Staff Picks
- Best Books of 2016
- On News and the Media
- Great Historical Fiction
- Quirky Picture Books
- Mystery and Magic
Lockdown on RikersBuser, Mary E.
The GirlsCline, Emma
Don't Let My Baby Do RodeoFishman, Boris
HomegoingGyasi, Yaa
Rosalie LightningHart, Tom
Bright LinesIslam, Tanwi Nandini
When Breath Becomes AirKalanithi, Paul
Kill 'em and LeaveMcBride, James
The GeneMukherjee, Siddhartha
Ways to DisappearNovey, Idra
Sleeping GiantsNeuvel, Sylvain
I'm Thinking of Ending ThingsReid, Iain
Rad Women WorldwideSchatz, Kate
Swing TimeSmith, Zadie
Sunny's NightsSultan, Tim
The NewsDe Botton, Alain
The Chicago Guide to Fact-checkingBorel, Brooke
Deciding What's TrueGraves, Lucas
Shocking True StoryScott, Henry E.
Free Speech and Unfree NewsLebovic, Sam
NewspaperLevé, Édouard
DayGoldsmith, Kenneth
The Creation of the MediaStarr, Paul
BlurKovach, Bill
BullspottingCollins, Loren
Standard DeviationsSmith, Gary
Virtual UnrealitySeife, Charles
Too Big to KnowWeinberger, David
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation AgeHelfand, D. J.
A Field Guide to LiesLevitin, Daniel J
Getting It WrongCampbell, W. Joseph
Trust Me, I'm LyingHoliday, Ryan
BarkskinsProulx, Annie
The FortunesDavies, Peter Ho
The Golden AgeLondon, Joan
Wolf HallMantel, Hilary
News of the WorldJiles, Paulette
GraceDeón, Natashia
The Big Green TentUlit︠s︡kai︠a︡, Li︠u︡dmila
The Marriage of OppositesHoffman, Alice
The Queen of the NightChee, Alexander
The WonderDonoghue, Emma
Leonardo the Terrible MonsterWillems, Mo
The Watermelon SeedPizzoli, Greg
Hi! Fly GuyArnold, Tedd
Scaredy SquirrelWatt, Mélanie
Diary of A WormHouran, Lori Haskins
Anansi and the Moss-covered RockKimmel, Eric A.
Rabbit and RobotBell, Cece
You Are (not) SmallKang, Anna
The True Story of the 3 Little PigsScieszka, Jon
The Day the Crayons QuitDaywalt, Drew
Get in TroubleLink, Kelly
Sleeping GiantsNeuvel, Sylvain
SoullessCarriger, Gail
The Library at Mount CharHawkins, Scott
All the Birds in the SkyAnders, Charlie
The Eyre AffairFforde, Jasper
The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real MagicBarker, Emily Croy
The Invisible LibraryCogman, Genevieve
The GracekeepersLogan, Kirsty
The Night CircusMorgenstern, Erin
The Queen of the TearlingJohansen, Erika
Events & Classes
- Arts and Culture
- Featured Branch Events
Young adults: Thinking of taking the HSE?
Registration is now open for our free HSE prep and work readiness program for young adults ages 18-24. Attend a session today.
Brooklyn Collection: Explore our local history
BPL's Brooklyn Collection documents the history of Brooklyn from pre-colonial times to the present.
Read all summer long and win prizes!
Find free programs and events for all ages throughout the summer. Declare yourself a Summer Reader at your library!
Find your nearest BPL location
Our interactive branch map helps you locate your nearest branch anywhere in Brooklyn
Current Exhibit: Making New Friends by Matthew Sporzynski
Designer and illustrator Matthew Sporzynski creates three-dimensional art objects using paper, cardboard and papier-mâché. On view in Central Library's Youth Wing through August 31, 2017.