When young people see themselves in the books they read, it can be life-changing—and so can reading about characters with very different lives. This list of picture books, historical fiction, ...

“Harry Potter” is coming to life in two major ways: HBO’s upcoming TV series and Audible’s narrated audiobooks of all seven of J.K. Rowling’s novels. While HBO’s and Audible’s casts are both ...

Carol Danvers is one of Marvel’s greatest characters, having started her superhero career as Ms. Marvel. Since then, she’s become one of the most important Avengers of them all, taken up the mantle of ...

The Lord of the Rings is a masterful epic, whether you're talking about the books or the movies. But there was a reason J.R.R. Tolkien was against a film adaptation. And it's true that Peter Jackson ...

Melanie Walsh is an assistant professor in the Information School and an adjunct assistant professor in the English department at the University of Washington. She uses data to analyze contemporary ...

In Memoriam is one of two new books for World of Darkness that flesh out character histories. Back story is an important part of any role playing game character. Done well, it can provide story ideas, ...

The TV show You is adapted from Caroline Kepnes' novels, but the series alters several details in the narrative, characters, and tone from the novels. The books and the series center on Joe Goldberg, ...

The Wheel of Time season three is firing on all cylinders, giving us new locations and raising the stakes. The series has continued to expand its world and the cultures shown within it, giving us a ...

Given the number of issues, PRs and comments that concern questions about percent-encoding, the "Character encoding" section needs to be clarified. Related: Remove section on Character Encoding #389 ...