Ernest Hemingway once said, “When writing a novel, a writer should create living people; people, not characters. A character is a caricature.” Good characterization invites the reader to pers...
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The horror novels on this list are among the earliest written. In fact, we begin with the first novel of the genre. Some of these works are by English or British writers, others by their Irish, S...
https://listverse.com/2024/03/19/10-early-horror-novels-with-intriguing-backstories/
Reading books is a great way to learn new things, but when we think of educational literature, the image that most commonly springs to mind is that of dusty old textbooks. Reading for educational...
https://listverse.com/2024/03/08/top-10-historical-fiction-novels-that-entertain-and-educate/
Do you feel like you’re getting up there in years? Maybe you haven’t achieved as much as you were hoping to accomplish by this point in your life? Perhaps you look around at your friends, fam...
https://listverse.com/2024/03/05/10-world-famous-writers-who-first-found-fame-after-45/
Welcome, fellow magical enthusiasts, to a journey through the corridors of the Wizarding World. As we don our cloaks and brandish a wand, we delve into the top ten Wizarding World mysteries that ...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is well known for creating the famous character Sherlock Holmes and has thus become, like Holmes, a name known by everyone on the planet. His famed character became truly l...
https://listverse.com/2024/02/06/10-surprising-facts-about-sir-arthur-conan-doyle/
Ernest Hemingway is one of the most legendary writers to come out of the twentieth century. His no-nonsense prose, acute observation, and Lost Generation skepticism concretize his novels as some ...
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Authors use their skills to investigate the world around them and the people that populate it. That includes their deaths. Many fiction authors have doled out extraordinary demises to their chara...
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American poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe is a giant of American literature. The dark, brooding atmosphere of works such as “The Raven” and “Fall of the House of Usher,” the dread and fear...
https://listverse.com/2024/01/04/10-surprising-things-about-edgar-allan-poe/
The children’s books on this list are about as far from Goodnight, Moon as you can get. Forget cozy tales of friendly animals and gentle life lessons. Today, we’re exploring a few books that ...
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