The Librarian Is In

The New York Public Library’s podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.


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Is Fall Here Yet?!, Ep. 174

Happy Fall! Rhonda and Frank are ready for Spooky Season! This week they check in with each other and discuss what they’ve been reading!

Book Club: And Then There Were None

Join Frank and Rhonda this week as they discuss Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None!

Librarianing Ourselves in Real Time!

Join Frank as he welcomes YA librarian Susen Shi to discuss great new YA books. Rhonda will be back next week and she and Frank will be discussing our next 125 Books We Love book pick!

The World May Not Require Us, But We At Least We Have Our Books!

Book Club: An Extraordinary Union

Frank and Rhonda discuss An Extraordinary Union, by Alyssa Cole. 

When our interests and book picks collide!

Join Rhonda and Frank as they discuss their non-book club reading picks this week!

Book Club: Between the World and Me

Frank and Rhonda discuss Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

TRANSforming the Literary Landscape

Rhonda and Frank chat with Ellen MacInnis, a children’s librarian in NYPL to discuss the TRANSform NYPL project and pass along book recommendations from the Trans and Gender Non Conforming book list that they and fellow librarians put together.

Trying To Figure Out How We Got Here

Rhonda and Frank discuss their personal reading picks for the week and announce next month’s book club pick. 

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