Police escort 2 men upset by library board chairman's book-banning list Public speaker weeps after meeting Book issues tied to President Trump executive order, 'not a law' Editor's note: This story ...

The racy book series behind HBO’s smash “Heated Rivalry” got a major Mamdani bump in readership over the weekend — after the mayor recommended snowed-in New Yorkers download one of the hot-and-heavy ...

A letter from Secretary of State Tre Hargett prompting public libraries across the state to submit a review of their collections has led to the removal of nearly 3,000 books in one county. The letter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A library spokesperson said the branch experienced a sprinkler malfunction. The branch will also be closed on Thursday, the ...

Staff at an Ohio library were shocked to discover a note alongside something else unexpected in an overdue book returned by a young girl. "I bit off more than I could chew by checking 11 books out," ...

Nearly 30 years after a dizzying sculpture fashioned from books was first installed at the Prague Municipal Library in the Czech Republic, literature lovers on TikTok and Instagram have turned the ...

The Burlington Public Library is closed until further notice due to technical issues. In a Facebook post, the library stated that it is experiencing unforeseen issues with its water system. Both the ...

Dimitris Economou was visiting his parents in Greece and looking for a book to read to his 7-year-old son when he found a copy of the children’s book “Harry the Dirty Dog” on his dad’s bookshelf. He ...

Did you resolve to read more books in 2026? We’ve got some inspiration: Now that 2025 is in the books, so to speak, local library systems are sharing their most borrowed titles of last year—which are ...

It's been a tough year for public libraries. In March, President Trump issued an executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency devoted to funding ...

Alabama readers love a good novel. All of the most commonly checked out books from public libraries in the state’s two largest counties were works of fiction. And many were parts of series. The most ...