Thank you to all of our subscribers, readers, webinar attendees, supporters, creators, and publishing friends! 2025 was a tough year for all of us and we are looking forward to brighter things in 2026! Cheers to a New Year (and to more books🤓)❤️

It’s bigger than Santa, it’s bigger than the Super Bowl . . . it’s #Editors’Choice! Every winter, Booklist editors gather ‘round the Shelf Care podcast mic and share some of their faves from this year's list. Prepare your TBR piles, because we’ve got something for every reader: bit.ly/3Lb364S

🖊️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 #10Qs with Matthew Pearl, author of THE AWARD (@librarylovefest.bsky.social). Read the entire interview now: bit.ly/4qcpdGT

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 @alagamert.bsky.social are hosting a March Mini-Con focused on libraries and gaming on 3/20/26 and are accepting proposals! More info➡️ bit.ly/4q79dWO

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 @raforall.bsky.social for this well-deserved recognition! We ❤️celebrating librarians!: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/c...

🎭A love for theatre 💞Enemies-to-Lovers 🎶Favorite musicals 📚Inspirational books It's all here in our latest #10Qs with Robyn Green, author of THE DRAMATIC LIFE OF JONAH PENROSE (@librarylovefest.bsky.social). Read the entire interview now: bit.ly/49dAlwD

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. ❤️📚❤️

These zestful Gilded Age novels portray women, some based on real-life figures, who break through barriers during this perpetually compelling and relevant era of brazen greed and conspicuous consumption when women had zero rights. Check out our latest #ReadAlikes: bit.ly/4pxeyH6

Audiobook production and consumption are booming! While there is a lot of discussion about the power of AI, the power of the human voice is what keeps listeners coming back to audiobooks. Our audio team highlighted new narrators that should definitely be on your radar: bit.ly/4oHPxro

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.bsky.social December picks 📘 #PBSBooks Readers Club & more! Preview: bit.ly/3Mj1er2

💌 A love letter to late bloomers and the Camino de Santiago 🌼A coming-of-age in your thirties journey ❤️Millennial angst x romance ☀️But what if it all works out? It's all here in our latest #10Qs with Alison Cochrun, author of EVERY STEP SHE TAKES (@ssedlib.bsky.social). Read now: bit.ly/48S8QcH

You want stars? We got stars.🌟 Our December issue is a literary walk of fame featuring all of the 2025 starred reviews, our editors' choice lists, fav picks from the Booklist staff, and more! Preview now: bit.ly/4pOF7ap

👀Just dropping this here for our fellow readers' advisory nerds. Ok BYE.

🎲A gaming romance 🚪A magical Vermont inn 🎪A sinister carnival 🐉A battle to save the world It's all here during our #AuthorPanel tomorrow (12/3) with @randomhousekids.bsky.social! RSVP now to hear from four amazing authors and for a fantastic conversation about YA Romance: bit.ly/4oVjy8d

Looking for a #CyberMonday deal that also does some good for the world? Head over to librarygiftshop.org and get 30% 😱 on orders $70 or more. Perfect for the library fans or book nerds in your life! And don't forget, your dollars spent at ALA will go right back into the library world!

Our latest episode of #ShelfCare has everything! Fairytale retellings recommendations, how to use audiobooks in the classroom, picture books and more! Listen now: https://bit.ly/4ofZlZq

We're seeing stars🤩If you want to get access to our digital issue of BOOKLIST which will feature ALL--yes, count them-- ALL the starred reviews from 2025 along with our #EditorsChoice lists, subscribe now for only $99!🌟📚➡️ bit.ly/4fKe7UE

Join us and @randomhousekids.bsky.social on 12/3 for an exciting author panel with: 💜 Kristy Boyce 💜Sarah Beth Durst 💜Angela Montoya 💜Amélie Wen Zhao Register now to enjoy a conversation about the YA romance landscape, creative processess, building themes and subgenrees, and more: bit.ly/4oVjy8d

🛎️ A butler for cats and dogs ✨ A fantasy novel 📚 A magical library 🔎❤️Mystery X Romance 👀Invisibility as a magical power 📕More library-based books It's all here in our latest #10Qs with Jenn McKinlay, author of WITCHES OF DUBIOUS ORIGIN (@prhlibrary.bsky.social). Read now: bit.ly/3KmSSxQ

Combining evocative artwork and stirring stories, our editors’ choice graphic novels for adults and youth showcase this year’s best of the format in a wide variety of genres, topics, and tones. We're wrapping it up in a big way with our final #EditorsChoice list: bit.ly/4o7I18Z

How is it possible that every year seems to offer more innovative, empathetic, engaging audio for youth? This year's #EditorsChoice titles for youth on audio cover a wide range of subjects and voices that don’t just entertain but also push the boundaries of audiobook presentation: bit.ly/4pezUrX

Full-cast narrations sing, audio-exclusive content enlightens, author-narrated titles become achingly personal, and skilled narrators showcase the best of their art form. Yeah, you heard us correctly--it's our 2025 #EditorsChoice Adult Audio list😍🎧🙌: bit.ly/3LLFrbg

We are honored to share this year's #ALA_Carnegie shortlist titles! Join us in celebrating these six books which exemplify excellence in fiction and nonfiction and mark your calendars for January 27 when both winners will be announced. Congratulations!🎉➡️ www.ala.org/carnegie-med...

It's our favorite time of year. No, not fall--even better. It's #EditorsChoice season!😍 We're kicking today off with our 2025 Books for Youth #EditorsChoice list!🎉📚From the humorous to the historical, these books have it all: bit.ly/482VhFY

Looking for those hard-to-find Adult/Teen crossover titles? Our Books for Youth editors have compiled the best of the best in this category in our Adult Books for Young Adults 2025 #EditorsChoice list▶️ bit.ly/43wOvqv

🎉SURPRISE!! We are thrilled to announce our 2025 #EditorsChoice lists!! 2025 has been a tough year. As we begin to close it out, we are happy to reflect on the books that left us empowered, moved, hopeful, and heard. First up: Our 2025 Editors' Choice: Adult Books list: bit.ly/4i2kDIp

❤️A modern love story 💪Starting over in your 30s 🌶️Some spice 2️⃣Second chance romance 📚Library love It's all here in our latest #10Qs with #LaurenOkie, author of THE BEST WORST THING (@avonbooks.bsky.social @librarylovefest.bsky.social). Read the entire interview now: bit.ly/48gpmTC

⚔️ A debut romantasy novel from @amydelaforce.bsky.social 🍳New cookbooks 💭Graphic novel series for young readers 🧪New narrative nonfiction It's all here during @dkbooks.bsky.social Spring 2026 Season Preview happening Thursday, November 13 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT! RSVP now: bit.ly/4ocebRy

Page turners + heart burners=the perfect combo. Join us and @randomhousekids.bsky.social on 12/3 for an exciting author panel with: 💜 Kristy Boyce 💜Sarah Beth Durst 💜Angela Montoya 💜Amélie Wen Zhao Register now to enjoy an open conversation about the evolving landscape of YA romance: bit.ly/4oVjy8d

🧟🎮Horror movies + video games 🚪A house that takes more than it gives 📖Shining a light on the past 🏚️Gothic Horror It's all here in our #10Qs with @daphnefama.bsky.social, author of HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN (@prhlibrary.bsky.social @berkleypub.bsky.social). Read the interview now: bit.ly/4p8GCjt

There is still time to register! Escape into some bookish fun and join our #AdultFaves webinar in 30 minutes featuring upcoming titles from @macmillanlib.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social, @librarylovefest.bsky.social, and @sbkslibrary.bsky.social! RSVP: bit.ly/4qRFO3T

Ranging from comical early reader comics to genre-blending teen romances, the debut graphic novels in this list, reviewed in Booklist from November, 2024, to October, 2025, offer a glimpse of the wide variety of new voices in this ever-expanding category: bit.ly/4982xT3

Winter checklist: 🧣Scarf 🥾Boots 🧂Salt (pet friendly, of course) 📚 A stack of 🌟books Join us TOM. (11/11) for our free webinar w/ new titles from @macmillanlib.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social, @librarylovefest.bsky.social, and @sbkslibrary.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qRFO3T

Looking for something to read during *cough* any family holidays coming up? 😉Check out the November BOOKLIST READER featuring food books, read-alikes for Stephen Graham Jones's THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER, @libraryreads.bsky.social Nov. picks, #PBSBooks Readers Club, and more! Preview: bit.ly/495kXno

⚔️ A debut romantasy novel ✔️ 🍳New cookbooks ✔️ 💭Graphic novel series for young readers✔️ 🧪New narrative nonfiction✔️ It's all here during @dkbooks.bsky.social Spring 2026 Season Preview happening Thursday, November 13 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT! RSVP now: bit.ly/4ocebRy

ICYMI: The 2026 #ALA_Carnegie longlist is here! Check out these stunning 45 titles (21 fiction, 24 nonfiction) that are must-reads for any TBR: www.ala.org/carnegie-med... Stay tuned for the shortlist announcement coming November 18!📆🎉

As winter approaches there’s nothing better than snuggling up with a good book. And if you’re looking for the latest debuts to carry you through the colder months, look no further than our 11/4 webinar (happening in 30 minutes!) featuring debut titles perfect for your shelf! RSVP: bit.ly/47o1gVj

1️⃣Spotlight on First Novels 📚Spotlight on Early Reading 📉Focus on Business 🎮#MangaEssentials: Video Game Adaptations for All Ages & more! It's all here in the November issue of BOOKLIST! Preview now: bit.ly/43PJfOE

🎼Blasting symphonic metal 📖Embracing the ugly uncomfortable unflattering realities of history 📚 Librarians as cousin-level colleagues It's all here in our #10Qs with @ehistorian.bsky.social, author of THE GIRL BANDITS OF THE WARSAW GHETTO (@librarylovefest.bsky.social). Read now: bit.ly/4nDSlFA

Join us Monday (11/3) for a @penguinschoollib.bsky.social event featuring Indigenous creators Rae Rose, Aly McKnight, Violet Duncan, Steph Littlebird, & Andrea Page in conversation with Mandi Harris (Cherokee Nation). Plus learn about new titles from PYR! RSVP now: bit.ly/4nT6AY4

'Tis the season to be...scary😱We are terrified to announce the 2026 @summerscares.bsky.social spokesperson--Jennifer McMahon! McMahon, along with a committee of six library workers, will be hard at work selecting 9 Summer Scares selections to be announced on 2/14❤️Read more here: bit.ly/4hzVO6q

🎾Trying new things 😭A few notches from rock bottom 🎬A celebration (and some laughs) at Hallmark movies 🎅Santa-approved 📚Lots of library love It's all here in our latest #10Qs with Iva-Marie Palmer, author of CHRISTMAS PEOPLE (@stmartinspress.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social): bit.ly/4oOCJjx

Looking for tips on self-care and wellness? Don’t wait until the New Year! Carve out some time on 11/18 for a free webinar featuring titles from #Quarto, @hachettelibrary.bsky.social, and #DisneyPublishing meant to inspire wellness through self-care, cookbooks and more! RSVP: bit.ly/47eVfvs

Increasingly, patrons are asking for more graphic novels as they are one of the most accessible ways to read. Find the best titles for your collection at our 10/30 webinar (TOMORROW)! Featuring: @oni-press.bsky.social, @yenpress.com, @madcavestudios.com, and #Tundra! Register now: bit.ly/42LckKO

Make sure you are meeting the needs and interests of all readers in your community! Check out our #SpanishSeriesNonfiction list with both new and upcoming titles: bit.ly/4hyKbge

As winter approaches there’s nothing better than snuggling up with a good book. And if you’re looking for the latest debuts to carry you through the colder months, look no further than our 11/4 webinar featuring debut titles perfect for your shelf! RSVP: bit.ly/47o1gVj

Dropped calls. Anonymous texts. And why does that photo seem so familiar🤔 It's all here in tom.'s (10/28) webinar feat. new mysteries, thrillers, and true crime titles from @macmillanlib.bsky.social, @sbkslibrary.bsky.social, @prhlibrary.bsky.social, and @sohopress.bsky.social! RSVP: bit.ly/46ZoqBq

💻Multiple screens and teeth that need brushing ❤️Second-chance romance 📜Historical nuggets 😘Occasionally mushy ☮️Peace at the library It's all here in our #10Qs with Rachel Meredith, author of GIRL NEXT DOOR (@librarylovefest.bsky.social). Read now: bit.ly/4hwaxzs

⚔️ A debut romantasy novel ✔️ 🍳New cookbooks ✔️ 💭Graphic novel series for young readers✔️ 🧪New narrative nonfiction✔️ It's all here during @dkbooks.bsky.social Spring 2026 Season Preview happening Thursday, November 13 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT! RSVP now: bit.ly/4ocebRy

Demand for Spanish language and bilingual titles continues to grow, especially for young readers. Find new reads for your library, classroom or bookstore during today's webinar happening at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT. There's still time to register: bit.ly/4q3dCuy