What Will You Read This May 2026?
Request eGalleys of some of our favorite May titles, and if you love the books, please consider nominating them for LibraryReads! Remember, voting for the May list ends on 4/1.
Read moreCongratulations to the 20 Penguin Random House titles honored on the 2026 Carnegie Medals for Excellence longlist!
And we celebrate our shortlist of Andrew Carnegie finalists—three PRH titles—(chosen on Nov 18th) from this initial list of longlist titles: A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF, WE DO NOT PART, and THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US. The two medal winners, 1 fiction and 1 nonfiction, will be announced on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.Browse the complete list of Penguin Random House LibraryReads Top Ten, Hall of Fame, and Bonus Picks, and learn more about how you can vote at LibraryReads.org.
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Request eGalleys of some of our favorite May titles, and if you love the books, please consider nominating them for LibraryReads! Remember, voting for the May list ends on 4/1.
Read more“The Library After Dark is a love letter to libraries and books, to those who place knowledge into the hands of any who may not experience it otherwise.”
Read moreIn this propulsive debut, a Buffalo Bills cheerleader will stop at nothing to solve the disappearance of her best friend and teammate, navigating the dark underbelly of a hardscrabble city, the grime and glamour of professional cheerleading, and her own tangled family history.
Read moreWith starred reviews from publications including Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, and more — your patrons will want to read these much-anticipated books that reviewers are raving about.
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