Shelf Help Request

Shelf Help

Shelf Help is The New York Public Library’s new personalized book selection service. Fill out this form and our book experts will put together a bundle of five books for you to borrow based on your reading interests. You can use this form for yourself, or for a family member or friend!

Library card number *

Make sure the library card number has 14 digits (or 15 digits if through IDNYC).

Preferred pick-up location *

I am looking for books for... *

Tell us what sorts of books you’re looking for (e.g. books about trucks, unicorns, climate change, world history, etc).

Name a book you (or your child) loves.