The choices are as personal as the experience of reading a book.

BOOKS
In their own words.
It's no surprise that the Harry Potter Series comes up more than once.
The author tells us about her musical beginnings, dirty laundry, and love of index cards.
Hollywood often turns to books for movie ideas, but sometimes the films are so popular they overshadow their source material.
Who reads more, young people or old people?
The library’s extensive Witchcraft Collection is open to the public and available online.
The first installment of Alvin Schwartz’s 'Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark' trilogy hit bookshelves in 1981. The series would become a preteen cult classic and among the most banned books of the following decades.
Studies have shown that if you want to really remember something, it's easier to do with paper.
"Espy amidst these tombs the shade of Poe"
Science is making text that hasn't been visible for hundreds of years reappear. Here's how.
Sure you can buy books on Amazon, but there’s something about going to a bookstore and picking the right title out by hand. Here are some unique bookstores that have almost as much charm as they have books.
Some scholars have dedicated decades of their lives to cracking the code.
Once a beloved teaching tool, Dick and Jane was later denounced as dull, counterproductive, and even misogynistic. Still, whether you loved or hated them, there’s no denying that little Dick and Jane have earned their place in history.
In honor of her 125th birthday, below are 15 of the countless influences the late Queen of Crime culled for her popular novels.