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Meet the woman who inspired Virginia Woolf's most fanciful novel.

Impress all your friends with these bookish tidbits.

Explore a defining era in sci-fi's history. 

Some books stay with you—and some don't.

There's nothing like the beach and a good book.

Here's how to choose your next read.

You don’t have to resort to illegal downloads in order to read for free.

Discover David Bowie’s 100 favorite books.

"I realize now that a love for books in all forms is possible."

The award was controversial—but not for the reasons you might think.

Get your book club members on the same page with these puntastic names.

Every day should be Earth Day.

A chapter a day...

These quotes just about sum up our feelings on every book we've ever read.

Steinbeck showed that migrant farmworkers were "citizens of the highest type."

Read an interview with the bestselling author.

We asked our Early Bird Books followers to tell us their favorite first lines.

They're not bad—they're just written that way.

Find out what happened when a Muslim politician decided to have coffee with the people who sent her hate mail.

A quest to figure out which books are on the president’s nightstand.