It’s that time of year when sharks are on our minds. Summer is filled with Shark Week content, viral reports of attacks, and shrieks on the beach when someone spots a fin in the water… from a dolphin.

Here are 23 of the best books of all time about sharks. It’s Shark Week on the Discovery channel starting July 7 and hosted by John Cena. So what better time to dive into some books about the monsters ...

In early July 1916, the Reading Times ran a series of wire stories about an epidemic of shark attacks off the coast of New Jersey. Four people were killed and one severely injured by sharks in the ...

The word ultimate — defined as the best achievable or imaginable of its kind — may be one of the most clichéd descriptives around, but it fits perfectly in the title of Brian Skerry’s book on sharks ...

Rochester Institute of Technology alumna and self-described “shark whisperer” Tamra Werner shares her love for the ocean in her debut children’s book, Koli’s Birthday Adventure: Koli the Great White ...

"The fish was about forty feet away from the woman, off to the side, when it turned suddenly to the left, dropped entirely below the surface, and with two quick thrusts of its tail, was upon her." The ...

Gavin Naylor receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Lenfest Foundation. Human fear of sharks has deep roots. Written works and art from the ancient world contain references to ...