By Richard Goodman—Of the three great faiths, Christianity is the odd man out. The $4.5 million Saint John’s Bible is the first illuminated manuscript Bible in 500 years, but scribes today still copy Korans and Torahs by hand.

By Rebecca Rego—Barry Edith Wharton’s library returns home after nearly seventy years.

By Clive Coy—How high can the market go for L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables?

By Amy Stewart—You buy an autograph letter from you favorite author. It comes in a dollar’s worth of plastic. Now what do you do?

By Nicholas Basbanes—The Poe collector of the century.

By Derek Hayes—Breaking news—looking for maps in magazines and newspapers.

By Richard Goodman—Heavenly Monkey honors tradition.

By Joel Silver—Thomas Jefferson’s secret code and other signs of ownership.

Karl Baden is a book collector, but he doesn’t usually play one on TV.

Murder at the Library of Congress, book designer Manolo Blahnik, and more.

Fine Pick: Two takes on the new anthology, Book Talk

Collecting cookbooks.

By Ian McKay—Beatrix Potter, Caldecott congratulations, Channel swimming, and more.