Libraries
This Lost Mozart Composition Hasn't Been Heard for Centuries. Now, You Can Listen to It
More than 250 years after a teenage Mozart wrote "Serenade in C," a copy of the piece has surfaced in the collections of a German library
The Brothers Grimm Did Much More Than Tell Fairy Tales
A recent discovery in a Polish library of 27 books that were thought to have been lost sheds light on the breadth of the German scholars' work
How the Soon-to-Reopen Folger Shakespeare Library Came to Be
A full 82 copies of Shakespeare’s First Folio will go on view as the renovated Washington, D.C. institution makes its debut
Overdue Book Returned to Colorado Library After 105 Years
The Fort Collins library waived the fine, which totaled over $14,000 when adjusted for inflation
A Book Bound With Human Skin Spent 90 Years in Harvard's Library. Now, the Binding Has Been Removed
In the late 19th century, a French physician took the skin, without consent, from a female psychiatric patient who had died
These Were the Most Challenged Books in America Last Year
Titles with LGBTQ themes dominated the American Library Association's newly released list
How Ben Franklin Invented the Library as We Know It
Books were rare and expensive in colonial America, but the founding father had an idea
Book Banning Attempts Are at Record Highs
A new report from the American Library Association found that the number of challenged titles increased by 65 percent in 2023
You Can Spend the Night in the Secret Library Tucked Inside St. Paul's Cathedral
Airbnb is offering two guests the chance to sleep amongst 22,000 books in an area normally off-limits to visitors
Public Libraries Reveal the Most Borrowed Books From 2023
Titles that appeared on multiple lists include "Lessons in Chemistry," "Spare" and "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow"
An Early Charlotte Brontë Story Speaks to the Author's Lifelong Fascination With the Supernatural
The 1830 account details an eerie encounter with a stranger who predicted the death of the writer's father
The Bible That Stopped a Bullet
In 1863, a New Testament tucked in the pocket of Union soldier Charles W. Merrill prevented a musket ball from mortally wounding him
Why Historical Markers Matter
Few realize that the approval process for these outdoor signs varies widely by state and organization, enabling unsanctioned displays to slip through
Trove of Rare Renaissance Books Could Fetch $25 Million at Auction
T. Kimball Brooker has amassed a collection of more than 1,300 texts from the 16th century
Why This School District Used A.I. to Help Determine Which Books to Ban
Iowa schools are struggling to comply with new laws banning books that aren't "age appropriate"
Readers Can Now Access Books Banned in Their Area for Free With New App
Based on users' locations, the Banned Book Club provides e-book editions of titles banned in nearby libraries
Stolen in the 1980s, a Rare Christopher Columbus Letter Returns to Italy
The document is among several missing copies of the letter to be recovered from the U.S. in recent years
In the 'Heart of the City,' a Tribute to Jay-Z
The Brooklyn Public Library is celebrating the rapper’s life and career in a new exhibition, "The Book of HOV"
Bought for 38 Cents, Rare Harry Potter Book Could Sell for Thousands
This first-edition copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is one of only 500 hardback copies printed
Leonardo da Vinci Sketches Go on Display in the U.S. for the First Time
Pages of the "Codex Atlanticus" provide a rare glimpse into the Renaissance icon's imagination and scientific prowess
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