Biblio File
#FridayReads Roundup: Summer in the City
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When 'The Man' Wins
Inspired by a reader’s comment on our Angry Birds post, we’re thinking about books where the non-underdogs—a.k.a., those little round pigs with the helmets—wind up on top.
NYPL Recommends: New YA Comics & Graphic Novels
Check out our Best Books for Teens committee's favorite new comics and graphic novels.
New York Times Read Alikes: June 26, 2016
If you are among the many readers who read one of these five titles and want more of the same adventure or romance or thrills, here are some suggestions for you.
Water, Water, Everywhere... Except Not
Quite a bit of excellent nonfiction has been written about water scarcity; this list presents recent fiction about dystopian visions of a too-dry future.
Lynn is reading Gap of Time by the Jeanette Winterson.
Gwen is reading Little Labors by Rivka Galchen and taking a towering stack of books with her on vacation next week.
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