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Happy National Library Week! We love sharing the library love on our blog all year long. What better week to make sure that you know about our blog archive of over 25 “Dear Librarians” letters from your biggest fan club: authors who were inspired to become writers —and readers—thanks to libraries! From LibraryReads favorites, to

“I realized at an embarrassingly advanced age what most people already knew: libraries aren’t just about the books on their shelves––they’re about the readers they nurture, the communities they bring together and help, and the conversations they foster. . . There’s a special gratitude that comes from discovering this magic as an adult, which is why sharing my debut novel with you feels like a true privilege.”

From the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of THE CLOISTERS comes an electrifying thriller about an opulent family retreat to Italy that’s shattered by the resurfacing of a decades-old crime.

“Whilst I no longer work at the library, I have fond memories of shelving books and spying accounts of Egyptian mythology, piling them on my book trolley, and then heading to the self-service machine to check them out. Libraries have always been a large part of my life, stretching back to when I was a child and, too short to reach the counter. . .”

From the author of Gold Diggers, a biting examination of millennial adulthood, the often fraught conversations around fertility and reproduction, and the painful quest to forge an identity.

Listen to Wright Thompson, author of THE BARN, share a message to librarians.

Request eGalleys of some of our favorite March titles, and if you love the books, please consider nominating them for LibraryReads!

Hilarious and twisted, propulsive and furious, ALL THE OTHER MOTHERS HATE ME is the must-read book of 2025.

With starred reviews from publications including Library Journal and AudioFile—your patrons will want to read these much-anticipated books that reviewers are raving about.

“I was older than most when I first experienced the reassuring calm of the library—a refuge where I could stare out the window and dream just as often as I would open a book and engage. Daydreaming and reading intertwined, blurring the space between the stories I invented in my mind and those created by others. It was like a house of cards—precisely placed, perfectly balanced—until one fell, and, in solidarity, the other followed.”

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