Booklist Reader

Published by Booklist, an imprint of the American Library Association. Booklist Reader features diverse book and audiobook recommendations, for readers and listeners of all ages. Filled with high-interest, themed lists that showcase books for your family or book discussion group.

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Booklist Reader

Top 10 Book-Group Books • These eminently discussable books highlight hot topics through deep sociological work, historical encounters, satire, and more, making them ideal for groups looking to explore events through different lenses.

Reading and Listening Together

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Top 10 Graphic Novels • From the claustrophobia of domesticity to the vast weirdness of space, these prime examples of graphic fiction offer a rich variety of moods, genres, and subjects.

Top 10 Graphic Nonfiction • A dynamic array of perspectives, histories, cultures, and experiences makes up this list of excellent graphic nonfiction.

Manga Essentials Manga for Adult Readers • Manga for adult readers can be vastly varied and nuanced and can cover many genres and topics. Ranging from literary to comedic to romantic, here are a few titles that adult manga readers will clamor to read!

Reserve These Reads Adult • Get your hands on these hotly anticipated books, all out this month.

The Top Ten Adult Fiction and Nonfiction Chosen Monthly by America’s Library Staff

HALL OF FAME TITLES • The LibraryReads Hall of Fame designation honors authors who have had multiple titles appear on the monthly list since 2013.

Sports Fiction • Sports, from hockey and football to golf and gymnastics, have inspired romances and family dramas that capture thrills, conflicts, competition.

Women Athletes • As trailblazers, the top women athletes spotlighted in these memoirs, biographies, and works of history not only excelled in their chosen sports but also courageously and effectively spoke out for gender and racial equality and justice.

Top 10 Sports Books • These 10 extraordinary books prove that when we talk about sports, we also talk about gender and religion, glory and trauma, history and hope—in other words, humanity.

Listen Up Athletes on Audio

PBS BOOKS

Now Hear This Whoopi Goldberg

Top 10 Book-Group Audiobooks • Audio originals that can only be enjoyed in that format and titles with narration to enhance the story make up this list of discussable audiobooks.

Reserve These Reads Children & Teens • Get your hands on these hotly anticipated books, all out this month.

Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens • Stirring fantasy, poignant memoir, and thoughtprovoking speculative fiction round out this list of the top 10 graphic novels for teens.

Top 10 Middle-Grade Graphic Novels • Fairy tales, ghost stories, animal adventures, and burgeoning crushes are just some of the excellent middle-grade offerings in these graphic novels.

Sports Comics

Top 10 Sports Books for Youth • Chess, LARPing, and a pair of high-stakes fantastical competitions are just a few of the sports covered in these top 10 sports books for youth.