Reader Blog

A bookcase can tell you a lot about someone. What do the book types on your bookshelves say about you?

Ever wondered what the best-selling books of all time are? Check out this list to discover the 102 best-selling books, and see how many are on your bookshelves.

Schools work hard to educate our children, but when it comes to reading do they try too hard? Is trying to force students to enjoy classic novels contributing to the 33% of high school graduates and 42% of college students who never read another book?

Even though movies will never be better than the books they’re based on, most movies at least give us a glimpse into our favorite worlds and can be enjoyed. However, some movies are just so bad we wish they were never made. Here is a list of the worst adaptations of books ever made.

Have you ever wondered what the greatest books of all time were? Wonder no longer. We’ve compared the books on 14 of the most popular “Greatest” books lists for you.

Readers have many qualities that make them the kind of people you want to have around. Does this list of 29 things readers are best at sound like you or your book-loving best friend?

Sometimes, when you’re feeling down, it helps just to know that you’re not alone in your pain. Here are some quotes about grief from literature to maybe help you feel just a little bit better.

Have you ever wondered what books might say outside of their carefully constructed stories if books could talk? We have, and we’ve constructed some of the sentences we think our sassy novels might say to us. Do you think your books could relate to any of these?

From real-life murderers to disturbing personal habits, how much do you know about the lives behind some of the most popular and publicized writers?

The best part about reading romances is the ability to have a collection of sweet words that you can keep close to your heart. Here are some of the most swoon-worthy love quotes that have been given to us by literature.

Did you know that many classic novels are in the public domain and are available as a free ebook? Check out this list of free classic ebooks you can download to your Kindle library today!

If you’re a book lover, you’ll be fascinated with these fun facts about ebooks! We’ve got historical facts, technical facts, and statistical facts.

Sometimes taking a chance on a new author may not seem worth it. How do you decide whether to buy a book?

When I was growing up, my father would often excuse himself and say suddenly in the middle of a conversation, “I have to see a man about a dog.” It was only years later that I finally understood what he meant.

My Book Cave uses a content rating system to match books with readers. So, how would a popular book like Harry Potter fit in our system? Let’s take a look!

She’d handed it to me with that look of fondness in her eyes. The way she looked when something held precious memories that were sometimes too dear for words. Mama and Anne Shirley changed my world that day. One was my living kindred spirit, and the other the kindred spirit of my imagination.

In tribute to Harper Lee, who died Friday, we would like to share a few of our favorite quotes from her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Books are filled with characters we love to hate, some because they’re evil and others because they’re simply plain annoying. With the spooky day coming up, which literary characters would you hate to take with you trick-or-treating?