BOOKS

For decades, the only way to read Vita Sackville-West's 'A Note of Explanation' was by really, really squinting.

Even if you know The Little Prince (or Le Petit Prince in its original French) by heart, there are probably a few things you may not know about the novella.

The man on the cover was celebrated in his own right.

'The Phantom Tollbooth' is a product of Norton Juster’s procrastination and the illustrations by Jules Feiffer.

4. It was rejected by more than two dozen publishers.

The famed French novelist, who was born on this day in 1802, installed peepholes in his guest bedrooms.

Andrew Jackson Davis claimed he could see into space, the afterlife, and other worlds—but not everybody believed him.

The beloved classic tackles race relations during the 1960s civil rights movement.

Judy Blume was the queen of the YA novel before the concept even existed, inspiring generations of passionate fans—and a fair share of dissenters—in her more than 50-year career.

The mysterious text has stumped codebreakers for decades.

Emma Bovary has been described as "the original desperate housewife."

With flowing prose and a courageous pen, Virginia Woolf wasn't afraid to dissect any topic, whether it was the idiocy of warfare or the joys of sex.