Highlights From The 2024 National Book Festival

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Published September 19, 2024 at 9:32 AM EDT

Antique books line the shelves at Maggs Bros antiquarian booksellers in London.

Book festivals are special events where authors are celebrities and audiences are bookworms ready to nerd out among their our own.

Every year, more than 100 of these festivals take place nationwide. And o ne of the largest is in the nation's capital, hosted by the world's biggest library: The Library of Congress.

We take you to the National Book Festival, which happened on Aug. 24 in Washington D.C., and bring you moments from authors such as Erik Larson, Tamron Hall, and Rebecca Yarros.

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