Booklist

12/18/2025

🖊️A young writer navigating a cutthroat literary world
🏆Drama behind literary awards
🔎Tom Ripley novels
📚Historical to contemporary
It's all here in our latest with Matthew Pearl, author of THE AWARD (Library Love Fest). Read the entire interview now: bit.ly/4qcpdGT

12/17/2025

While most focus on basketball games in March, we're turning our attention to all those other games--especially in the library world! Our friends at ALA's Games & Gaming Round Table are hosting a March Mini-Con focused on libraries and gaming on 3/20/26 and are accepting proposals! More info➡️ bit.ly/4q79dWO

12/16/2025

Super librarian. Author. Champion of Horror. A Booklist reviewer, contributor, and friend. And now--Chicagoan of the Year! 🥂🥳

Huge congratulations to one of our favorites Becky Spratford for this well-deserved recognition! We ❤️celebrating librarians!:

She’s the unassuming champion behind the rise in horror lit. “To me, Becky is the spark plug, lynchpin, head coach and fairy godmother of horror,” says author Daniel Kraus.

12/12/2025

🎭A love for theatre
💞Enemies-to-Lovers
🎶Favorite musicals
📚Inspirational books
It's all here in our latest with Robyn Green, author of THE DRAMATIC LIFE OF JONAH PENROSE (Library Love Fest). Read the entire interview now: bit.ly/49dAlwD

12/12/2025

| LIKE IN LOVE WITH YOU by Emma R. Alban | Avon Books Library Love Fest | https://bit.ly/4iCW3y9

12/11/2025

What have we been reading, watching, and listening to this year?🤔

Check out our personal “bests” of 2025: bit.ly/4oKEQUV

And thanks to all of you for being with us throughout this demanding year. We look forward to sharing many more recommendations in 2026. ❤️📚❤️

12/11/2025

| A WILD RADIANCE by Maria Ingrande Mora | Peachtree Publishing Company | https://bit.ly/3Kgj9y1

12/10/2025

| WANDERING SOULS AND OTHER STORIES by Philip Caputo | Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. | https://bit.ly/48SF4ob

12/09/2025

| MARIE’S MAGIC EGGS by Sandra Neil Wallace. Illus. by Evan Turk | Astra Books for Young Readers | https://bit.ly/48vgZ5v

12/08/2025

| THE LEGEND OF WYATT OUTLAW by Sylvester Allen and Belle Boggs | University of North Carolina Press | https://bit.ly/4pR9f4Z

12/05/2025

Your Friday just got so much better! Our latest issue of BOOKLIST READER is the perfect wrap-up to 2025:
⭐Historical Fiction picks (including Jane Austen-inspired titles)
❄️Holiday Romance roundup💋
📚 LibraryReads December picks
📘 PBS Books Readers Club
& more! Preview: bit.ly/3Mj1er2

Are you as mesmerized by that cover as we are?!🌠 Check out THROUGH THE TELESCOPE: MAE JEMISON DREAMS OF SPACE by Charles R. Smith Jr.; illustrated by Evening Monteiro (Scholastic).

12/05/2025

| SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury. Read by Paul Giamatti | Simon & Schuster Audio Simon & Schuster Education and Library | https://bit.ly/3MhMvwl