The New York Public Library is proud to present our Best Books of 2024. Our annual recommendations of the best books for adults, kids, and teens, curated by our expert staff and librarians, encompass ...

November 26, 2024 —The New York Public Library announced today its Best Books of 2024, a curated list of more than 200 recommended titles published this year for children, teens, and adults.

The novels and nonfiction we couldn’t stop thinking about this year—and in a year like this one, that’s saying something.

If you're searching for some wonderful books this holiday to give to an animal-loving kid, here are my family's five favorite ...

Serious reading — sitting down in a quiet place, undisturbed, for a few hours with a text like “Walden” — takes students away ...

Luana Mitten, founder of BeaLu Books, a Florida-based independent children’s book publisher, advocates for a fresh approach ...

Whole-class novels just aren’t working: Some students will always be uninterested in a teacher’s choice, and perceive the ...

Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she ...

As far as Phoebe Davis is concerned, love is to be avoided at all costs. Why would you spend your life worrying about something that turns you into a complete moron? If her best friend Polly is ...

Easy (and fun!) ways to read more books While we all know the benefits of reading, the reality is that life gets hectic.

There's a chill in the air, the leaves are crunchy underfoot and the Halloween decorations are beginning to give ... One of those ways is reading books by Native and Indigenous authors that ...

The Campbell County Public Library system's board voted last week to disband its "new adult" section. Many visitors took that to mean new books for adults, but the section actually shelved ...