This week on the bookish internet

• Tammy Tarng asked mystery writers about the favorite murder they ever wrote. (The New York Times)
• Alvin Schwartz—the man who wrote Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark—was a folklorist! (Daily JSTOR)
• Patti Miller talks about something that a lot of us left behind in childhood: the joy of being read aloud to. (The Guardian)
• Sylvia Arthur set up a subscription library in Accra and it sounds amazing! (LitHub)
• Andrea J. Johnson has some very pointed examples of how white authors go wrong when they try to add ethnically diverse characters to their stories. (Litreactor)
• Travelers share the notes they’ve found in books left behind by other travelers. (Atlas Obscura)
• Lori Gottlieb reflects on practicing bibliotherapy, which is much more of an art than a science. (The New York Times)