Love it or hate it—or perhaps that's a little of both now for even the most ardent fans of Game of Thrones—we'bid adieu to the HBO series on Sunday. Our GoT readalikes, a report on summer reading trends, recommended podcasts, and those YA BookTubers are among our most popular posts of the week.

The Palestinian-American writer becomes the first Arab-American to earn the honor.

More kids are reading less over the summer break, according to Scholastic's Kids and Family Reading Report: 7th Edition.

Brian Bannon—the current head of the Chicago Public Library—will be the first Merryl and James Tisch Director of the New York Public Library, overseeing 88 neighborhood branches while charged with developing and growing the education strategy and programs of the country's largest public library system.

More logged minutes mean more donated books in this year's Scholastic summer reading challenge; Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Awards announced; Library of Congress puts rare Chinese books online; and more in this edition of NewsBites.

Our most popular of the past seven days, by far, is a blog post.

As part of the Children's Book Week celebration, the Library of Congress has digitized some historically significant children's books.

Multiple book awards were announced, FlipGrid revs up for another student voice bus tour, and Follett has launched a new learning platform.

The 24th annual World Book and Copyright Day celebrates reading around the world and the contributions of books as an ally in education and the progress of humanity.