Along the bell curve of self-control, I sit somewhere in that far left quadrant. When attempting to change my own behavior, I’m a notoriously lenient boss, always willing to cut myself a little slack.

"I shouldn't be surprised, but I kind of was, that The Women was No. 1 yet again," says Harold Escalante, the assistant director of collections and access for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in ...

The Women was among the most checked-out books in U.S. public libraries this year, making top 10 lists in library systems as far-flung as those in Clawson, Mich., Lawrence, Kan., Flathead County, Mont ...