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Author Talks & Conversations
- Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month
  Through May, 2022
  Various Locations
- Civic Education & Democracy in Crisis
  Mon, May 23 | 6:30 PM
  Online
- New Yorker Treasures: John Hersey & "Hiroshima"
  Tues, May 24 | 6 PM
  Stephen A. Schwarzman Building & Online
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  Wed, May 25 | 6:30 PM
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Staff Picks

This book pushes the boundaries of horror to new levels. Sometimes the most horrifying things are people, not the supernatural.

Apt Pupil

Alma Sakic

Grand Concourse

On assignment to protect a city in a remote corner of the universe, Green Lantern Sojourner "Jo" Mullein must unravel a conspiracy.

Far Sector

Althea Georges

Muhlenberg

New & Noteworthy

Incense and Sensibility

Incense and Sensibility

Sonali Dev

Adult

Fiction

Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong

Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong

Louisa Lim

Adult

Nonfiction

When Women Were Dragons

When Women Were Dragons

Kelly Barnhill

Adult

Fiction

Scary Monsters

Michelle deKretser

Adult

Fiction

Six Walks : In the Footsteps of Thoreau

Six Walks : In the Footsteps of Thoreau

Ben Shattuck

Adult

Nonfiction

In Sensorium

Tanaïs

Adult

Nonfiction

Love Marriage

Monica Ali

Adult

Fiction

True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson

True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson

Kostya Kennedy

Adult

Nonfiction

Bullet Train

Kotaro Isaka

Adult

Fiction

A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World Without Humans

Pierce and Bekoff

Adult

Nonfiction

From Our Blog

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Picture Books To Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month

These books celebrate the rich cultural traditions of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in New York and around the world.

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Gear Up for a Great Read: Pulitzer-Winning Books of 2022

The honored books include a comedic campus novel, a powerful story of poverty and resilience, and a sweeping history of Cuba.

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