The New York Public Library

September is Library Card Sign-up Month

Your library card is your key to all 92 locations of The New York Public Library plus e-books and streaming movies right on your device.

What's Happening

Exhibitions
Author Talks & Conversations
Performing Arts & Films
Other Events

Exhibitions
- Black Power!
  Through Dec 30
  Schomburg Center
- Hilary Knight’s Stage Struck World
  Through Oct 14
  Library for the Performing Arts
- ESOPUS and Marco Maggi present “Drawing Set”
  Through Oct 2
  Jefferson Market Library
- Picturing the City: Illustrated Maps of NYC
  Open through April 18, 2018
  Schwarzman Building

Learn Something New

Staff Picks

These widows are more than they seem. Funny, thought-provoking, and heartwarming.

Sarah Spanburgh

Librarian

Best friends, bullying, cliques, popularity, and more. Totally relatable for girls of all ages!

Susie Heimbach

Librarian

New & Noteworthy

A Boy in Winter

Rachel Seiffert

Adult

Fiction

The Vengeance of Mothers

Jim Fergus

Adult

Historical Fiction

The New Annotated Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Adult

Horror

Where the Past Begins

Amy Tan

Adult

Memoir

The Wrong Way to Save Your Life

Megan Stielstra

Adult

Essays

Dream Fall

Amy Plum

Teens

Horror

Between Two Skies

Joanne O'Sullivan

Teens

Fiction

The Great American Foot Race

Andrew Speno

Teens

Nonfiction

The Thing Lou Couldn't Do

Ashley Spires

Kids

Picture Book

Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen

Debbi Michiko

Kids

Fiction

From Our Blog

Banned Books Week 2017

For Banned Books Week this year, join the Library in standing up for freedom of information.

Lynn Lobash

Manager of Reader Services

Atul Gawande & Elizabeth Alexander

Atul Gawande and Elizabeth Alexander discuss their two powerful books on death, loss, and the limits of modern medicine.

September is Library Card Sign-up Month

What's Happening

Exhibitions

Learn Something New

Staff Picks

New & Noteworthy

From Our Blog

Updates