“As a library, you are the guardian and spirit-home of something absolutely precious: HUMAN ATTENTION.”

#1 international bestselling author Tara Moss returns with an immersive post-war mystery as glamorous investigator Billie Walker follows a trail of secrets to Italy’s sun-drenched Neapolitan coast.

“It is librarians like you who work tirelessly to share books with a world that needs hope. Thank you for your efforts!”

From New York Times bestselling author Ayana Gray comes a new kind of villain origin story, reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine.

The praise for these narrations is so good. . . you have to take a listen for yourself!

A taut, electrifying thriller about a woman determined to avenge her sister’s murder—and the killer who must confront his own ghosts.

Learn about Penguin Random House’s three finalists for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction!

Request eGalleys of some of our favorite February titles, and if you love the books, please consider nominating them for LibraryReads! Remember, voting for the February list ends on 1/1.

“Sylvie, the main character, is formed even more deeply than she realizes by the ideas she learned from her grandparents, both of whom died when she was 13. You might even say those ideas save her. I was lucky, growing up, to have a host of adults expose me to real ideas, but I think my librarians did it most. In that way, too, they made me who I am.”

Public library staff across the nation have spoken! Congratulations to the books selected for the December 2025 LibraryReads Top Ten List.

A luminous novel of love and loss, “as breathtaking as it is mind-bending” (Rachel Khong), that asks: what would you give to relive the past?

Hear about our 2025 gift guide, standout debuts, ladies in crime fiction, book club picks, riveting nonfiction, and much more!