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On July 8, 1932, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest point during the Great Depression.  Continue reading.

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Lineup Features Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Geena Davis, Ron Chernow, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jenny Slate, John Green, Joy Harjo, Ada Limón and Tracy K. Smith

Uniting book lovers for 25 years, the Library of Congress National Book Festival will return on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Throughout the day, attendees will hear conversations with more than 90 authors whose literary genres range from fiction to nonfiction, picture book to biography, poetry to young adult, and more.

Throughout the last quarter century, the festival has drawn hundreds of thousands of book lovers together to hear from a variety of voices on myriad subjects – many familiar and others unexpected and new. That special National Book Festival experience, defined by the depth and breadth of storytelling, has grown to become one of the nation’s favorite literary traditions.

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Lineup Features Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Geena Davis, Ron Chernow, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jenny Slate, John Green, Joy Harjo, Ada Limón and Tracy K. Smith

Uniting book lovers for 25 years, the Library of Congress National Book Festival will return on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Throughout the day, attendees will hear conversations with more than 90 authors whose literary genres range from fiction to nonfiction, picture book to biography, poetry to young adult, and more.

Throughout the last quarter century, the festival has drawn hundreds of thousands of book lovers together to hear from a variety of voices on myriad subjects – many familiar and others unexpected and new. That special National Book Festival experience, defined by the depth and breadth of storytelling, has grown to become one of the nation’s favorite literary traditions.

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