Google "doodles" its logo every so often to reflect important dates in history, holidays, commemorate birthdays, etc. I was looking at the collection and noticed some book-related doodles:
HG Wells (War of the Worlds)
Hans Christen Andersen (fairy tales)
Agatha Christie (murder mysteries)
JM Barrie (Peter Pan)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince)
Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)
RL Stevenson (Treasure Island)
Go here for a look at the whole collection, and to read more about the doodles.