The books come from its list of best titles of the year and will be available at three flagship library branches. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out why the New York ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The NYPL is offering unlimited e-book access for some of their best-of-the-year titles Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant ...

If the library system in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario, handed out fines for overdue books, the one for a recently returned tome titled “The Excellent Woman” would be a whopper. The Victorian ...

A library in Lufkin is continuing a program that allows community members to borrow more than just books from the library.

When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...

The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of public libraries MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The board ...

Friends of the Modesto Library announced its fundraising campaign for library improvements has reached a $3 million goal.

The beloved novel Porgy quietly turned 100 years old this year, nearly unnoticed by the literati. It’s a Charleston story of sex, drugs and violence in a fictional Gullah tenement that inspired global ...

The Grammy winner, now a scholar in residence at U.S.C., is expanding a one-of-a-kind library featuring rare books by writers of color. (Just mind the due date.) By Gina Cherelus On Tuesday evening, a ...

The Stokely Memorial Library in Newport officially reopened on Monday after flooding damage from Hurricane Helene forced it ...

Next July, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding, a milestone set to be celebrated across the country. American history will serve as the centerpiece of many of these ...

Renderings for the new Grand Concourse Library in the Bronx. Photo: Secchi Smith Renderings for the new Grand Concourse Library in the Bronx. Photo: Secchi Smith The 65-year-old Grand Concourse ...