“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” ― Walt Whitman Today is the birthday of American poet #WaltWhitman. Sometimes described as "the father of free verse," he is best remembered for his 1855 "Leaves of Grass." #💙📚 #Booksky

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Today is the birthday of #JohnFitzgeraldKennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America. JFK's library, as it has been documented, has been cataloged on LibraryThing as part of our Legacy Libraries project. #JFK #💙📚 #Booksky

It's Friday. What are you reading? #FridayReads #💙📚 #Booksky Join our discussion over in Talk: www.librarything.com/topic/384653

Today is the birthday of British writer and intelligence officer #IanFleming, creator of the world's most famous spy, #JamesBond. Fleming's personal library has been cataloged (partially) on LibraryThing, as part of our Legacy Libraries project. #💙📚 #Booksky

LibraryThing wishes our members a very Happy Eid al-Adha! Eid Mubarak! #Eidmubarak #EidalAdha #EidAlAdha2026

Organize your library and get ready to share it with TinyCat! Our free webinar gives you a full tour and a chance to ask questions. TinyCat Webinars are every Wednesday (today!) at 1:00pm EDT. Join before 1:05pm! Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/85882643642 #BookSky #libraries #💙📚

It's #WorldDraculaDay! On this day, in 1897, Bram Stoker's epistolary novel about the Transylvanian count and vampire first went on sale in London. In print ever since, it has gone through countless editions, and has been adapted numerous times on film and in print. #💙📚 #Booksky

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"A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have..." LibraryThing wishes our members a Happy #TowelDay! A tribute to Douglas Adams and his classic "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," today sees fans carrying towels with them. #💙📚 #Booksky

"Fierce, intimate, and devastating, Invisible Girls is a story of rage, love, and the dangerous hope of reconstructing a broken world." Enter to win a copy of @chrstnabergling.bsky.social's "Invisible Girls" from @hybridsequence.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Today is the birthday of American writer and philosopher #RalphWaldoEmerson, one of the leaders of the transcendentalist movement. #💙📚 #Booksky

"This lush historical novel is a family saga set against the backdrop of the Spanish colonial world." Enter to win a copy of Jerry Ortiz y Pino's "Beyond the Edge of the Known World" from @unmpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

Today is Memorial Day. On this day in the USA, we remember and honor those who have given their lives while serving in the armed forces. Thank you for your service. #MemorialDay #MemorialDay2026

"How migrant workers, with the support of Canadian unions, won justice in a landmark court decision." Enter to win a copy of Joe Barrett's "A Fight for Justice" from Ronsdale Press #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

The May edition of our State of the Thing newsletter has gone out to more than 1 million subscribers! See the 🧵 below for more details, and be sure to catch up on old issues online. #LibraryThing #StateoftheThing #💙📚 #Booksky

"No More Patients is a heartfelt, humorous sequel that stands on its own, about the struggles of healing both patients and relationships alike." Enter to win a copy of Sandra Cavallo Miller's "No More Patients" from @unvpress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

If you're a romantic at heart, and like to curl up with a romance novel, then this month's batch of Early Reviewers includes quite a few giveaways you might find interesting. See the 🧵 below, and enter to win some free books! #💙📚 #Booksky #bookgiveaways #romance

I love finding cool TinyCat libraries to share with you all! 💎 Go explore the great collection at GAA Victoria Library: www.librarycat.org/lib/vic.libr... #BookSky #libraries

"A fascinating look at... David Garrick, whose intense and unflagging dedication to protecting the earth and its creatures is an inspiration for those who wish to make today's world a better place." Enter to win a copy of Catherine Marie Gilbert's "Walrus" from Ronsdale Press #💙📚 #Booksky

On this day, in 1911, the #NewYorkPublicLibrary was dedicated in a ceremony attended by American president William Taft. It opened its doors the next day to 40,000 visitors. Today it hosts 18 million visitors a year, and is the sixth largest library in the world. #NYPL #💙📚 #Booksky @nypl.bsky.social

"Imagine if James Bond was a Dungeons and Dragons character, but filled with humor and parodying everything from spy movies, role-playing games, and video games." Enter to win Coy Kissee & @tangentgeoff.bsky.social's "Dr. Gnoll" from Shadow Dragon Press / @apbooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

Today is the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. His personal library, including those titles recommended in his 1907 essay on the charm of books, "Through the Magic Door," has been cataloged on LibraryThing as one of our Legacy Libraries. #💙📚 #Booksky

"A retrospective poetry debut about the beauty of the invisible and the language of the heart." Enter to win a copy of Polly Giantonio's "Remember the Sweetness: Poems" from Rootstock Publishing #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

It's Friday. What are you reading? #FridayReads #💙📚 #Booksky Join our discussion over in Talk: www.librarything.com/topic/384536

"This heartwarming story thoughtfully explores the legacy of love, traditions and heritage passed down from generation to generation." Enter to win a copy of @davidarobertson.bsky.social & Corrie Hill's "When I'm a Moshom" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

We're very pleased to announce the addition of two new Legacy Libraries, as part of our project to document the personal book collections of notable people! We have now added the libraries of American children's author #LloydAlexander and English scholar and author #MRJames. #💙📚 #Booksky

"In these stories, each woman inherits a culture in crisis... The voices of these women from five different centuries stand testament to the journey of one community." Win a copy of Monisha Raman's "The Highlands of Yore" from @runningwildllc.bsky.social #💙📚 www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

Wake up! It's TinyCat Webinar day! Every Wednesday at 1:00 pm EDT: join us for a tour of TinyCat, get answers to your questions and see how TinyCat can make your library shine. Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/85882643642 #BookSky #libraries #💙📚

"Can it be in the divine order of things that one PhD should wash dishes a whole lifetime for another PhD just because one is a woman and the other a man?" Enter to win a copy of @amymittelman.bsky.social's "Dames, Dishes, and Degrees" from Cynren Press #💙📚 #Booksky

The Guardian recently came out with their list of the 100 Best Novels ever published in English. George Eliot's "Middlemarch" took the top spot. What do you think of the list? Which of the books have you read? Which books would you have added? #💙📚 #Booksky www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

"Beatrice Sims can hardly wait to join the Dirty Diggers at a summer camp for teen girls interested in unearthing the secrets of ancient ruins..." Enter to win a copy of Rosemary Zibart's "Beatrice and the Dirty Diggers" from Kinkajou Press / @apbooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

Today is the birthday of German author and academic W.G. (Winfried Georg) Sebald, celebrated internationally for his contribution to world literature. His novel "Austerlitz" recently made The Guardian's list of 100 Best Novels of all time. #WGSebald #💙📚 #Booksky

"For fans of Birdsong, The Alice Network, and Letters From Skye... a lyrical journey into forgotten wartime frontiers, intimate secrets, and the quiet heroism of personal discovery." Win a copy of Gerald Everett Jones' "Jonathan's Journal" from La Puerta Books www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

It's #InternationalMuseumDay! Established in 1977 by the International Council of Museums, this day is meant to highlight the role of museums in cultural transmission and communication. This year's theme is "Museums Uniting a Divided World."

"An unforgettable memoir from NYC's first female lifeguard chief, this coming-of-age story plunges into the rough-and-tumble, sun-soaked world of Rockaway Beach in the 1970s and 1980s." Win a copy of Janet Fash's "Lifeguard" from @simonandschuster.bsky.social www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

Attention mystery and suspense readers! This month's batch of Early Reviewers includes some giveaways you might find interesting. See the 🧵 below, and enter to win some free books! #💙📚 #Booksky #bookgiveaways

Thank you to @simonbooks.bsky.social / @simonandschuster.bsky.social for offering this one through our Early Reviewers program!

It's Friday. What are you reading? #FridayReads #💙📚 #Booksky Join our discussion over in Talk: www.librarything.com/topic/384344

"Unflinchingly honest and deliciously existential stories explore the ways our deepest hunger teases us toward both our best selves and endings we should have avoided." Win a copy of Adam O'Fallon Price's "Objects of Desire: Stories" from @autumnhouse.org #💙📚 www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

LibraryThing sat down this month for a special interview with Stacy Mitchell, founder and proprietor of Bold Magazine Shop in LibraryThing's very own Portland, Maine! #interview #magazines #BoldMagazineShop

"A tense and unusual situation boils over in this darkly entertaining psychological novel of contemporary German life." Enter to win a copy of Elina Penner's "Nightberries" from @cmupress-ca.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

Today is the birthday of American actress #KatherineHepburn. Her personal library, auctioned at Sotheby's in 2004, has been cataloged on LibraryThing as part of our Legacy Libraries project. #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/profile/Kath...

"Basketball meets monsters in this first book in a hilarious middle-grade series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Wesley King!" Enter to win a copy of Wesley King & @wolfhard.bsky.social's "Beast Ballerz" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

The limerick packs laughs anatomical Into space that is quite economical. But the good ones I've seen So seldom are clean And the clean ones so seldom are comical.

"A whisper in the summer night made Alma dare to hope. When she saw the flickering flame of magic in herself, she knew she had to risk it all to discover the truth." Enter to win a copy of @catherinebrogdon.bsky.social's "Seaflame: The Key Spark" from @runningwildllc.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

Today is the birthday of #DanteGabrielRossetti, the English poet, painter and translator who helped to found the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His personal library, as inventoried by his brother in 1866, has been cataloged on LibraryThing as part of our Legacy Libraries project. #💙📚 #Booksky

"Part Angela's Ashes, part The Cross and the Switchblade, Tepper's memoir captures the grit and squalor of addiction alongside the stubborn hope of lives remade." Win a copy of Jonathan Tepper's "Shooting Up" from @infiniteb88ks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

We've given our Helpers Log a big upgrade! It is now essentially complete—a one-stop page for everything members are doing to help the site. It's faster, divided into sections, and includes lots of new sections! #💙📚 #Booksky

"Our dogs are no longer just pets—they're family. This means, according to celebrity dog trainer Jaime Goodrich, that the way we train them needs to change." Enter to win a copy of Jaime Goodrich's"Unleashed" from @simonandschuster.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...