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Official book review journal of the American Library Association.
New ALA Member Benefit! Read digital issues of BOOKLIST READER. Visit www.booklistonline.com/reader-issues to get started!
A jaded detective, an amateur sleuth, a "perfect" couple. Everyone is involved; but are they suspects or in danger? Register for our 10/27 mysteries, thrillers, & true crime webinar feat. titles from @macmillanlib.bsky.social, @sohopress.bsky.social, & @thirdstatebooks.bsky.social: bit.ly/3U9oXy9
It's #BannedBooksWeek! Keep checking @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social for all the latest happenings, including our FREE workshop on 10/8 with three sessions feat. @iamgmjohnson.bsky.social, @tonyweaverjr.bsky.social, #PatriciaMcCormick, and #BessKalb! RSVP: bit.ly/4hoKtX5
There is still time to join us & @randomhousekids.bsky.social for their Spring 2027 Preview TODAY featuring a conversation with Mary Pope Osborne to discuss the latest MAGIC TREE HOUSE installment! Plus get the scoop on upcoming PB, chapter book, MG, & YA titles (plus, comics!) RSVP: bit.ly/4h8BNWc
👋John!!
Author, advocate, and former @ala-booklist.bsky.social staff member John Green wishes ALA a happy 150th!
Green's books have been frequently challenged in libraries and schools. His book "Looking for Alaska" was tied at #8 on our Top 10 Most Challenged Books list for 2025.
This week is BUSY. But you know what we find relaxing? BOOKS. Join us tomorrow (10/6) for our #SeriesNonfiction webinar feat. fantastic new titles from:
🍂 #CherryLakePublishing
🍂 #FlutterBee Education Group
🍂 #NorthStarEditions
🍂 #NomadPress
🍂 @thecreativecompany.bsky.social
RSVP: bit.ly/4h09UQ3
Huge thanks to our event and speaker sponsors: @prhlibrary.bsky.social, #ShellEducation, @randomhousekids.bsky.social, @harperstacks.bsky.social, and @mackidssl.bsky.social!
It's #BannedBooksWeek! Keep checking @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social & @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social for all the latest happenings, including our FREE workshop on 10/8 with three sessions feat. @iamgmjohnson.bsky.social, @tonyweaverjr.bsky.social, #PatriciaMcCormick, and #BessKalb! RSVP: bit.ly/4hoKtX5
TODAY! Don't miss the spotlight on Buffalo Fluffalo writer and honorary chair Bess Kalb, led by youth honorary chairs Marshall Romero and Azeemah Sadiq. 2pm ET
🏈A former NFL running back
🔎A noir that challenges and inspires
☀️San Diego as the perfect setting for a crime novel
📚Library love
It's all here in our latest #10Qs with Andre Hardy, author of TEAR THE CITY DOWN (@grandcentralpub.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social). Read now: bit.ly/4yC5iWA
Are you a librarian wondering how to navigate targeted attacks on diverse books?📚 Check out @oif.bsky.social and @ala-booklist.bsky.social free Banned Books Virtual Workshop with @iamgmjohnson.bsky.social on 10/8.💻
Join ALA Round Tables for a day of virtual programs about critical environmental, social, and political issues impacting libraries (it’ll be fun, we swear!). October 16, 10a-4:30p CT. No registration necessary, tune in live on YouTube or Twitch! More info at @alagamert.bsky.social
Your middle-grade readers deserve the best! So how can you ensure your collection has everything they want to read? Join us 10/20 for our #MustHaveMG webinar featuring upcoming titles that will spark imagination, promote reading, and that young readers can see themselves in! Register: bit.ly/4z4rR61
Well, look who is @ala-booklist.bsky.social 's #ReviewOfTheDay today! It's POLAR BEAR DAY with it's #StarredReview for @florisbooks.bsky.social !
6️⃣0️⃣Author of more than 60 novels😱
🍵A transplanted Brit
🔎Working on a book only to find out it's not a fictional murder
📚A book within a book
❤️A romance dropping in...
It's all here in our latest #10Qs with Rhys Bowen, author of THE CASTLE ON THE GLEN (#Amazon/Lake Union). Read now: bit.ly/3TU3CZq
An event packed with so many great titles, we needed more than an hour😉Join us 10/15 for our #ComicsPreview to learn about new GNs & manga coming out from:
🗨️ @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social
🗨️ @penguinschoollib.bsky.social
🗨️ @yenpress.com
🗨️ @madcavestudios.com
🗨️ #OniPress
RSVP now: bit.ly/3TQQ8xw
We have just the thing to get you out of that "blah" Monday feeling---a new episode of #ShelfCare!
📚The ins and outs of book displays
🎧Audiobooks to fall asleep to
✔️Some recs from a Booklist editor
and so much more! Listen now: bit.ly/3ToLJSn
Thanks to our sponsors @prhlibrary.bsky.social and #ShellEducation for supporting this program!
The landscape of youth librarianship has changed drastically, partly due to the extraordinary surge of targeted attacks on this space by book-banning groups. Join us & @oif.bsky.social 10/8 for a free workshop about how to navigate this environment while advocating for young readers: bit.ly/4hoKtX5
🐕Labrador mom (Hi, Bertie)
🏨A slow-burn psychological thriller set in a swanky apartment block in South London
🔎Domestic noir
❤️Unlikely friendships
It's all here in our latest #10Qs with Louise Candlish, author of A NEIGHBOR’S GUIDE TO MURDER (@grandcentralpub.bsky.social). Read now: bit.ly/4hst1kR