Here’s How Many Books You Can Expect to Read Before You Die
By Michele Debczak Life is too short to suffer through a book you just don’t like. For proof of that, Literary Hub has done some...
11-year-old starts club for young black boys to see themselves in books
by Taryn Finley Sidney Keys III hopes Books N Bros can help promote literacy among his peers An 11-year-old from St. Louis wants to...
11 amazing hotels for book lovers
Planning a vacation? Escape reality—both literally and figuratively—by visiting one of these literary-inspired getaways. You’ll...
Before Amazon there was bookmobiles
15 rare photos of Libraries on wheels Long before Amazon, Audible, and other digital book distributors, bookmobiles were bringing...
This Little Bookworm Has Read More Than 1,000 Books — And She’s Only 4
By Taylor Pittman Georgia 4-year-old Daliyah Marie Arana has read more books than many adults. And what better way to celebrate her love...
Croatia is the First Country in the World to Become a Free Reading Zone
From today, all people within the borders of Croatia can read for free on the application Croatia Reads. Entrance to the virtual library...
This Is Not a Picture Book: An Irreverent Illustrated Ode to Why We Read
By Maria Popova “The object we call a book is not the real book, but its potential, like a musical score or seed,” Rebecca Solnit wrote...
Hundreds Of Children’s Book Authors Pledge To Combat Bigotry
By Claire Fallon This week, hundreds of children’s book authors and illustrators signed a pledge to use their art to fight bigotry and...
The Trials and Triumphs of Santorini’s Atlantis Books and the New Threat to Its Existence
By David Kamp I. FANTASY ISLAND Virtually everyone who has been fortunate enough to enjoy a holiday somewhere warm and beautiful has, at...
Giant flip books are hiding in the woods of New Hampshire
By Liz Stinson Tucked away in the forests of New Hampshire, somewhere just outside of Strafford, is a family of giant metal boxes. Each...
Time Is When: A Charming Vintage Children’s Book About the Most Perplexing Dimension of Existence
BY MARIA POPOVA “What is time? Things change, and time is how we keep track,” science writer James Gleick wrote in the final pages of...
How to watch movies and read books more intelligently, according to New York’s most powerful critics
By Thu-Huong Ha Sometimes it seems we’ll never get back to the blissful college days of doing nothing but reading, thinking, and...
This time lapse of 52,000 books being shelved is a bibliophile’s dream
By Maddie Crum Libraries aren’t quite what they used to be ― for better or for worse. Once homes for physical books, they’re now...
The 20 most influential books in history
What’s the most influential book you’ve ever read? For most of us, that’s a tough call to make. But that was the question put to the...