Avid readers love to stumble across a real gem of a book for reading several times over.

It’s almost that time of year again. We’ll soon know who is going to play in the World Series. Will the Cubs repeat or will it be another 108 years until we once again know the joy of victory?

This book’s introduction illuminates the question:  What makes a Victorian ghost story Victorian? 

The long awaited first novel from George Saunders--a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented.

Part of the success of stories like IT is the transformation of something innocent or mundane--like a clown--and making it unspeakably evil.

Have you picked out who you’re going to see at the Southern Festival of Books October 13-15?
The festival is free and open to the public, and sessions take place at the Main Library and War Memorial Auditorium.

Last week, libraries nationwide celebrated Banned Books week.
This week, Nashville Public Library uniquely celebrates BAND Books.

Tom Petty, composer of the soundtrack to a generation of baby boomers—and beyond—died yesterday.

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