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  • On Now! NYPL's World Lit Fest

    WLF2024
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  • Emily Wilson: Reading The Iliad ft. Ben Shenkman & Morgan Spector

    Tues, Apr 30 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Emily Wilson headshot, book cover of The Iliad

  • Neel Mukherjee & Hanya Yanagihara

    Thurs, May 2 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Neel Mukherjee with the cover of Choice.

  • Get Lit April Book Club: Stephen Graham Jones

    Mon, Apr 29 | 6 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

    Cover of My Heart Is a Chainsaw with a black and white photo of Stephen Graham Jones.

  • Emily Wilson: Reading The Iliad ft. Ben Shenkman & Morgan Spector

    Tues, Apr 30 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Emily Wilson headshot, book cover of The Iliad

  • Neel Mukherjee & Hanya Yanagihara

    Thurs, May 2 | 7 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online

    Neel Mukherjee with the cover of Choice.
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In the Collection

  • Dearborn

    Ghassan Zeineddine

    AdultFiction
    Dearborn: Stories

  • The Spy and I

    Tiana Smith

    AdultFiction
    The Spy and I

  • Theophanies

    Sarah Ghazal Ali

    AdultPoetry
    Theophanies: Poems

  • A Gardener at the End of the World

    Margot Anne Kelley

    AdultNon-Fiction
    a gardener at the end of the world

  • Off-White

    Astrid Roemer

    AdultFiction
    off-white

  • Thirst

    Marina Yuszcuk

    AdultFiction
    thirst

  • The Word Detective

    J.A. Simpson

    AdultNon-Fiction
    the word detective

  • He Should Have Told the Bees

    Amanda Cox

    AdultFiction
    he should have told the bees

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  • Our Favorite Poetry Books of 2024, So Far...

    Fifteen superb new poetry collections for Poetry Month. 

     


     

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  • What To Read While You Wait for 'Funny Story' by Emily Henry

    Over 20 titles with similar tropes as Funny Story including roommates-to-romance, fake relationships, and opposites attract.

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