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It's Lit!
Why did they make me read this in High School?
Season 1
Episode 6
What makes a book important? Why are some books required reading in high school, while others are lost to history?
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What is ghostwriting and why does it exist?

7:43
Get to know the story behind some of literature’s most iconic book covers.

6:00
Fantasy novels are more than just hundreds of pages worth of swords and magic!

5:53
Love it or hate it, the romance novel is the highest grossing literary genre.

6:10
The origin story of science fiction is shaped throughout several centuries.

5:43
Lindsay Ellis explores how Young Adult Fiction carved a place in publishing .

5:29
Which is better, the book or the movie?