Don’t get us wrong. We love Powell’s, The Strand, Rizzoli, Shakespeare & Company, and all the other great bookstores of the world. And...

In a hilly neighborhood in northern Manhattan, there’s a beloved seating area at the top of a steep public staircase connecting the...

Long gone are the days of the local public library as a quiet repository of books and newspapers – dormant except for the occasional...

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One of the simplest joys of life is curling up with a good book. To be transported – or even lost – inside a gripping mystery or horror...

The stunning new public library building in Aarhus, Denmark, seems to float above the shining sea of the city’s revitalized waterfront....

One thing we’ve learned to appreciate over the past year is the nurturing need to nest. Not just the act of staying safe and healthy at...

Local libraries and nonprofits have been in the business of lending free things to the public forever – not just books, but also...