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Watch President Biden award Colson Whitehead, Amy Tan their National Humanities Medals today.

Watch President Biden award Colson Whitehead, Amy Tan their National Humanities Medals today.

By Janet Manley | March 21, 2023

Madame Bovary">Tara Westover on Rachel Cusk, Jennifer Egan, and <emMadame Bovary">

Madame Bovary">Tara Westover on Rachel Cusk, Jennifer Egan, and Madame Bovary

Educated">Rapid-fire book recs from the author of Educated

By Book Marks | February 7, 2022

The DNA of Storytelling: Making the Case for Messy Family Books

The DNA of Storytelling: Making the Case for Messy Family Books

Tracey Lange on the Complicated, Raw Emotional Chaos of Familial Histories

By Tracey Lange | August 4, 2021

Casting “Place” as a Character: On the Essence of Rural America

Casting “Place” as a Character: On the Essence of Rural America

Beyond Hillbilly Elegy">Gigi Georges Recommends Nonfiction that Moves
Beyond Hillbilly Elegy

By Gigi Georges | May 27, 2021

TIME's list of 2020's most influential people. . . again.">There's only one novelist on <emTIME's list of 2020's most influential people. . . again.">

TIME's list of 2020's most influential people. . . again.">There's only one novelist on TIME's list of 2020's most influential people. . . again.

By Emily Temple | September 23, 2020

Tara Westover: Why Tell Your Story Now?

Tara Westover: Why Tell Your Story Now?

Educated in Conversation with Roxanne Coady on the Just the Right Book Podcast">The Author of Educated in Conversation with Roxanne Coady on the Just the Right Book Podcast

By Just the Right Book | May 28, 2020

Best Reviewed
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  • Joyride: A Memoir
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  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

Here are the books New Yorkers are borrowing from the library while sheltering in place.

By Corinne Segal | April 15, 2020

Tara Westover on What It Meant to Leave Her Faith

By Thresholds | April 1, 2020

Little Women: A Reading List for Bookish Girls">Beyond Little Women: A Reading List for Bookish Girls

By Janice Hadlow | March 31, 2020

These are 2019's most-borrowed digital books.

These are 2019's most-borrowed digital books.

By Jessie Gaynor | January 8, 2020

100 Books That Defined the Decade

100 Books That Defined the Decade

For good, for bad, for ugly.

By Emily Temple | December 28, 2019

These were the most checked-out books in the New York City library system in 2019.

These were the most checked-out books in the New York City library system in 2019.

By Aaron Robertson | December 19, 2019

Open Secrets at the PEN World Voices Festival

Open Secrets at the PEN World Voices Festival

Contemporary Writers on the Crucial Merging of the Personal and the Public in Literature and Politics

By Matt Grant | May 7, 2019

31 Books in 30 Days: Katherine A. Powers on Tara Westover

31 Books in 30 Days: Katherine A. Powers on Tara Westover

Counting Down the 2018 NBCC Prize Nominees

By Literary Hub | March 12, 2019

The Ultimate Best Books of 2018 List

The Ultimate Best Books of 2018 List

AKA the Nerdiest Popularity Contest of All Time

By Emily Temple | December 29, 2018

Literary Disco's Best Books We Read This Year"><emLiterary Disco's Best Books We Read This Year">

Literary Disco's Best Books We Read This Year">Literary Disco's Best Books We Read This Year

Book Love from Julia Pistell, Tod Goldberg, and Rider Strong

By Literary Disco | December 11, 2018

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