Blog Posts by Subject: Fiction

The famed cartoonist may have loved our recommendations of spooky books for your littlest goblins.

Looking for something mysterious and spooky for kids? You've come to the right place...

Settle into summer with a great book and the song or album that fits perfectly, in this extensive series of paired recommendations from our NYPL staff.

If you loved watching Babylon Berlin, or wish to know more about German culture and history, this list is for you.

Love English literature, but don't know the difference between a barouche and a carriage? Wonder no longer!

If your heart is still pounding from director-star John Krasinski's thriller, we have some reading suggestions for you.

The page meets the screen with Reel to Read, a curated series of independent and classic cinema. These free screenings, hand-picked by local authors and film experts, include a Recommended Reads list inspired by the movies.

The page meets the screen at REEL TO READ, a curated series of independent and classic cinema. These free screenings, hand-picked by local authors and film experts, include a Recommended Reads list based on the movie.

Since we could all probably use a little hocus pocus in our lives, here is a list of books filled with witches, romance, magic, and autumn leaves.

Romance is the only genre where you essentially know the ending: two people will end up together. The who, what, where, and how of the story, however, are all up for grabs.

May’s Open Book Night was one filled with tales of truly wacky families, plays and novels that have been adapted into films, and many, many questions.

This month we checked out fiction bestsellers in Belgium, Brazil, Finland, Peru, and Taiwan and found a mixture of novels by local authors, translations of international bestsellers, and some poetry.

Here are some vivid representations of the New York immigrant experience in fiction, as well as a few memoirs and biographies of New Yorkers past and present, who arrived here from all over the world and made their mark on our city.

Are you interested in what people around the world are reading? Travel the bestseller lists with us! This month we checked out bestsellers in Colombia, Egypt, Greece, Ireland, and Malaysia.

An informal, devoted group of readers discuss books we have read or are reading—based on a loose theme—each month.

Which fiction titles topped the charts around the world last year? We looked at bestseller lists for 2016 from nine other countries.

Cornwall is a never-ending feast for the eyes: here are 13 romance novels guaranteed to transport you to those dream-laden shores.

Last month when we gathered for Open Book Night, our theme was food and celebration. Oysters came up several times as well as some fictional meals that were far from celebratory. We heard about favorite cookbooks and food memoirs and a few titles readers really enjoyed that had little to do with food but fit the mood.

This month, we took a close look at the bestseller lists in Canada, Dominican Republic, Israel, Portugal, and Turkey to see what fiction titles are popular with readers there.