Time to Get Into Genre Shape

RA for All is going on vacation beginning tomorrow and returning on Monday September 8th.

But don't fear, I have plenty for you to do while I am gone.

In my genre overview program, I get you up to speed on the major genres as they stand right now. I up date it every year around February. 

You can click here to get a great overview of where each genre is at this moment. The authors, books, and trends you need to know about.

But also, in that presentation, I say multiple times that genres are not stagnant and that you need to work to stay up to date in how they are shifting and changing.

And the best way to go that is to use my slides and the link to my free genre resources worksheet. You can go through them, genre by genre, and get yourself in genre shape.

While I am gone, pick a few genres, the ones you are the least well versed in, and take a deep dive. Spend time looking into award winners, spend time on some of the genre's most popular sites, listen to genre specific podcasts, etc....

Then, if you want to take the next step, you can pull a few books that came out in the last 2-5 years that you missed and spend some time with them. You don't have to read them if you don't want to. You can look them up on NoveList and/or Goodreads to see what others think. Or, read the beginning few chapters, some middle chapters, and then the last few chapters to get a sense of the appeal and writing style.

The point here is, I won't be here every day with something to focus you on your service to readers, but I am here now with a longer term project, one that will help you to help even more readers. All you have to do is spend a few minutes each day that I am not posting on a genre or two.

I'll be back on 9/8 with lots of reviews to post that week-- a bunch from upcoming books in Booklist and a few of the backlist books I am hoping to read for fun while I am on vacation.

Stay safe and make good choices. I'll see you soon.

Bookish Conversations Are Hot Even As Leisure Reading Rates Go Down

So I know some of you were like, wow Becky just ignored that report last week about the study that found that over the last 20 years there has been a steady decline in Americans reading for pleasure. (Click here to access it via PW.)

I did not. Rather, instead of posting the report-- which is very interesting and way more nuanced than the click bait headlines-- in a vacuum, I held on to it until I felt like I had something more to add to this conversation.

One of the things the study found was that people who are already readers have been reading more since Covid, which I see reflected in the library as well. Our patrons are taking out more books per person, while the number of new book reading patrons is still growing, just slowly. And many are coming via audiobooks and ebooks, numbers which are reflected in our circulation stats but maybe not in the door counts.

Despite the fact that fewer people are reading for pleasure on a daily basis overall, we have all seen an increase in the conversation around books. Places like BookTok and Bookstagram are popular follows even from those who don't ever read the books mentioned. It is a cool follow.

Also garnering a lot of headlines recently is the new video game Tiny Bookshop .  It is a cozy game where you run a book shop in a small town and suggest books to your customers. 

So it appears talking about books is very popular. It is the taking the time to read them that is not.

What does this mean for us at the library? Well first, the library will continue to be the place where people come as they find time to read, even after long absences. We see this all of the time. Because we have the books and they don't need to pay more than they have already contributed with their taxes to access them, it is a great way for people to try reading again. There is a low barrier to access.

So when people want to try reading, we are there for them. We need to remember that.

Second, we need to be better about joining in the larger community conversations about books. I write about this all the time and give you examples, whether it anticipating trends and having a display there before people ask or encouraging you to bridge the physical virtual divide or just reminding you to start conversations all the time and every where. The more interactive our service to readers is, the more chance people will come back to the library (and reading) and tell a friend.

I am not as pessimistic as others about the study because I see how well we are doing to start conversations around books and reading at the library. Seeing BookTok make old titles bestsellers and knowing that many of those books were ready and waiting on library shelves as book stores were scrambling to get some in stock-- this shows me things are going to be okay.

And now a video game where basically your goal is to be a readers advisor! 

There are enough signs that things are not as bleak as they seem. Let's embrace the places where people outside our bookish world are talking about books and remind them to come visit us to find their next great read. And especially, to invite them to come back to re-discover the joy of a great book.

Just Say No to AI: Infobase Wants to Talk to You About It Too

Today's post is a little outside my normal scope, but it is important. I had a meeting with James Chambers, Senior Director of Editorial and Publishing Operations at Infobase. They are home to many databases based on information created by human experts.

They are extremely interested in the information literacy of today's students and want to connect with us. They want to make sure their resources serve our needs. Please pass this link on to everyone and anyone in your institutions and networks who might want to chat with Chambers. 

On a side note, it was great to talk to someone from a paid database who was as appalled about the infiltration of AI into our resources as I am.

Below is an introduction from Chambers and an invitation to talk to him. Please pass this on to you database people and school library friends.

Infobase Educator and Librarian Outreach

Infobase creates exceptional curated content for educators, librarians, and learners across the globe. Our rich history of more than 80 years includes publishing and producing trusted resources under brands and imprints such as Bloom’s Literature, Chelsea House, Credo, Facts On File, Ferguson’s, Films On Demand, Learn360, Omnigraphics, and more. Today, Infobase provides educational solutions to facilitate connections between content, people, and the learning experiences that empower information literacy and informed choices. Learn more about Infobase at https://infobase.com/. 

My name is James Chambers. As Senior Director of Editorial and Publishing Operations at Infobase, I'm seeking insight to better understand the current educational landscape, how institutions are engaging with evolving technology, and how content and technology can best be positioned to support student success and lifelong learning. May I contact you to schedule 30 minutes to speak about current education and reference needs and trends at your institution? I am particularly interested in artificial intelligence, career discovery and exploration, information literacy, primary source documents, what fosters student and user engagement, and emerging content needs in core subject areas, such as health, history, literature, and science.

 Click here to access the form. And thank you in advance.

Share Your Sure-Bet Reads To Celebrate LJ’s 150th Birthday From Now Thru September 28th

Library Journal is celebrating their 150th Birthday and they want all of us to help them celebrate by sharing your sure-bet reads. Form the landing page of the survey:

Share Your Sure-Bet Reads To Celebrate LJ’s 150th Birthday

Library Journal is celebrating its 150th birthday in 2026. We invite you to celebrate with us by thinking about the books you love and helping us create a list of sure-bet titles to share with the LJ community of librarians and readers.

To take part, please fill out our 150th Anniversary Sure Bet Survey. It will be open until September 28.

Feel free to share as many books as you like, across as many categories as you like. Just list them as they come to you. Order does not imply a ranking.

If you can only think of five sure-bet mysteries, list those. Got more than 20 romances? Feel free to include them all. Have no opinion about graphic novels? You can skip that category. Listened to it on audio and loved it? That counts too; please list it.

We define a “sure bet” as a book adored by readers of the genre or subject—a title that they think of as “a keeper” or the all-time great work of its kind, one that they might always have in their bag, in their car, or on their phone for reading emergencies. A sure bet is a book that librarians can reliably suggest to patrons looking for something great. It doesn’t matter how old or new the book is, as long as it’s still in print. Series installments are welcome too, no matter where the book falls in the series.

We hope you will have as much fun in completing this exercise as we will have in reading your responses.

Feel free to share this link with your own reading community, book club, and colleagues. We want to invite everyone to celebrate books and the wonderful roles they play in our lives.

My favorite thing about this survey is that they want genre titles. This is not a snobby best books of the last 150 years list. This is a true list of the books that we know work with a wide range of readers, especially genre readers. It is a list of the books we all love. I am obviously going to submit a bunch of horror, but I have books in every category to share. I know you do too. 

We need to get on this. All of us. We suggest books to readers every day. We know what titles are beloved. And as they wrote above, share this with your patrons. LJ wants to make their birthday a celebration of books and the role they play in making our lives better.

This survey is also an easy conversation starter to display option. You can spread the question to your patrons and encourage them to participate. Post the link every where you are online and have QR codes for people in the building to access it as well.

And then sit back and wait while LJ does the work for you. They will post the sure bets lists by genre on their site later this year. You can turn those into lists on your website for your readers to find sure bets on their own or for you and your staff to use as a resource as you work with readers. You will never be stumped for a suggestion again. Every genre and even formats will be covered. And you will have a bounty of titles to make so many displays. I will be posting about the results at length as LJ releases the lists.

If you are feeling adventurous, you can also make a local version of the lists based on the answers you get back from doing the conversation starter to display exercise with your patrons.

But no matter what you decide to do or not do with the results, just participate. You the readers of this blog are THE target audience here, both to share your insight and get the word out to your bookish community. The more people we ask, the more diverse the results we receive.

Again click here to participate. The survey is open until 9/28. You can go in and do it as many times as you want and add as many books as you want. It is literally a bookish dream come true. 

Unboxing Video for WHY I LOVE HORROR

This has been shared on social media but with Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature being released into the world in less than 5 weeks (September 23, 2025) my finished copies arrived Tuesday afternoon and I made this unboxing video.

The whole concept of ME doing an unboxing of my book was very strange to me, but I did it. And I used my LibraryReads box cutter to open the box. (Best swag ever, but I digress.)

I was going to let this just live on social media and on YouTube, but a few people asked me to post it here on the blog. 

I figured today is the best day because over on the horror blog, I am giving away an ARC of the upcoming Joe Hill novel-- King Sorrow. So watch my unboxing video first and then click through to enter for a chance to win King Sorrow and a bonus title worth adding to your collections.

And click here or use the link at the top of this blog to see my book tour schedule. I have been updating this as things are added.  

I hope you can join me on this journey as I share what we do as Readers Advisors with the larger world. In fact, that is what my essays in the book is all about. But more on that closer to release day.

Get Up to Date on the State of Censorship and Then DO SOMETHING

The school year is getting back into gear which unfortunately means that the book banners will get back at it in force at local school board meetings.

I am here with links to help you get up to speed on the book banning conversation in America right now:

• Get up to speed on the current legislative landscape with this state-by-state report from EveryLibrary. 
• Over on Book Riot, Kelly Jensen had this post on all of the Anti-Book Band Laws passed in 2025 and what they mean. 
• And for the other side of story, also by Jensen, a report on what's next in book censorship.
• PBS news has a "book bans" tag so that you can see all of their reports.
• Follow the Banned Books Week preparations (coming October 5-11) because the ALA machine behind this event drives a lot of the conversation every fall. 

Okay so now you are up to speed on the current conversation, so it is time to ask-- What can I do? Well first things first, you need to go to your local library and school board meetings on the regular (get a group together and divide up the calendars so you don;'t have to go at this alone) and make a comment at every single meeting affirming that you are there to speak up for the intellectual freedom of all residents to be able to find the books they want for themselves and their children. 

I have more detailed information including meeting attendance best practices in this post with the transcript of my StokerCon Keynote entitled" Why We Need Horror Authors in the Fight For the Freedom to Read." Just transfer out "authors" for "library workers" and follow the advice.

Second, stay up to date. Kelly Jensen is writing about censorship constantly. You can find all of her pieces in reverse chronological order at this link anytime. Bookmark it, check it daily, and stay in the know. If there are action steps for specific issues, she posts them. She also has a free newsletter on ButtonDown called Well Sourced. Sign up here.

But what you should NOT do is just sit there shaking your head and think that this is not happening in your town so you don't need to worry. It is happening everywhere. I live in a state where it is technically illegal to ban books and we are dealing with it.

Again, the best thing you can do is show up in your local spaces BEFORE there is a problem. Speak up in support of intellectual freedom. These boards only hear from the people who want books removed or moved to a section where the intended audience won't be able to find it (still censorship). They need to hear from the vast majority of people in this country who don't want censorship. Get off your butt and go to a meeting. Again, if you don't know how to appear or are worried about speaking up before there is a problem, read my keynote, it has talking points and resources.

I know we are all tired, but the work is not done. If everyone does their part, we will make a difference.

What Readers Are Most Anticipating: Start with Goodreads and End With Your Library's List

The Fall Frenzy is almost upon us. I know we have had most of these books on order for quite a while, but  having these books and being ready for the ones readers are most excited about are two different things.

Goodreads has crowd-sourced the books that are generating the most early buzz on their site. Click here to get right to the post or read the intro here or click through with the link I provide at the end of this post. Also please scroll to the bottom of the full post for more picks in each of the genres.

But before we get to their most anticipated, what about your patrons? What are they most excited about? This Goodreads list is a great place to start asking them. First, get this up on all of you digital platforms and ask for comments from your patrons as to what books they are most excited about this Fall. Both titles from the list and those that are missing (in their opinion)

Next, follow my conversation starter to display advice and ask all your patrons to share their most anticipated books. You can make this the question that you put out at every service desk and into every book on the hold shelf for the rest of August. Again click here for more on how to do this.

Not only will this help you identify which Fall books your patrons are most excited about (so that you can prepare "while you wait lists" or even add more copies) but also, it will help you understand in general what books they are looking for. You might have great readalikes for these upcoming titles on the shelves that you can prepare to make into displays right now. You can use this info as a resource for your future ordering. Maybe you will give a new or midlist author a shot knowing that it will appeal to other books your patrons enjoy. You can also use this information to pull out any backlist titles by authors your patrons identify as being most excited about and make a display that is titled, "Books by This Fall's Most Anticipated Authors." Get those backlist titles out of the stacks and give them their moment in the spotlight. Many readers don't ever think to read previous books by an author who they like. Showing them that you have those books, titles they wouldn't remember to check out without you, makes your service that more valuable to them.

Now back to Goodreads. Use this post to get you started.

Bookworms, rejoice! The autumn reading season is just over the horizon. Crisp evenings. Knit sweaters. Autumnal vibes. As such, we have compiled our annual preview of the season’s most highly anticipated new books, as determined by Goodreads members.
 
The books are selected by tracking Goodreads members' early reviews and the titles that your fellow readers are adding to their Want to Read shelves. We’ve sorted the list into the usual genres, but as always, some books resist easy classification. Which is a good thing! We did our best. Everything below is slated to be published in the U.S. between now and the end of December.
 
Prepare your frontal lobes, because there are a lot of interesting books on the way. Lily King is back on shelves in September with Heart the Lover, concerning a passionate love triangle among English majors—the most lovable of all undergraduates. Author Oyinkan Braithwaite writes of strange magic in her Nigerian family with the heartfelt and humorous Cursed Daughters. And Ian McEwan imagines life in the year 2119 with the literary speculation of What We Can Know.  
 
Over on the mystery-thriller shelves, look for new books from Richard Osman and Stacy Willingham, plus John Grisham’s first stab (heh) at the traditional whodunit. SFF fans can look forward to alchemists in L.A., time travel in Virginia, and The Great Gatsby in 2075. For Halloween reading, we’ve got new books from Isabel Cañas and Mona Awad, plus a haunted house story for the Information Age.
 
Also in the mix for this fall: new romance novels from Ali Hazelwood and Ana Huang; new romantasy hybrids from Rebecca Ross and Jasmine Mas; and a promising batch of YA books concerning, oh, Gothic horror, Ojibwe mysteries, small-town hockey—stuff like that.
 
Finally, the nonfiction stacks are particularly intriguing this year. Look for memoirs from authors Arundhati Roy and Elizabeth Gilbert, plus some incredible real-life stories about World War II spies, online entropy, and replaceable body parts. Not in the same book. But still.

Happy reading! Feel free to add any interesting leads to your digital shelf using the Want to Read button. 

Click here to see the lists.  

Sign-Up Now for Actively Anti-Racist Actively Anti-Racists Readers' Advisory Services with Robin Bradford and Me: Coming This Week!

 Robin and I are back with our updated Actively Anti-Racist Readers' Advisory Services class coming August 20 and 21. You can take this class live or view the recordings on your own time. But you must register by this Wednesday!

NEW: Does your state not allow CE funds to go to ALA events? I have been told that you can contact them  at ce@ala.org or at 312-280-5100 and someone will help you. You can also always contact me to help as well.

Please go here or see below for all of the details, including pricing, to reserve your seat now.

Actively Anti-Racist Readers’ Advisory Services

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A two-part webinar series taking place on Wednesday, August 20 and Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 2:30pm Eastern/1:30pm Central/12:30pm Mountain/11:30am Pacific.

Increasing the collection and circulation of titles written by underrepresented authors is not just a trend. Providing robust readers’ advisory service that values equity, diversity, and inclusion principles is essential to all library services.

Moving from being a neutral, well-meaning library where systemic racism is acknowledged to an actively anti-racist organization involves in-depth work, some of which can be challenging. In this program you will begin that work and learn tangible skills to help build enthusiasm for reading and strategies for diversifying your materials. You’ll learn how you can strengthen your RA service through thoughtful discussion of equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging principles in all interactions with leisure readers and how to be a steward of the anti-racist mindset for your organization.

In this two-part series, collection development and readers’ advisory experts Robin Bradford and Becky Spratford will move your team from talk to action. You’ll learn how to help your entire organization craft an actionable plan to seamlessly incorporate the values of equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging into your regular RA practices. 

Through your participation in this program, you will learn:

• The distinction between not racist and anti-racist. 
• How to identify more diverse titles to add to your collections.
• How to use anti-racist principles in your displays, book talks, and organization of titles.
• Promotion strategies for diverse titles and authors.
• Basic strategies to address politically motivated requests to remove books from your collection.

Robin Bradford has earned a BA and MA in English, an MS in Library Science, and a JD, but has found a home in building reader-focused, popular collections in public libraries. She was recognized as RWA’s 2016 Librarian of the Year and Emerald City Library Conference's Librarian of the Year in 2022. She is addicted to books and dedicated to helping others discover a love of reading. She has worked with authors to help get their titles into these collections and wrote the Readers’ Advisory Guide to Romance Fiction to further help libraries with their romance collection. She also worked with libraries to push for equal treatment of genre fiction and worked with readers so that they can find their favorite authors on their library's shelves.

Becky Spratford [MLIS] is a Librarian in Illinois specializing in serving patrons ages 13 and up. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers through the local public library. She runs the critically acclaimed RA training blog RA for All. She writes reviews for Booklist and a Horror review column for Library Journal. Becky was a 24 year locally elected Library Trustee and a former Board member for both the Reaching Across Illinois Library System and the Illinois Library Association. Known for her work with Horror readers, Becky is the author of three text books for library workers, most recently, The Reader’s Advisory Guide to Horror, Third Edition [ALA Editions, 2021] and the forthcoming Why I Love Horror [Saga Press, September, 2025]. She is on the Shirley Jackson Award Advisory Board and is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association, currently serving as the Association’s Secretary and Co-Chair of their Library Committee. You can follow Becky on Bluesky @raforall.bsky.social

This event will be hosted in Zoom. Automatic captions will be enabled for this event. This event will be recorded, and registrants will receive access to the recording within a day after the event ends.

If you have questions or requests regarding accessibility, contact us at ce@ala.org or at 312-280-5100.

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LibraryReads: September 2025 -- FEATURING MY BOOK!

Editors note: I wanted to thank all of the library workers who voted for Why I Love Horror. I am honest and humbled that you are so excited about my book. See you on tour!

      

 It's LibraryReads day and that means four things here on RA for All

1. I post the list and tag it “Library Reads” so that you can easily pull up every single list with one click.
2. I can remind you that even though the newest list is always fun to see, it is the older lists where you can find AWESOME, sure bet suggestions for patrons that will be on your shelf to actually hand to them right now. The best thing about LibraryReads is the compound interest it is earning. We now have hundreds and hundreds of titles worth suggesting right at our fingertips through this archive OR the sortable master list allowing you to mix and match however you want.
3. You have no excuse not to hand sell any LibraryReads titles because there is a book talk right there in the list in the form of the annotation one of your colleagues wrote for you. All you have to say to your patron is, “such and such library worker in blank state thought this was a great read,” and then you read what he or she said.
4. Every upcoming book now has at least 1 readalike that is available to hand out RIGHT NOW. Book talk the upcoming book, place a hold for it, and then hand out that readalike title for while they wait. If they need more titles before their hold comes in, use the readalike title to identify more readalike titles. And then keep repeating. Seriously, it is that easy to have happy, satisfied readers.

So get out there and suggest a good read to someone today. I don’t care what list or resource you use to find the suggestion, just start suggesting books.

Please remember to click here for everything you need to know about how to participate. 

And finally, here is LibraryReads' extremely helpful Resources page.

Now let's get to the September 2025 list.... 

 

Heart the Lover

Lily King

Grove Press    

A young woman meets two friends, Sam and Yash, in her senior year college literature class. Impressed with their intellect, she gets pulled into their circle and starts dating Sam. This coming-of-age story begins as they are all completing college, then finishes as they reconnect as adults. With beautiful writing and a character-driven story, this novel is perfect for fans of Sally Rooney.   

-- Sophia Geron, Chesterfield Public Libraries, VA 

NoveList read-alike: We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

Now for the rest of the September 2025 list!

We Love You, Bunny

Mona Awad

S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books    

This atmospheric, wickedly funny prequel to Bunny is a treat. Readers get to know the bunnies and their first creation intimately. Arieus experiences many firsts: love, heartache, frat parties, being made a muse. Awad fans will rejoice and new fans will be made with this riotous little novel.

--Brooke G., DeKalb County Public Library, IL

NoveList read-alike: I'm Not Done with You Yet by Jesse Q. Sutano

People Watching: A Novel    

Hannah Bonam-Young

Dell    

Milo, an eternal wanderer, and Prue, happily settled in her hometown, seem to have nothing in common. Through some tangled family challenges, they find that they have a lot to learn from each other. This wonderful romance features messy, moving, and complex characters who fight hard for their happily ever after. 

—Sharon Layburn, South Huntington Public Library, NY

NoveList read-alike: Single Dads Club by Therese Beharrie

A Land So Wide: A Novel    

Erin A. Craig   

Pantheon       

Greer, a mapmaker in the town of Mistaken who fantasizes about leaving, notices strange things happening. Then her lover, Ellis, mysteriously leaves town. In her attempts to save him, she learns about herself, her cursed town, and the lore surrounding both. This suspenseful and emotional romantasy is well plotted and has great world building.   

—Margaret Balwierz, Villa Park Public Library, IL

NoveList read-alike: A Spell for Change by Nicole Jarvis

The Wilderness: A Novel    

Angela Flournoy 

Mariner Books    

Over the course of twenty years in New York and Los Angeles, Desiree, Danielle, January, Monique, and Nakia face both the universal hardships of growing up and the specific challenges of doing so in 21st century America. These intertwining stories of five Black women finding their way into adulthood create a deeply moving portrait of friendship. 

—Jennifer Alexander, St. Louis County Library, MO

NoveList read-alike: Wahala by Nikki May

The Phoebe Variations: A Novel 

Jane Hamilton 

Zibby Publishing    

   

Told in flashback, Phoebe, about to graduate high school, is forced by her adoptive mother to meet her birth family, jumpstarting a search for identity and belonging that reveals layers of uncertainty and mistrust surrounding her best friend and the family of fourteen who take her in. Illuminating and lush, this literary jewel will spark numerous discussions and best-of lists. 

—Ron Block, Cuyahoga County Public Library, OH

NoveList read-alike: Sam by Allegra Goodman

Breathe In, Bleed Out       

Brian McAuley

Poisoned Pen Press    

Hannah and four friends join a private retreat to relax and regroup after experiencing big life incidents and time apart. One by one, they start disappearing, and it's up to Hannah to figure out where her friends are going and the cause of their disappearance. Readers will enjoy this blend of horror and suspense with twists they won’t see coming.

—Kristi Shepherd, Springfield-Greene County Library, MO

NoveList read-alike: My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature

Becky Siegel Spratford

Saga Press    

 

With introductions by renowned horror expert Spratford and essays from contemporary writers, this collection will be a great resource for library staff and horror fans. The essays get to the heart of why horror is such an important genre and why it speaks to such a diverse audience, with personal and entertaining passages as well as recommended reads. Any horror reader or book recommender will find this invaluable.

--Kristin Skinner, Flat River Community Library, MI

NoveList read-alike: 101 Horror Books to Read Before You Are Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

The Librarians       

Sherry Thomas

Berkley   

This intriguing mystery is also an in-depth character study of a group of people working for a small public library in Austin, Texas. No one is quite who they seem, but when two suspicious deaths happen in the area, with both victims having recently been in the library, the staff must band together to try to decipher what happened. Books about librarians are always a win/win, and this one is particularly well done.

-- Douglas Beatty, Baltimore County Public Library, MD

NoveList read-alike: The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

You Weren't Meant to Be Human   

Andrew Joseph White

S&S/Saga Press  

Heed the trigger warnings. This book is about a self-harming, autistic trans man who finds himself unwillingly pregnant and forced to carry to term. The story is compelling and explicit enough as is, but then there's the Hive...which brings in a gross, sci-fi element. Readers will be completely invested in Crane's life and struggles. Very political, important, and memorable.

--Sarah Hamil, Twin Lakes Library System, GA

NoveList read-alike: Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfit

Board Bonus picks:

It's Me They Follow

Jeannine A. Cook

Amistad

Notable Nonfiction: 

We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution

Jill Lepore

Liveright

See our social media for annotations of the bonus picks

Click here to see the entire Hall of Fame

The LibraryReads Hall of Fame designation honors authors who have had multiple titles appear on the monthly LibraryReads list since 2013. When their third title places on the list via library staff votes, the author moves into the Hall of Fame. Click here to see the Hall of Fame authors organized in alpha order. Please note, the current year's Hall of Fame lists are pulled out at the top of the page.

Pitcher Perfect   
Tessa Bailey  

Avon

  
Every Step She Takes 
Alison Cochrun

Atria Books

  
Play Nice        
Rachel Harrison

Berkley 

The Academy
Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham

Little, Brown and Company

What Stalks the Deep        
T. Kingfisher

Tor Nightfire

         
The Summer War        
Naomi Novik

Del Rey 

The Impossible Fortune: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery    
Richard Osman

Pamela Dorman Books 

 
Lauryn Harper Falls Apart 
Shauna Robinson

Sourcebooks Landmark   

Soul Searching: A Sweetwater Peak Novel    

Lyla Sage

Dial Press