These stories need no contrivances to create places that are lonely and old, a place where bad things are kept hushed up instead of dealt with.

Clichés are viewed as a sign of lazy writing, but they didn’t develop that reputation over night.

‘The Vampyre’ is largely forgotten today, but it upended centuries of vampiric lore 80 years before Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’—and from its spooky beginnings to its scandalous misattribution, its history was as dramatic as fiction.

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

Four Irish writers have been longlisted for this year's award, making up a third of the longlist.

Learn about Henry James’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’—the classic ghost story that inspired (among many other things) Netflix’s ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor.’

‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ was the Harry Potter of its day: There was merchandising, a Broadway musical, a silent film, and a whopping 13 sequels.

These offenses include everything from historical forgeries to audacious heists to cold-blooded murder—all with a bookish twist.

Shirley Jackson is best remembered for “The Lottery” and 'The Haunting of Hill House,' but her gothic mystery 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' is regarded as her greatest literary achievement.

The pattern is named after the European dance craze, but what exactly the dots have to do with polka is a bit of a mystery.

'My Brilliant Friend' kicked of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan series and inspired an HBO adaptation.

Former teacher Alvin Irby created Barbershop Books, a nationwide literacy program that turns barbers into ambassadors in its mission to encourage thousands of boys to read for fun.