Books to borrow The following book is available at many public libraries. “… If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America” by Anne Kamma, illustrated by Pamela Johnson, Scholastic, 62 pages ...

Books to borrow The following book is available at many public libraries. “Pictures of Hollis Woods” by Patricia Reilly Giff, Wendy Lamb/Random House, 166 pages Read aloud: age 8 and older.

Six opinionated writers debate — and define — the state of L.G.B.T.Q. writing in order to make a list of the most essential works of fiction, poetry and drama right now.

Essentially, they’re the books you’re never going to read again — you swear. Which is exactly why it’s so important to read them. Yes, again.

Economists don’t read many books these days, at least not for their research. But my discipline still has a most influential book, and that is Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, published in 1776.