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What Banned Books Can Teach Us: Building an LGBTQ Picture Book Library for Pride 

What Banned Books Can Teach Us: Building an LGBTQ Picture Book Library for Pride 

Jess deCourcy Hinds on Finding Stories For Her Queer Family

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | June 1, 2023

Channing Tatum dropped some sparkle onto Books Are Magic.

Channing Tatum dropped some sparkle onto Books Are Magic.

By Janet Manley | May 31, 2023

The Village Bookstore: Alba Donati on Returning to Her Rural Tuscan Roots

The Village Bookstore: Alba Donati on Returning to Her Rural Tuscan Roots

“Ideas don’t just spring out of nothing—they smolder, ferment, crowd our mind while we sleep.”

By Alba Donati | May 31, 2023

Just a few hateful parents are responsible for most of the book challenges in America.

Just a few hateful parents are responsible for most of the book challenges in America.

By Jonny Diamond | May 23, 2023

Good news: there are more bookstores in the US this year than last.

Good news: there are more bookstores in the US this year than last.

By Jonny Diamond | May 22, 2023

Only in Florida: couple steals rare books, vintage comics, AND endangered tortoises.

Only in Florida: couple steals rare books, vintage comics, AND endangered tortoises.

By Jonny Diamond | May 19, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • On Morrison
  • Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour
  • So Old, So Young
  • Rebel English Academy
  • A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
  • Evil Genius

Hong Kong neck-and-neck with Florida in bookbanning competition.

By Jonny Diamond | May 18, 2023

Why a Small-Town Record Store in Rural Pennsylvania Was My First Library

By Jolene McIlwain | May 18, 2023

Kelly McMasters on Starting a Bookstore to Save Her Marriage

By Kelly McMasters | May 9, 2023

Chinese man builds bookstore on a mountaintop. Yes, he’s a poet.

Chinese man builds bookstore on a mountaintop. Yes, he’s a poet.

By Jonny Diamond | May 8, 2023

Meet the owners of the newest bookstore in Brooklyn.

Meet the owners of the newest bookstore in Brooklyn.

By Emily Firetog | May 8, 2023

Libraries and Loss: How Our Books (Don’t) Travel With Us

Libraries and Loss: How Our Books (Don’t) Travel With Us

Nasser Al-Dhafiri on Building and Rebuilding His Personal Library

By Nasser Al-Dhafiri and Nashwa Nasreldin | May 8, 2023

This Alaska bookstore in Sarah Palin’s hometown isn’t backing down about its drag story time.

This Alaska bookstore in Sarah Palin’s hometown isn’t backing down about its drag story time.

By Jonny Diamond | May 4, 2023

10 of the Best Indie Bookstores in the World

10 of the Best Indie Bookstores in the World

(According to the Lit Hub Staff)

By Emily Temple | April 28, 2023

If he were alive today, would former librarian Mao Zedong be a men’s rights YouTube star?

If he were alive today, would former librarian Mao Zedong be a men’s rights YouTube star?

By Jonny Diamond | April 25, 2023

Moronic anti-LGBTQ bullies kicked out of Barnes and Noble.

Moronic anti-LGBTQ bullies kicked out of Barnes and Noble.

By Jonny Diamond | April 20, 2023

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