Once again, our staff got together and asked ourselves what books we’re gifting this year—and we think we have pretty good taste.

“Library magic is quite real when you’re open to it, which fortunately, I am. To make the magic work, you need to open yourself to possibility and serendipity. Then the library gods take over, guiding your eyeballs to writing that might launch you further into whatever madness brought you to the library in the first place.”

A Q&A with The Manuscripts Club Author Christopher de Hamel.

From bookfluencer and host of the BAD ON PAPER podcast, a riotous holiday rom-com about four friends in NYC who hold onto their unconventional Christmas tradition even when their paths diverge—but the changes they fear might be exactly what they need…

Check your holds on these three inspiring and thought-provoking audiobooks featuring some very recognizable voices.

Public library staff across the nation have spoken! Congratulations to the books selected for the December 2023 LibraryReads Top Ten List.

The acclaimed author of Code Girls returns with a “rip-roaring” (Steve Coll), “staggeringly well-researched” (The New York Times) history of three generations at the CIA, “electric with revelations” (Booklist) about the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spycraft, and tracked down Osama bin Laden.

Congratulations to the 12 Penguin Random House titles honored on the 2024 Carnegie Medals for Excellence longlist!

With starred reviews from publications including Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal—your patrons will want to read these much-anticipated books that reviewers are raving about.

Check out the full November episode, title lists, links shared, books we are grateful for, and more!

Welcome to the West Heart Club. Where the drinks are neat but behind closed doors . . . things can get messy. Where upright citizens are deemed downright boring. Where the only missing piece of the puzzle is you, dear reader.

Is there a comfort read you are revisiting? A new discovery that has brought you joy? Our staff selects what they are loving right now!