The 10 Greatest Articles about Libraries and Books in 2015

By Beth McGough, Marketing Manager

In 2015, the top articles about libraries and books ranged from the heartwarming story of a mailman collecting books for a boy who couldn’t afford them, or get a ride to the library, to a look back at how librarians boosted morale among the troops during WWI and WWII. 

This list was curated in BuzzSumo. Article popularity is based on number of shares on social media. 

1. 1. Boy Who Couldn’t Afford Books Asks Mailman for Junk Mail to Read; Mailman Responds Spectacularly, Huffington Post
   2. Office has Cat Library! Employees can “Check Out’ Cats to Take to their Desk, We Love Cats and Kittens and Buzzfeed
   3. 25+ of the Most Majestic Libraries in the World, Bored Panda 
   4. The World’s Most Beautiful Library is in Prague, Czech Republic, Bored Panda
   5. British Library Offers over 1 Million Free Vintage Images for Download, Digital Arts
   6. House of Books: The Most Majestically Beautiful Libraries Around the World Photographed by Franck Bohbot, Earth Porm
   7. Gorgeous Photos of the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries, Huffington Post 
   8. When America’s Librarians Went to War, NPR
   9. Chicago Wins Bid to Host Obama’s Presidential Library, CNN
   10. World’s Most Beautiful Libraries, For Reading Addicts