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Grumpy Librarian: Let's Go Essay-Wild!

Grumpy Librarian: Let's Go Essay-Wild!

Not Your Average Readers' Advice Column

By Caitlin Goodman | March 23, 2016

Five Books Making News This Week: Candidates, Winners, and Sellouts

Five Books Making News This Week: Candidates, Winners, and Sellouts

Paul Beatty, Sam Quinones, Ellen Fitzpatrick, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | March 22, 2016

The Staff Shelf: Octavia Books

The Staff Shelf: Octavia Books

What are booksellers reading?

By Interview with a Bookstore | March 22, 2016

Interview with a Bookstore: Octavia Books

Interview with a Bookstore: Octavia Books

Defying the Odds since 2000

By Interview with a Bookstore | March 21, 2016

Five Necessary French Books You Should Read

Five Necessary French Books You Should Read

Dominque Fabre on the Writers He Can't Stop Revisiting

By Dominique Fabre | March 18, 2016

What the Critics Picked: The NBCC Award Judges on the 30 Finalists

What the Critics Picked: The NBCC Award Judges on the 30 Finalists

Catch Up Before Tonight's Awards Ceremony

By Literary Hub | March 17, 2016

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30 Books in 30 Days: Karen Long on Paul Beatty

By Karen R. Long | March 17, 2016

Otto Penzler: What to Read in Mystery and Crime

By Otto Penzler | March 16, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days: Gregg Barrios on Valeria Luiselli

By Gregg Barrios | March 16, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days: Greg Barrios on Ada Limón

30 Books in 30 Days: Greg Barrios on Ada Limón

Counting the NBCC Award Finalists

By Gregg Barrios | March 16, 2016

Five Books Making News This Week: Innocents, Loners, and Existentialists

Five Books Making News This Week: Innocents, Loners, and Existentialists

Dana Spiotta, Helen Oyeyemi, Danielle Dutton, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | March 15, 2016

The Staff Shelf: Avid Bookshop

The Staff Shelf: Avid Bookshop

What are booksellers reading?

By Interview with a Bookstore | March 15, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days: Jane Ciabattari on Anthony Marra's <em>The Tsar of Love and Techno</em>

30 Books in 30 Days: Jane Ciabattari on Anthony Marra's The Tsar of Love and Techno

Counting Down the National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists

By Jane Ciabattari | March 15, 2016

Interview with a Bookstore:  Avid Bookshop

Interview with a Bookstore: Avid Bookshop

Want more friends? Open Up a Bookstore

By Interview with a Bookstore | March 14, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days: Terrance Hayes’ <em>How to Be Drawn</em> and Ta-Nehisi Coates’ <em>Between the World and Me</em>

30 Books in 30 Days: Terrance Hayes’ How to Be Drawn and Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me

COUNTING DOWN THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS FINALISTS

By Walton Muyumba | March 14, 2016

30 Books in 30 Days: Mark Rotella on Brian Seibert’s <em>What the Eye Hears</em>

30 Books in 30 Days: Mark Rotella on Brian Seibert’s What the Eye Hears

COUNTING DOWN THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS FINALISTS

By Mark Rotella | March 11, 2016

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