The Booksellers’ Year in Reading: Part 1

The Booksellers’ Year in Reading: Part 1

We Asked the Best Readers We Know What Books
Stayed With Them This Year

By Literary Hub | December 24, 2019

The (Quiet) Death of a Legendary Parisian Bookstore

The (Quiet) Death of a Legendary Parisian Bookstore

Inside the Last Days of Le Pont Traversé

By Lenka Hudakova | December 20, 2019

Letter from a Bookseller Upon the Death of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison

Letter from a Bookseller Upon the Death of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison

Sheryl Cotleur of Copperfield's Books Remembers
an Icon We Lost This Year

By Sheryl Cotleur | December 20, 2019

George R.R. Martin opens bookstore next to his movie theater in Santa Fe.

George R.R. Martin opens bookstore next to his movie theater in Santa Fe.

By Jonny Diamond | December 16, 2019

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Chicago

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Chicago

Lynn Haller Suggests Live Lit, Bookstores with Dogs, and
a Little Spot Called the Hideout

By Lynn Haller | December 10, 2019

Telling the Story of Zimbabwe's Subversive Creatives

Telling the Story of Zimbabwe's Subversive Creatives

The Brooklyn Public Library Showcases Artists Who Defied Authoritarian Rule

By Greta Rainbow | December 4, 2019

Best Reviewed
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  • Stations
  • West of Loveland
  • Castles: A Fortified History of the World
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  • Gloria Don't Speak
  • The Heights
  • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

This class on 'adulting' at a Virginia library looks ridiculous and I want to take it.

By Corinne Segal | December 3, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn vows to protect libraries from forces of doom.

By Dan Sheehan | November 27, 2019

Here’s the 100 Best Books of the Year list you should care about.

By Jonny Diamond | November 26, 2019

A former Illinois library will become a very, very scary-looking doll museum.

A former Illinois library will become a very, very scary-looking doll museum.

By Corinne Segal | November 21, 2019

4 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Pittsburgh

4 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Pittsburgh

Kristofer Collins: Pittsburgh is... Littsburgh?

By Kristofer Collins | November 14, 2019

Here's why you should preorder all your books from independent bookstores.

Here's why you should preorder all your books from independent bookstores.

By Katie Yee | November 8, 2019

Florida men deny smalltown library access to the <em>New York Times</em> online, citing “fake news.”

Florida men deny smalltown library access to the New York Times online, citing “fake news.”

By Jonny Diamond | November 5, 2019

Read this great historical profile of one of Kansas City's first black-owned bookstores, The Hub!

Read this great historical profile of one of Kansas City's first black-owned bookstores, The Hub!

By Jonny Diamond | November 4, 2019

Fires and power outages plague California indie booksellers.

Fires and power outages plague California indie booksellers.

By Dan Sheehan | October 30, 2019

The Strangest Questions Ever Asked of New York City Librarians

The Strangest Questions Ever Asked of New York City Librarians

Is It True There's No Such Thing as a Stupid Question?

By New York Publc Library | October 28, 2019

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