Central Library: New & Novel
Boylston Street Building, First Floor
New & Novel is the spot in the Central Library in Copley Square to:
- Browse the Boston Public Library’s collection of new adult fiction and nonfiction books
- Get ‘Lucky’ by checking out a title from the BPL’s Lucky Day Collection, our curated collection of popular and bestselling titles available for immediate checkout
- Chat with a librarian for reading recommendations
- Ask for help with accessing the BPL’s downloadable and streaming collections for eBooks, eAudiobooks, and music, and videos. Unable to visit us in person? Check out our Online Resources FAQs for answers to common questions about OverDrive, Kanopy, Flipster, and more.
If you are unable to visit New & Novel in person, you can still request a personalized reading list from one of the BPL’s reader services librarians online via Shelf Service.
Queer Lit Review: February 2026
This month: a poetry collection, a politician trying to prove himself during war, and a man trying to confess his feelings to his roommate.
Queer Lit Review: January 2026
This month: teen girls fall in love, teen enemies to lovers over a series of hexes, and a retelling of Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher.
Queer Lit Review: December 2025
This month: A botanist falls for a cyborg, an exterminator goes after a deadly centipede, and exes attempt to clean out a cabin together.
Queer Lit Review: February 2026
This month: a poetry collection, a politician trying to prove himself during war, and a man trying to confess his feelings to his roommate.
Queer Lit Review: January 2026
This month: teen girls fall in love, teen enemies to lovers over a series of hexes, and a retelling of Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher.
Queer Lit Review: December 2025
This month: A botanist falls for a cyborg, an exterminator goes after a deadly centipede, and exes attempt to clean out a cabin together.
BPL's Annually Published Booklists
Every year our librarians compile booklists that celebrate the diversity of our world. Check out a title today!
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Series
The Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness program series is a part of BPL's programming theme for 2026 - Revolutionary Ideas: Boston 250.
17 Books that Blend Horror & Love into a Delicious Elixir
Here is a selection of titles in which love and loss, grief and ghosts, or even mania and murder intertwine.
BPL's Annually Published Booklists
Every year our librarians compile booklists that celebrate the diversity of our world. Check out a title today!
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Series
The Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness program series is a part of BPL's programming theme for 2026 - Revolutionary Ideas: Boston 250.
17 Books that Blend Horror & Love into a Delicious Elixir
Here is a selection of titles in which love and loss, grief and ghosts, or even mania and murder intertwine.