In a special message for I Love Libraries, author Andy Weir—the mind behind the bestselling sci-fi book “Project Hail Mary,” which has been adapted for the big screen in a new film starring Ryan Gosling—shares his love for the library and its limitless offerings and opportunities.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Tony Miksanek’s review of “The Unconscious: A Cultural History from Hippocrates to Philip K. Dick and Beyond” by Antonio Melechi, first published January 27, 2026, at Booklist Online.
The acclaimed drama “The Pitt” brought home two awards this weekend at the Actor Awards— Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for star Noah Wyle—and we’d like to think the show’s on-set library played a role.
Shake up your podcast feed with an audiobook recommended by our friends at Booklist, the American Library Association’s book review publication! Fiction, nonfiction, self-help, memoir, and more all make great listening for podcast fans.
The New York Public Library recently hosted filmmaker Guillermo del Toro for a tour the library’s Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle to explore and experience some of the historical materials in the collection related to Mary Shelley and “Frankenstein.”
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Tony Miksanek’s review of “Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds” by Scott Solomon, first published February 1, 2026, in Booklist.
Libraries and schools across the country are experiencing unprecedented levels of attempts to ban or remove books from their shelves. I Love Libraries will continue to raise awareness by highlighting attempts to censor library materials, as well as efforts by librarians, parents, students, and concerned citizens to push back against them. This update includes news from New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Utah, as well as a look at an Ohio author who’s fighting back against book bans.
February is Library Lovers Month, and to celebrate, audiobook company Libro.fm is giving a free audiobook credit to anyone who donates $15 or more to the American Library Association (ALA) or their local public library or library Friends group now through February 28.
On the afternoon of July 16, 1960, eight African American students bravely filed into the whites-only Greenville County (S.C.) Public Library and sat down in the reading room to look at newspapers and books. One of those students was a young Jesse Jackson—later to become famous as a civil rights activist and minister—who was home in Greenville on summer break from the University of Illinois.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Allison Escoto’s review of “Paule Marshall: A Writer’s Life” by Mary Helen Washington, first published February 1, 2026, in Booklist.
In the midst of the Civil Rights era in America, librarians were battling for and against segregated libraries in the South, however they were also battling over integration within their own ranks. Integration of the library profession was a long process that started in the early 20th century.
Funded by ALA’s American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries, Alpha Park Public Library’s “Stories from the Bowen Building” podcast series dives into the fascinating history of the Peoria (Ill.) State Hospital, which closed in 1973.
In episode 30 of the “How I Library” podcast, show host and I Love Libraries editor Phil Morehart speaks with musician and author Jon King from the legendary post-punk band Gang of Four about his new memoir, “To Hell with Poverty! A Class Act: Inside the Gang of Four.”
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Donna Seaman’s review of “Bread of Angels” by Patti Smith, first published January 6, 2026, on Booklist Online.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its historic flagship Central Library, Los Angeles Public Library dug into its roots—literally—to uncover a time capsule that was placed in the library’s cornerstone during its original construction.
If you’re NPR fanatics like all of us here at I Love Libraries, you were most likely overjoyed to hear librarian, Reading Rainbow host, and honorary chair of this year’s National Library Week Mychal Threets on its quiz show, “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!,” this weekend.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Sharon Rawlins’s review of “Friedel and Gina: A True Story of Sisterhood and Survival During the Holocaust” by Jeremy Dronfield, first published February 1, 2026, in Booklist.
The Illinois Fire Service Institute Library in Champaign, Illinois, provides fire and emergency library and information assistance to the Fire Institute’s instructional staff, students, and more than 1,000 Illinois fire departments and 42,000 Illinois firefighters. Through ALA’s American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries, the library is creating the Children Fire Safety Literacy Reading and Discussion Program, which uses history, biography, and fiction to teach children about fire safety.
Booklist selects 12 vivid and thoughtful memoirs that bring us into the lives of Black families and share deeply resonant experiences of hardships and healing, dreams and accomplishments.
In a special message for I Love Libraries, author Andy Weir—the mind behind the bestselling sci-fi book “Project Hail Mary,” which has been adapted for the big screen in a new film starring Ryan Gosling—shares his love for the library and its limitless offerings and opportunities.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Tony Miksanek’s review of “The Unconscious: A Cultural History from Hippocrates to Philip K. Dick and Beyond” by Antonio Melechi, first published January 27, 2026, at Booklist Online.
The acclaimed drama “The Pitt” brought home two awards this weekend at the Actor Awards— Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for star Noah Wyle—and we’d like to think the show’s on-set library played a role.
Shake up your podcast feed with an audiobook recommended by our friends at Booklist, the American Library Association’s book review publication! Fiction, nonfiction, self-help, memoir, and more all make great listening for podcast fans.
The New York Public Library recently hosted filmmaker Guillermo del Toro for a tour the library’s Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle to explore and experience some of the historical materials in the collection related to Mary Shelley and “Frankenstein.”
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Tony Miksanek’s review of “Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds” by Scott Solomon, first published February 1, 2026, in Booklist.
Libraries and schools across the country are experiencing unprecedented levels of attempts to ban or remove books from their shelves. I Love Libraries will continue to raise awareness by highlighting attempts to censor library materials, as well as efforts by librarians, parents, students, and concerned citizens to push back against them. This update includes news from New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Utah, as well as a look at an Ohio author who’s fighting back against book bans.
February is Library Lovers Month, and to celebrate, audiobook company Libro.fm is giving a free audiobook credit to anyone who donates $15 or more to the American Library Association (ALA) or their local public library or library Friends group now through February 28.
On the afternoon of July 16, 1960, eight African American students bravely filed into the whites-only Greenville County (S.C.) Public Library and sat down in the reading room to look at newspapers and books. One of those students was a young Jesse Jackson—later to become famous as a civil rights activist and minister—who was home in Greenville on summer break from the University of Illinois.
For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication, we have Allison Escoto’s review of “Paule Marshall: A Writer’s Life” by Mary Helen Washington, first published February 1, 2026, in Booklist.
