Weekend reads: Week of March 14, 2025

Here's a collection of literary posts that we didn't share on our reader blog last week but thought were worth highlighting.

• Before the internet, how the LA Public Library helped readers pick their next novel (NPR)

• Do you like your history with imaginative leaps or grounded in fact? (The New York Times)

• Public libraries build no-return collections for addiction and mental health support (American Libraries)

• Sales boom for children’s comics creating young readers of the future (The Guardian)

• Where have all the non-romance fantasy books gone? (Book Riot)