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50 YEARS OF HIP-HOP

Just Dropped! NYPL's Special-Edition Hip-Hop Library Card

Don't miss a beat! Visit one of our branches today to get your own limited-edition hip-hop library card—while supplies last.

Spotlight

  • Celebrate 50 Years of Hip-Hop with Events & More

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What's On

  • Author Talks & Conversations

  • Exhibitions

  • Kids & Teens

  • Other Events

  • Book Signing: The Spectacular by Fiona Davis

    Tues, Jul 25 | 2–3 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

    Fiona Davis with the cover of The Spectacular.

  • Rooftop Happy Hour with the Whiting Foundation

    Thurs, Jul 27 | 5:30–7:30 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

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  • Join Us! Summer at the Library

    Ongoing

    Participating Locations

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  • Book Signing: The Spectacular by Fiona Davis

    Tues, Jul 25 | 2–3 PM

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

    Fiona Davis with the cover of The Spectacular.

  • Rooftop Happy Hour with the Whiting Foundation

    Thurs, Jul 27 | 5:30–7:30 PM

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

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  • Size

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  • Titanium Noir

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  • Our Migrant Souls

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  • The Monster's We Defy

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  • Chorus

    Rebecca Kauffman

    AdultFiction
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  • The Vanished Birds

    Simon Jimenez

    AdultFiction
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  • All That Is Wicked

    Kate Winkler Dawson

    AdultNon-fiction
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  • M.o.m.: Mother of Madness

    Emilia Clarke

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From Our Blog

  • Read the Original: Recent & Upcoming Book Adaptations You Won't Want To Miss

    Romances, legal dramas, horror, biography, graphic novels, and more!

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  • Library Way Turns 25: A Look Back With Sculptor Gregg LeFevre

    "Getting someone hurtling along to stop in their tracks is real success."

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