The National Book Foundation has released the Longlists of Nominees for the 2013 National Book Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Young People's Literature.The winners will be announced on November 20th.

Here are some of our recent Staff Picks:

The shortlist  for The Man Booker Prize has been announced.

This month marks the launch of a new reading recommendation list called Library Reads.  Each month librarians from across the country will vote on their picks for the best new releases.  Here is the September inaugural list.