Happy Friday, #Booksky! 📚💙 Here is our June 2026 LibraryReads list! Head over to our website to view the entire printable PDF list complete with annotations! libraryreads.org

Just finished this one on audio and really liked it! Great for book clubs.

Widow’s Bay is so, so good. Every episode so far has made me love it even more!

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

August titles I want to get to soon: THE INEVITABLE UNDOING OF ZAHARA DOUGLASS by Leslye Penelope, A TRADE OF BLOOD by Robert Jackson Bennett, MEET ME IN THE GARDEN by Nina LaCour. #ewgc 📚 💙

July titles high on my TBR: THE RED WOMAN ON MARS by Claire Barner, THE NOVEL DETECTIVE by Teresa Dovalpage, OUR KNIVES WILL SAVE US by Nephi Craig, THE GREAT WHEREVER by Shannon Sanders. #ewgc 📚 💙

I am currently reading THE OCCIDENTAL BOOK OF THE DEAD by T. Geronimo Johnson, which is definitely a challenging read but a really interesting one. A Black cop in Atlanta faces major ethical and life decisions when his partner shoots a white teenager. #ewgc 💙 📚

I am currently listening to SUBLIMATION by Isabel J. Kim, a novel where people immigrating to another country leave an "instance" of themselves behind that continues to live their old life. I'm pretty early on in the book but it's definitely an interesting concept! #ewgc 📚 💙

THE UNICORN HUNTERS by Katherine Arden got so much love in our last chat that I bumped it up to the top of my TBR, and it was fantastic! Another book that I didn't want to put down. #ewgc 📚 💙

MUÑECA by Cynthia Gomez sees a young housekeeper hired to tend to a heiress who has been paralyzed by a mysterious illness. A fast, suspenseful and exciting horror read with emotionally compelling characters. #ewgc 📚 💙

HUNGER & THIRST by Claire Fuller is terrifically unsettling. When teenager Ursula moves in with a coworker, the friendships she's forming initially seem like a much longed for glimpse of light after a traumatic childhood...but it isn't long before something more sinister seeps in. #ewgc 📚 💙

MARION by Leah Rowan is a great entertaining choice for anyone wanting to vicariously live out some feminist rage fantasies--a mysterious blonde checks into a remote hotel and steps into the shower, but this time it's the homicidal hotel keeper who should be afraid...very afraid. #ewgc 📚 💙

I also loved THERE'S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD by Rasheed Newson. Aaron steers movie stars clear of scandal, important work in 1950s Hollywood. But his ideals are tested when rising star Xavier Barlow is cast as the lead in a story close to Aaron's heart. A gorgeously written page-turner. #ewgc 💙 📚

Two thumbs up for HOCUS POCUS by Brinda Charry, historical fiction set in 1816 Boston that sees a young magician teaming up with the owner of a museum of curiosities to satisfy the public's seemingly unending hunger for "exotic" wonders. #ewgc 💙 📚

I devoured MAD EDEN by Morgan Thomas! Ro works helping people find gender-affirming care in our current horrific political climate and is also a newly diagnosed autistic person navigating their own life with a fresh perspective. I can't do the book justice in one short post, but so good! #ewgc 💙 📚

Hi, all! Excited for another Galley Chat starting shortly...follow the hashtag #ewgc to see what upcoming titles library workers are reading and loving!

look I'm all for roasting the correspondents who went to the dinner but it does usually take more than 10 minutes to report news accurately

It's #NationalLibraryWeek! Take time to discover what brings you joy at your library: browse the shelves, join a book club, attend a program, or get started on your next creative project in a makerspace. Be sure to visit your library or ilovelibraries.org and celebrate your library all week long!

My game are on sale until May 1st! It's a great weekend to pick them up for cheap! A Golden Wake - 80% off Lamplight City - 40% off Rosewater - 25% off store.steampowered.com/developer/gr...

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

If you’re looking for diverse titles to consider for LibraryReads nomination and to add to your library collection, be sure to check out: www.edelweiss.plus/?catalogID=5... #ewgc

July reads high up on my TBR: FURIOUS VIOLET by Sarai Walker, AN INFINITE LOVE STORY by Chanel Cleeton, COUNTRY PEOPLE by Daniel Mason, LOST IN CURIOSITY by Roberta Kwok. #ewgc

June reads I'm hoping to get to soon: THE UNICORN HUNTERS by Katherine Arden, SUBLIMATION by Isabel J. Kim, THERE'S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD by Rasheed Newson, MUÑECA by Cynthia Gomez. #ewgc

Also reading THE CRUELTY OF NICE FOLKS by Justin Ellis, an incredibly timely book about the history of Minneapolis and the distance between its reputation as a very progressive place and the truth of how white supremacy has shaped it. A really fascinating and thought-provoking read. #ewgc

Currently reading MUDLARK by Mary Helen Specht, a dystopian novel about a woman who unexpectedly stumbles across the master for her rock star mother's long lost solo album while "mudlarking" in a flooded NYC. Could her missing mother also be out there looking for it? #ewgc 📚 💙

I tore through NASTY LITTLE SECRETS by Gabbie Hanks. A twisty and suspenseful read about a writer returning to her hometown after her sister's disappearance...a place where she is far from popular after writing a book pinning a murder on the victim's father rather than her convicted brother. #ewgc

VERVAIN HOLLOW by Catriona Silvey brings some seriously creepy vibes in a tale of a woman returning to the house where she once lived in a cult centered around the mysterious Vervain and his unsettling powers. The house burned down years ago...but something has survived. #ewgc 📚 💙

CROCODILOPOLIS by John Manuel Arias is a brutal literary tale brimming with toxic masculinity. The tale of two brothers, a bitter feud, and violence rippling across generations of a family. The crocodiles aren't the only bloodthirsty characters here! #ewgc

THE WINDSOR AFFAIR by Melanie Benjamin was a fun lighter, gossipy read about the rivalry between Wallis Simpson and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Read this when you're in the mood for rich women behaving badly. #ewgc 📚 💙

I really enjoyed the audiobook of LAST NIGHT IN BROOKLYN by Xochitl Gonzalez, a modern take on The Great Gatsby with a compelling plot, vivid characters, and a vibrant Brooklyn setting. #ewgc 📚 💙

MARLA by Jonathan Janz is another horror read that had me 100% hooked from start to finish. A series of violent murders traumatizes a small community, and the beautiful but reclusive Marla Gorman seems to hold the secret behind them all. So creepy!!! #ewgc 📚 💙

MAZYWOOD by Tananarive Due skyrocketed to the top of my TBR the moment the e-galley was available...and it completely met my high expectations. A fantastic, suspenseful read that artfully blends chilling horror with old Hollywood glamour. Loved all the celebrity cameos! #ewgc 📚 💙

Checking in for today's Galley Chat! Looking forward to chatting about upcoming books with everyone! #ewgc

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

I'm not sure how you can be against removing this man from office right now. What will it take? A nuke being dropped? It's too late then. The purpose of impeachment and the 25th Amendment is to prevent that type of thing from happening, not just to react to it.

Hoppy #Easter, hope the annual visit of the Easter Bunny wasn't too shocking to you 🐰 🖼️ by Italian artist Walter Molino, 1957

if you are a bigot or support bigotry or act in a movie built on the profits of hate, people are allowed to not like you 1. because bigotry is bad and 2. because people generally DONT LIKE THINGS THAT HURT THEM. like this is so obvious. it is not 'canceling' it is an exercise in basic human autonomy

Just watched Illinois move one step closer to a consumer protection bill that would put a stop to the price gouging of libraries for digital materials. Someone said they didn't know why they didn't do this sooner, and I agree. Enough is more than enough. ilga.gov/Legislation/...

If your books are in the Anthropic copyright settlement...don't be this guy. Yes, a crappy gift card is the expectation in many class action settlements, but not this time: per work payout is at least $3,000, & may be higher. If you don't file, you get nothing. Deadline is 3/30. File today.

No one is trying to tell you that you are not allowed to feel nostalgic for what Harry Potter may have once meant to you as a kid; they are literally just asking you to not fund their destruction.

a preliminary survey for the next component of my research: if you're willing to tell me about your connection to the movie/musical 1776... docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

WE MADE A TELEVISION SHOW. @victorlavalle.bsky.social & I adapted his incredible book The Devil in Silver into a new season of THE TERROR alongside Karyn Kusama & Ridley Scott. Dan Stevens will blow you away this. So will Judith Light. CCH Pounder. Stephen Root. The cast is stacked. May 7th. 😈 🚪🔒

Illinois residents, take a few minutes to learn about House Bill 5236, which aims to protect libraries from price gouging and unfair practices related to digital materials. Read this handy guide from ILA, then submit a witness slip as a proponent of the legislation. www.ila.org/advocacy/rea...

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Just devastating. Absolutely devastating. And historical investigations matter, because what's hidden today -- or in plain sight but willfully ignored -- will be reckoned with in the future.

Calling all pianists and piano enthusiasts—there is a new, perfectly tuned piano for playing in Lincoln Square Mall, complete with a bench full of sheet music. We have Leslie Kimble to thank for both pianos, through her Piano Project.

Here are the April 2026 LibraryReads Top 10 picks! These forthcoming adult books received the most votes of approval from public library workers across the USA. Librarians, booksellers, and readers are bound to find good reads on this list every month.

Next on our Top 10 (in alpha order by author's surname) is JAPANESE GOTHIC by Kylie Lee Baker! @librarylovefest.bsky.social