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Feast your eyes on this gorgeous Tokyo bookshop-slash-hotel.

Feast your eyes on this gorgeous Tokyo bookshop-slash-hotel.

By Walker Caplan | February 23, 2021

Own a Complete Set of the Paperback Experiment That Paved the Way for Penguin

Own a Complete Set of the Paperback Experiment That Paved the Way for Penguin

For Sale: A Tower of Rare Bonibooks

By Rebecca Rego Barry | February 22, 2021

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Feb. 22nd to Feb. 28th

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Feb. 22nd to Feb. 28th

Featuring Shayla Lawson, Lauren Oyler, Jason Reynolds, and More

By Kiki Nicole | February 22, 2021

What I desperately miss about the book industry’s best annual gathering.

What I desperately miss about the book industry’s best annual gathering.

By Jonny Diamond | February 19, 2021

Getting Lost in the Libraries of Paris Researching WWII

Getting Lost in the Libraries of Paris Researching WWII

Janet Skeslien Charles Finds Her Way to Her New Book 

By Janet Skeslien Charles | February 19, 2021

A library staffer has been fired for burning Trump and Ann Coulter books in his free time.

A library staffer has been fired for burning Trump and Ann Coulter books in his free time.

By Walker Caplan | February 17, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

How the Schomburg Center Became a Cultural Beacon and Harlem's Literary Sanctuary

By Kevin Young | February 17, 2021

No, Beinecke Library is not specially designed to suffocate humans in the event of a fire.

By Walker Caplan | February 16, 2021

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Feb. 15th to Feb. 21st

By Kiki Nicole | February 15, 2021

A Utah school district says a book about a transgender boy is

A Utah school district says a book about a transgender boy is "inappropriate," and we have questions.

By Vanessa Willoughby | February 12, 2021

This month, Frederick Douglass’s papers will be made available to the public.

This month, Frederick Douglass’s papers will be made available to the public.

By Walker Caplan | February 11, 2021

This North Carolina indie bookstore just got a Super Bowl-sized publicity boost.

This North Carolina indie bookstore just got a Super Bowl-sized publicity boost.

By Dan Sheehan | February 8, 2021

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Feb. 8th to Feb. 14th

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Feb. 8th to Feb. 14th

Featuring Ben Okri, Randa Jarrar, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and More

By Kiki Nicole | February 8, 2021

Furloughed Waterstones booksellers are petitioning their hedge fund owner for minimum wage.

Furloughed Waterstones booksellers are petitioning their hedge fund owner for minimum wage.

By Walker Caplan | February 3, 2021

How Istanbul’s Literature House Bridges a Divide in Contemporary Turkey

How Istanbul’s Literature House Bridges a Divide in Contemporary Turkey

Jan-Peter Westad on Kiraathane and the Power of a Meeting Place

By Jan-Peter Westad | February 3, 2021

A 68-year-old man has been banned from his local library for sharing an anti-Trump poem.

A 68-year-old man has been banned from his local library for sharing an anti-Trump poem.

By Walker Caplan | February 1, 2021

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