BOOKS

The awkward evening seems straight out of a Pynchon novel.

We've got the golden ticket to a treasure trove of facts about the Roald Dahl kid's classic, 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.'

The titular character’s name literally means Red-Bean Bread Man.

He was always on the lookout for new words, which he kept in a growing file on his computer.

They air-condition their own nests, eat constantly, and choose their children's sex.

Think you know all there is to know about the Boy Who Lived? Think again. Read on for what you need to know about the Harry Potter books and films.

“A person’s a person, no matter how small.”

Meg Murry—the time-hopping heroine at the center of Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle In Time'—transported sci-fi into a new dimension.

Perhaps you're familiar with 'Don Quixote': a story of delusional noblemen, portly squires, and windmill monsters. But here are a few facts you haven’t heard about the two-volume 17th-century masterpiece.

E.B. White's famed children's book may contain talking animals, but it also maintains a surprising studiousness when it comes to the true science of arachnids.