@jennykiefer.com's CRAFTING FOR SINNERS is a @libraryreads.bsky.social October pick! Out Oct. 7 - get your knitting needles ready. libraryreads.org

[deep breath, channels Cynthia] It's MEEEE! THANK YOU to LibraryReads for featuring F*cked Up Fairy Tales as your "Notable Nonfiction" pick for October! Migdalia of Chicago PL has been a huge champion of FUFT; I am so grateful to her for hyping it up. To be loved by librarians is a warm hug.

Vampires at Sea is smutty and super queer, and now it’s a @libraryreads.bsky.social October bonus fiction pick! 😱🛳️🌊🩸🍆♥️💋🏳️‍⚧️

It's so good. So very, very good.

The @libraryreads.bsky.social Top 10 list for October is full of cool books and I’m so proud BOG QUEEN is on it

Hey look it’s my friend @cosbrarian.bsky.social!! 🤩

My #LibraryReadingWed @libraryreads.bsky.social for today is BURN DOWN MASTER'S HOUSE by @claycane.bsky.social due out in January from #Dafina @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social. Historical Fiction. Brutal in its honest descriptions of the horrors of slavery. So good. Page turner doesn't do it justice.

My #LibraryReadingWed @libraryreads.bsky.social listen today is THE GAME IS MURDER by @hazellward.bsky.social. Out in July @berkleypub.bsky.social @prhlibrary.bsky.social. Comes w/a disclaimer that you need to listen carefully for clues. Hubby has received record # of evil eyes for interrupting...

heading to ARSL this week? Come visit us, Booth 105/204!

Here are flowers for all our October 2025 LibraryReads picks authors and publishers! And for our wonderful librarian contributors who wrote annotations for their favorite titles. We appreciate you and couldn't create these lists without you!

Our LibraryReads Notable Nonfiction for October 2025 is F*CKED UP FAIRY TALES: SINFUL CINDERELLAS, PRINCE ALARMINGS, AND OTHER TIMELESS CLASSICS by Liz Gotauco! @wwnortonlibrary.bsky.social @cosbrarian.bsky.social

And our final (in alpha order) LibraryReads Hall of Famer for October 2025 is Chevy Stevens for THE HITCHHIKERS! @[email protected]

Our LibraryReads Board Bonus Pick for October 2025 was selected by @surlyspice.bsky.social: VAMPIRES AT SEA by Lindsay Merbaum (Creature Publishing)!

Our next LibraryReads October 2025 Hall of Famer is Mhairi McFarlane for COVER STORY! @librarylovefest.bsky.social

Our next LibraryReads October 2025 Hall of Famer is Freida McFadden for THE INTRUDER! @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social

Our next LibraryReads October 2025 Hall of Famer is Eva Jurczyk for 6:40 TO MONTREAL! @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social

Our next LibraryReads October 2025 Hall of Famer is Joe Hill for KING SORROW! @librarylovefest.bsky.social @joe-hill.bsky.social

Our next LibraryReads October 2025 Hall of Famer is Alix E. Harrow for THE EVERLASTING! @torbooks.bsky.social

Our next LibraryReads October 2025 Hall of Famer is KJ Charles for ALL OF US MURDERERS! @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social

Our next LibraryReads October 2025 Hall of Famer is Patricia Briggs for BLIND DATE WITH A WEREWOLF! @prhlibrary.bsky.social

Next on our LibraryReads Hall of Fame for October 2025 is B. K. Borison with GOOD SPIRITS! @librarylovefest.bsky.social

Moving on to our LibraryReads Hall of Famers for October 2025, starting with Alexandria Bellefleur for THE DEVIL SHE KNOWS! @prhlibrary.bsky.social

Closing out the October 2025 LibraryReads Top 10 list is CONFORM: A NOVEL by Ariel Sullivan! @prhlibrary.bsky.social

Next on the October 2025 LibraryReads Top 10 list is REMAIN: A SUPERNATURAL LOVE STORY by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan! @prhlibrary.bsky.social

Next on the October 2025 LibraryReads Top 10 list is THE MISSING PAGES by Alyson Richman! @hachettelibrary.bsky.social @misterchris.bsky.social

Next on the October 2025 LibraryReads Top 10 list is BOG QUEEN: A NOVEL by Anna North! @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

Next on the October 2025 LibraryReads Top 10 list is WRECK: A NOVEL by Catherine Newman! @librarylovefest.bsky.social

Next on the October 2025 LibraryReads Top 10 list is THE WOMEN OF WILD HILL by Kirsten Miller. @librarylovefest.bsky.social

Next on the October 2025 LibraryReads Top 10 list is RED CITY by Marie Lu! @torbooks.bsky.social

Next on the October 2025 LibraryReads Top 10 list is THE KEEPER OF MAGICAL THINGS by Julie Leong. @prhlibrary.bsky.social

The rest of the LibraryReads Top 10 Picks for October 2025 are announced in alpha order by author's last name, starting with CRAFTING FOR SINNERS: A NOVEL by @jennykiefer.com. @quirkbooks.bsky.social

The LibraryReads Top Pick for October 2025 is OVERDUE: A NOVEL by Stephanie Perkins! @macmillanlib.bsky.social

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.

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.

My #LibraryReadingWed @libraryreads.bsky.social for today is THE SECRET LIVES OF MURDERERS' WIVES by Elizabeth Arnott, due out in March from @berkleypub.bsky.social @prhlibrary.bsky.social. Just started it & loving it. Strong women overcoming problems caused by men. Love the cover, too. #booksky

Hello, fall vibes 🍂👋What better way to kick sweater weather season off than with our September BOOKLIST READER: 🔎Mysteries & Thrillers 📚Spanish Sure Bets for Adult Readers 🎙️Interview with Anthony Horowitz 📚 @libraryreads.bsky.social Sept. picks 📖 #PBSBooks Readers Club Preview now: bit.ly/3jRuX9V

What's this @libraryreads.bsky.social everyone is talking about?🤔 Learn about this sensational library program and how you can participate during our 9/24 webinar! Plus, new titles from @macmillanlib.bsky.social, @sbkslibrary.bsky.social & @librarylovefest.bsky.social! Register now: bit.ly/3JGI90G

My #LibraryReadingWed @libraryreads.bsky.social for today is THE HAUNTING OF EMILY GRACE by Elena Taylor, due out in Nov. from @severnhouse.bsky.social. Spooky, atmospheric and set in a mansion on a secluded island. Perfect suspense novel for the season. Plus, look at that cover! Sells itself.

My #LibraryReadingWed @libraryreads.bsky.social (listen) for today is MURDER AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR by C.J. Archer. #6 in the Cleopatra Fox mystery series. Borrowed through @hoopladigital.bsky.social. This series is one of my favorites. Great self-published author!

Anyone going to #ARSL2025 in Albuquerque? Booklist will be representing at the ALA @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Booth, and I'll be presenting "Fill Your Brain Full of Books" with Rebecca Vnuk from @libraryreads.bsky.social and Annie Mazes from @hachettelibrary.bsky.social on Fri, 9/19 at 11. Woo!

Hello #ewgc! I just uploaded our folder with @libraryreads.bsky.social suggestions for January-April 2026. You can also find our complete Winter 2026 catalog in the folder: www.edelweiss.plus#publisher=NO...

Here are our suggestions for the November @libraryreads.bsky.social list! Votes due by 10/1. #ewgc www.edelweiss.plus#catalogID=52...

My #LibraryReadingWed @libraryreads.bsky.social for today is THE SNOW LIES DEEP: A MERCY CARR MYSTERY by @paulamunier.bsky.social due out in Dec. from @macmillanlib.bsky.social @minotaurbooks.bsky.social. #7 in this terrific series. Santa must have been on someone's naughty list...

My #LibraryReadingWed @libraryreads.bsky.social (listen) for today is MURDER BY INVITATION ONLY by @colleengleason.bsky.social. #3 in the wonderful Phyllida Bright Mystery series. I've read them all but love the audios @hoopladigital.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @prhlibrary.bsky.social

Let's keep the party going! LibraryReads Day is Every Day! (Or at least just also today...)

We were thrilled to see WE THE PEOPLE, by Jill Lepore (@liveright.bsky.social), as a @libraryreads.bsky.social Notable Nonfiction pick for September! More info on the book here: wwnorton.com/books/978163...

happy @libraryreads.bsky.social list day to all who celebrate! LibraryReads.org #BookSky #reading #LibraryLife

Thank you to all of the library workers who voted for me. Also so happy to see my friends and fellow horror authors Brian McAuley and Andre Joseph White on the list! @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social

Have you seen the news?!? We have TWO LibraryReads picks for September including BREATHE IN, BLEED OUT by Brian McAuley and LAURYN HARPER FALLS APART by Shauna Robinson 🎉🎉 Thank you to everyone who voted!!

It's @libraryreads.bsky.social day & WHY I LOVE HORROR made the list! Thank you library workers. @laneheymont.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/libr...