, like 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' or preferred more lighthearted fare like 'Hotel For Dogs,' Lois Duncan’s name probably appeared somewhere on your bookshelves when you were younger.

Aldous Huxley taught another famous novelist whose works had a dystopian bent.

Best known for his 1932 novel 'Brave New World,' Aldous Huxley later wrote about his experimentation with psychedelic drugs. But there’s a lot more to Huxley’s life than dystopian novels.

Between 1995 and 1998, PBS fed kids classic tales like 'Ivanhoe' through a wise-cracking Jack Russell Terrier. And now it looks like he's getting his own feature film.

Your no-spoiler policy may be a waste of time.

Hunter S. Thompson at his desk in April 1996.

"9:00 p.m. Starts snorting cocaine seriously."

After opening stores in Seattle and San Diego, the company is planning a third physical bookstore in New York City.

An exhibition of the four rare drawings will open in England this month.

al-Qarawiyyin University's historic book repository in Fez, Morocco, has a fresh new look.

White Settlement, Texas, is currently embroiled in a political fight over Browser, the local library cat.

A conversation with Jonathan Balcombe, author of the new book 'What a Fish Knows.'

Number nine auctioned for nearly $4 million.

Illuminate your otherwise-ordinary Bloomsday observances by citing from among Joyce’s apt yet archaic trove of word choices.

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It's time to live out your YA novel dreams.

Libraries often benefit from the extra cash (if they're allowed to keep it).

A few things you might not have known about the man behind Busytown.

These men have made it their mission to celebrate the ordinary.

Scottish artist Katie Paterson is building a literary time capsule.

Amazon used sales data from April 2015 to April 2016 to create the list.

In a video, the Crandall Printing Museum demonstrates how the world's only functional Gutenberg printing press actually operated.

Pretty much everybody but the director didn't want Mark Wahlberg involved.

Our comprehension seems to be better when we read from the printed page.

In 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,' Damien Lewis reveals the secret story of the Special Operations Executive, whose daring agents and commandos would go on to invent many of the tactics and techniques of special operations today.

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10 Facts About Author Lois Duncan

10 Fascinating Facts about Aldous Huxley

11 Classic Facts About Wishbone

Research Argues Spoilers Make Stories Better

Hunter S. Thompson's Daily Routine

Amazon Will Open Third Physical Store in New York City

Secret Beatrix Potter Drawings Found Hidden in Books at Melford Hall

The World's Oldest Library in Morocco Reopens Its Doors to the Public

Texas Town Fires—Then Rehires—Its Library Cat

7 Things You Never Knew About Fish

9 Harry Potter Collector's Items That Sold for Small Fortunes

12 Words from Ulysses to Help You Celebrate Bloomsday

You Can Get a Sweet Valley High-Style Portrait From the Actual Book Cover Artist

What Are Library Late Fees Used For?

12 Busy Facts About Richard Scarry

The Mild Bunch: 11 Men With Extremely Boring Hobbies

The Future Library Project Collects Works That Won’t Be Released For a Century

These Are the Most Well-Read Cities, According to Amazon

Watch a Gutenberg Printing Press in Action

15 Facts About The Basketball Diaries

Study Suggests Screen Reading Makes Us Lose the Big Picture

The Little-Known Spy Agency That Inspired the Creation of James Bond