'Rapture' comes from the Latin 'rapere' meaning "to seize and carry off." 'Raptor' also comes from 'rapere.' We hope neither carries you off today.

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

Reading this on loop today.

it’s a really good time to pick up reading as a leisure form of escapism

Sometimes I remember that I went to get my first Covid shot in a giant stadium with thousands of other ppl, and I cried and the nurse side-hugged me even though she wasn’t supposed to and when I sat down in the observation area ppl were high fiving. Like from a genuine miracle to…this…in 5 years.

The suspense is over--here are the Top 10 LibraryReads picks for October 2025! Congratulations to all the authors and publishers whose books were selected! As always, a printable list is ready for collection development and readers' advisory librarians (and readers in general!) at libraryreads.org.

And congratulations to our LibraryReads October 2025 Hall of Fame authors and publishers! These are forthcoming books by authors who have been librarian favorites three times or more, so you know they're good. Printable list can be found at libraryreads.org.

Know what creates empathy? Books. Reading about people unlike ourselves and experiences we'll never have. Which is why some people want to remove those books and discourage reading. Kids and adults should read widely. Most spend their spare time online, which is where indoctrination often begins.

Without question. Shout out to the women this week. Just…shout out to yall.

Terrific, and important, column by @rexhuppke.bsky.social

one of the things that was most jarring about being undercover in nazi chatrooms for my book was how often violent videos were posted in the channels. executions, murders, blood. purposeful desensitization to violence can be detached from ideology and just entail inurement to the sight of death

Wow the standards of decorum are so much stricter for queer people than they are for gun-toting bigots huh

It is pretty amazing to see people go from “the left is the enemy of democracy and must be purged” to “who can really know why good kids do bad things?”

.... well i wrote one book about weird right wing internet shit and one book about conservative american religion

Here’s I wrote about gamergate 11 years ago. Almost nobody major in the media got what this was or why it mattered. “Eh, it’s just nerdy Online Drama.” The difference now? The cluelessness remains, fewer publications & reporters—& gamergate took over the country. www.huffpost.com/entry/anita-...

We in Minnesota have not shrugged and moved on. And we in Minneapolis are still reeling from the school shooting at Annunciation, which I assume is already long gone from the news cycle. America.

Do not post shit on the internet that will give the feds an excuse to break in your door.

be very careful about what you post online

The day you've all been waiting for... POCKET BEAR is out now! 💛🧸 With three starred reviews, you won't want to miss the latest from @kaaauthor.bsky.social! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The American Library Association is pleased to announce that they are now accepting applications for the 2026 Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant. Learn more here: www.ala.org/news/2025/09... #EduSky #LibrarianSky

I was longlisted for the National Book Award (again). www.nationalbook.org/2025-nationa...

National Book Awards, Young People’s Literature Longlist! www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

Ready to PLAY NICE? 😈 OUT NOW 🖤 It’s a beautiful day to give your demons a hug 💕 bookshop.org/p/books/play...

Update: we just received a statement from Macmillan/Tor taking full responsibility for failing to register copyright, promising to make us whole and pay us any settlement money we lost out on due to that error, and promising to find & correct the lapses that caused this. Every pub should do this.

@riverheadbooks.bsky.social the whole collection team at my library has poured over The Eddy looking for this cat. Where is it?? (We’re going mad over here haha! We enjoyed doing crossword together though!)

truly making my job so much more complicated americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/b...

Four very different novels that I'm equally excited for and plan on reading sooooon: ALMOST LIFE by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, GRACELESS HEART by Isabel Ibañez, SUPERFAN by Jenny Tinghui Zhang, and THE POET EMPRESS by Shen Tao #ewgc

Titled simply CLEOPATRA, I'm very excited for this new take from Saara El-Arifi! Who doesn't love Ancient Egypt?? #ewgc

I truly do not understand how Jesse Q. Sutanto writes so many novels so quickly, but what a gift to us all! MS. MEBEL GOES BACK TO THE CHOPPING BLOCK, out April 2026, sounds delightful. #ewgc

read I, MEDUSA by Ayana Gray back in April and still think about it regularly. So ready for it to be out. I love love loved this mythology retelling. #ewgc

CONFORM by Ariel Sullivan is a captivating debut dystopia with strong romance elements. Really unique, fascinating world and I cannot wait for book two! Super intrigued that before book 2, we're getting book 1 of a new trilogy that's a prequel to this- BENEATH- will definitely be reading! #ewgc

Not sure anything this year can top the absolute FUN I had reading FEMALE FANTASY by Iman Hariri-Kia. Just a pure delight. #ewgc

No cover yet but omg we're getting a new Nina LaCour adult novel next year and there's already e-ARCs! AHHH!! She's one of my favorite authors (We Are Okay was the winner my Printz year!) and this upcoming one, inspired by her family's Creole history, sounds incredible!! MEET ME IN THE GARDEN #ewgc

I read (and loved) SPREAD ME by Sarah Gailey back in July, but my coworker just listened to the audio version and she loved it, too, so it's been fun to be able to finally talk about this totally bananas, erotic horror book with someone! #ewgc

I loved Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer so I've been super anticipating CURSED DAUGHTERS and while it's very different than My Sister, it's equally as incredible! I could not put it down. These women and their relationships were so captivating. #ewgc

Totally understand why A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF by Megha Majumdar is on the Kirkus Prize list. I was blown away by this story- definitely one of my top reads this year. Super thought provoking and deeply human. #ewgc

hello #ewgc! always happy to chat books with y'all.

And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas

NEWS: A House of Representatives Subcommittee just voted to continue library funding in next year's federal budget. This is thanks to YOUR hard work as library advocates. The fight to #FundLibraries isn't over yet. Stay tuned for more ways to take action for libraries. #ForOurLibraries

So uh How's things, public/school library collection development folks mailchi.mp/albertwhitma...

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities:

So I guess... if you were published by one of the big guys in the US, don't assume they registered the copyright for all of your books. Go look your books up and find out: publicrecords.copyright.gov

It's seriously annoying me to see people saying "no one can get the shot anymore!" because it is evidence of how badly misinformation has infected even folks who think they're COVID-aware. *Lots* of people fall into the high risk category. Maybe put your energy towards informing more of them of that

Reading The Eddy with Wasabi 🩷📚🐈‍⬛ @riverheadbooks.bsky.social

yeah so you know how I always bang on about readers' right to say whatever they want in a review? yeah, in this one's case I'll make an exception.

Kirkus Prize finalists! lithub.com/here-are-the...

sorry folks we cant turn off the teen suicide encouragement bot, just too many billionaires who invested an insignificant amount of their fortune into it and that would make them upset

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

And when John Boyne says in his Telegraph piece that writers aren’t meant to “denigrate, insult and push people to a point where those that are emotionally vulnerable might not survive their attacks”, all I can say is that he wrote the words below.