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125TH ANNIVERSARY

125 Books We Love for Teens

Celebrate the power of books and reading with a new anniversary list featuring our all-time favorite YA titles.

Spotlight

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NYPL from Home

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Staff Picks

Written 140 years ago, this classic of Brazilian literature still feels bracingly modern.

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

Annemarie van Roessel

Assistant Curator

Chef Ashna Raje is paired up with her ex, soccer star Rico Silva, for a cooking reality show.

Recipe for Persuasion

Anne Rouyer

Young Adult Librarian

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New & Noteworthy

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming

László Krasznahork

Adult

Fiction

Death is Hard Work

Death Is Hard Work

Khaled Khalifa

Adult

Fiction

The Barefoot Woman

The Barefoot Woman

S. Mukasonga

Adult

Fiction

The Memory Police

The Memory Police

Yoko Ogawa

Adult

Fiction

Crossing

Crossing

Pajtim Statovci

Adult

Fiction

The Collector of Leftover Souls

The Collector of Leftover Souls

Eliane Brum

Adult

Nonfiction

Space Invaders

Space Invaders

Nona Fernández

Adult

Fiction

Will and Testament

Will and Testament

Vigdis Hjorth

Adult

Fiction

When Death Takes Something from You Give it Back

When Death Takes Something From You Give it Back

Naja Marie Aidt

Adult

Nonfiction

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

Adult

Fiction

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Updates

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