The New York Public Library is the second largest library in the US, and fourth largest in the world, with over 50 million titles. But not all bookworms can make a trip to the Big Apple, so it's released an app called SimplyE to offer easier access to its burgeoning e-book collection.

More people are reading nonfiction books than ever before, but they’re being savvier about who they choose to read and what they read about. How are hobby guides, self-help books and biographies changing to fit with contemporary readers’ interests? And what’s drawing people away from fiction?

In response to plummeting levels of empathy in the US, cultural thinker and writer Roman Krznaric has created a library of books and films specifically designed to help users to step into the shoes of other people and view the world from their perspective.

With the harried nature of the modern world, time-poor individuals are resorting to services like Amazon Audible to get their reading fix without turning a page. Whether listeners are commuting or cleaning up at home, the audiobooks on offer let them fill every moment with something productive.