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LibraryReads @libraryreads.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Congratulations to our newest LibraryReads picks for May 2026! These are the fresh new titles that public library workers in the USA voted for as top reading suggestions. You can find a print-friendly PDF at libraryreads.org.

Book cover image collage of LibraryReads Top 10 Picks for May 2026

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Listening to the audio of Parks and Rec by @jmkarmstrong.bsky.social is almost as good as re-watching the series! Armstrong does a fantastic job w/ the history of the show from concept & casting thru ratings struggles to streaming success! Foreword: @nickofferman.bsky.social 📚 #BookSky

The book cover image for Parks and Rec: the Underdog TV Show that Lit'rally Inspired a Vision for a Better America by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong. The book has a light green cover and an image of a stack of waffles with bacon on the side and the miniature horse, Lil' Sebastian and the Pawnee, IN town flag on top of the waffles. A bright yellow "sunburst" design includes the text, "Foreword by Nick Offerman"

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

4.5 stars to TWELVE MONTHS by #JimButcher Harry must deal with trauma, loss, & grief after the Battle of Chicago before enemies get bolder and hurt him or those he cares about. It's Harry at his most human. Thanks @prhlibrary.bsky.social for the audio! Storygraph: tinyurl.com/yhzrs225

Two photos side by side: on the left is author Jim Butcher from the waist up in a brown leather jacket, on the right is the cover image for the novel Twelve Months featuring the character Harry Dresden in long leather duster jacket and hat holding his wizard's staff in front of green crystals and a large yellow rune glowing with power.

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

4 stars to two Blacksad Graphic Novels: A Silent Hell & Amarillo by Canales & Guarnido - both feature detective John Blacksad in noir mysteries with absolutely gorgeous art! @darkhorse.com app.thestorygraph.com/profile/dant...

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

4.25 stars to PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells - Another great #Murderbot adventure, this time trying to rescue some humans in hiding from a hostile environment with corporate goons hunting them along the way!

Book cover image for the novel PLatform Decay by Martha Wells, depicts a SecUnit android in a spacesuit entering an air lock on a space station.

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Since I'm now using Storygraph instead of Goodreads, my Goodreads friends are no longer seeing the books I've read. So, I'm going to try posting regularly with the books I've read this year. Feel free to follow / friend me on Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/dant...

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Jenna Marie @jennamariekittycat.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Drum roll please... the books have been tallied and with over 500 total votes and more than 350 unique titles mentioned, the favorite books of #LibFaves25 are:

#LibFaves25. Gold ribbon: The Correspondent, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. Silver ribbon: Wild Dark Shore. Bronze ribbon: The Incandescent, My Friends, and The Names

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

MY FRIENDS by Fredrik Backman was my favorite #book of the year! #libfaves25 I’m not sure if it’s my favorite Backman book, but it’s definitely top 2 or 3! He writes characters so beautifully that we wish we could know them in real life! #booksky 📚 @ssedlib.bsky.social

Book cover image for the novel My Friends by Fredrik Backman

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

That's a wrap on day 9 of #libfaves25 with 43 more submissions today for a total of over 330 unique titles. I'm passing the torch to @jennamariekittycat.bsky.social for the final day of #librarians & #library staff sharing their favorite #books of 2025!

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

THE SHATTERING PEACE is my pick today for #libfaves25 Returning to the Old Man's War universe for the 1st time in a decade, @scalzi.com delivers plenty of action, twists, turns, & of course, witty banter in his newest novel that's perfect for OMW fans, but also for new comers. #booksky 📚

A photo of author John Scalzi next to the book cover image of his 2025 novel The Shattering Peace

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Good morning #library folks! There's two more days for #librarians & #library staff to post your favorite #books of 2025 using hashtag #libfaves25 with TITLE IN CAPS. I'll be your friendly neighborhood monitor today. 😀 #booksky 📚

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

BRIGANDS AND BREADKNIVES by @travisbaldree.bsky.social is my next #libfaves25 pick! #cozy #fantasy series sees Fern, the bookseller from the prequel, move her bookshop next to Viv’s coffee shop, but then gets drunk and goes off on an accidental adventure with a warrior Elf & Goblin. #booksky 📚

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Today’s #libfaves25 pick is WATER MOON by Samantha Sotto Yambao A great character driven #fantasy novel set in an alternate world reached through a ramen shop in Japan, which becomes a pawn shop instead for a select few. #booksky 📚 @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

#libfaves25 entering the top 5 of my favorite #books of 2025! THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION by @qntm.org sure is some high concept #sciencefiction! I’m not 100% sure I understood everything that happened, but I sure as heck enjoyed it! #booksky @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

The book cover image for There Is No Antimemetics Division with the book image at 3/4 angle and floating in front of a yellow-green tinted background of trees

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

My next #libfaves25 pick in my countdown of my #topten favorite books of 2025 is INFINITE ARCHIVE by @mightymur.bsky.social the 3rd in the Midsolar Murders #sci-fi #mystery series: our heroine must solve a murder at a mystery convention aboard a spaceship! #booksky @acebookspub.bsky.social

an image of the book cover for Infinite Archive by Mur Lafferty next to a photo of the author

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Still catching up on my #libfaves25 countdown of my #topten favorite #books of 2025 & sharing several today. Next up is ONYX STORM by @rebeccayarros.bsky.social Despite the massive cliff-hanger ending, this #Romantasy series continues to deliver! #booksky

an image of the book cover for Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros next to a photo of the author

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

My third pick for my #libfaves25 countdown of my #topten favorite #books of 2025 is the very fun #sci-fi romp WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE by @scalzi What happens when the moon suddenly turns into cheese? @torbooks.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social #booksky #sciencefiction 📚

a photo of author John Scalzi next to the book cover image for his novel When the Moon Hits Your Eye

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

The second book in my #libfaves25 countdown of my #topten favorite #books of 2025 is LAST CHANCE TO SAVE THE WORLD by @bethrevis.bsky.social the exciting conclusion to the Chaotic Orbits #sci-fi novella trilogy! @dawbooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #booksky #sciencefiction 📚

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I'm late to #libfaves25 joining #librarians in counting down my #topten favorite #books of 2025! I’ll be sharing several books today & tomorrow to catch up, starting w/ the unique Snow White #retelling HEMLOCK & SILVER by @tkingfisher.com @torbooks.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social #booksky

book cover for Hemlock & Silver by T. Kinfisher

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary island style on beautiful St. Croix!

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Jenna Marie @jennamariekittycat.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

And the moment we've been waiting for *drum roll*... The most popular #LibFaves24 books with 8 votes each were JAMES and THE MINISTRY OF TIME! 🎉 FUNNY STORY and SANDWICH had 7 votes, THE MESSAGE had 6, and with 5 votes each: MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES, THE MIGHTY RED, THE SPELLSHOP, and THE WOMEN

LibFaves24 gold tier books: James, The Ministry of Time, Funny Story, Sandwich. Silver tier books: The Message, Margo's Got Money Troubles, The Mighty Red, The Spellshop, The Women

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Jenna Marie @jennamariekittycat.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I placed the top mentioned #LibFaves24 titles in 3 tiers. Bronze, Silver, Gold if you will. Our 3rd tier Bronze titles were mentioned either 3 or 4 times:

LibFaves24 books: First Lie Wins, The Hunter, The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles, Martyr!, A Sorceress Comes to Call, The Tainted Cup, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America, The Wedding People, All Fours, All the Colors of the Dark, Bury Your Gays, The God of the Woods, Intermezzo, The Light Eaters, The Mars House, The Pairing, Tell me Everything

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

#LibFaves24 day 10 SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA by T.J. Klune & amazingly narrated by @danielhenningla.bsky.social Wonderful sequel: Arthur must defend his past against the government, but w/ Linus by his side, he will #resist & stand up for his family! @macmillanlib.bsky.social #BookSky 💙📚

two images side by side: on the left is a photo of author T.J. Klune and audiobook narrator Daniel Henning sitting back to back holding copies of Somewhere beyond the Sea and House in the Cerulean Sea; on the right is the boom cover image of Somewhere Beyond the Sea which includes an illustration of a house, car, and tree on a small strip of land, which a glowing phoenix larger than the house rises up into the night sky.

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

We had 43 total votes today with 24 new titles - top vote getters today were SANDWICH (4) & GOD OF THE WOODS (2). Top titles overall on day 9: MINISTRY OF TIME (7), SANDWICH (7), JAMES (6), FUNNY STORY (5), MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES (5) & THE WOMEN (5) #LibFaves24 #BookSky 💙📚

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

#LibFaves24 day 9 BELIEVE: THE UNTOLD STORY BEHIND TED LASSO by Jeremy Egner The next best thing to a #TedLasso re-watch & a must read for fans! Highlights of key episodes & behind the scenes details from interviews w/ the cast & creators. #Believe #BookSky 💙📚@prhlibrary.bsky.social

Two images side by side: on the left is the book cover for Believe: the Untold Story of Ted Lasso, the Show that Kicked It's Way Into Our Hearts by Jeremy Egner. The word Believe is in the bold blue font used for the Ted Lasso show, the subtitle is below that on a crooked yellow banner with the words "Ted Lasso" also in the shows' bold blue font. At the bottom of the book cover is a pair of aviator style sunglasses with the Union Jack flag on the lenses. The right hand picture is the author photo for Jeremy Egner, a white man with brown hair and a salt and pepper beard wearing a black crewneck shirt in front of a blue sky with white clouds behind him.

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Good morning #library land! I’m your #LibFaves24 monitor for today & am looking forward to seeing all your great 2024 #book recs! TITLES IN CAPS please & feel free to catch up if you haven’t been posting / “skeeting” yet. #BookSky 💙📚

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

#LibFaves24 day 8 LULA DEAN'S LITTLE LIBRARY OF BANNED BOOKS by Kirsten Miller I loved this satirical novel about the power of books & the dangers of banning them! Engaging characters, a hopeful story, w/ fabulous narration by @justjanuary.bsky.social #BookSky 📚@librarylovefest.bsky.social

Book cover image of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller, author of The Change. The image has the title in large white letters against a teal blue background with a silhouette of a little free library box behind the words. The letter "I" in "Library" is a match with a flame striking up. The author's name is below the title in black letters.

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Jenna Marie @jennamariekittycat.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

We’re down to the final 3 days of #LibFaves24! If you’ve missed some days or haven’t even started at all, please feel free to play catch up! Any library staff can participate in counting down their 10 favorite 2024 books, TITLES in caps please.

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

#LibFaves24 day 7: THE BORROWED LIFE OF FREDERICK FIFE by Anna Johnston Uplifting story of an elderly man alone & down on his luck, a case of mistaken identity, & showing kindness to everyone around you. Fred is up there w/ Harold Fry, Arthur Pepper, & Ove! @librarylovefest.bsky.social #BookSky 📚

Book cover image of The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fire by Anna Johnston. An orange-yellow background / sky with a large red circle evoking a setting sun is in the top 2/3 of the image. An old man in tan slacks and a gray sweater with glasses, a hat, and a scarf tailing out very long behind him as he walks across some green grass holding a coffee cup.

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

#LibFaves24 day 6: DREADFUL by @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social A very fun humorous #fantasy novel about a Dark Wizard with amnesia who has to fumble his way through an evil scheme involving a captured princess without being discovered. #BookSky 📚 @titanbooks.bsky.social

Two photos: on the left is a picture of author Caitlin Rozakis looking directly at the camera. On the right is the book cover of the book Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis with a red background and drawing of a black castle with the title and author's name displayed on a gray banner in front of the castle.

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Halfway thru #LibFaves24 day 5: WHAT HAVE WE HERE? written & narrated by Billy Dee Williams What an adventurous life he’s had living in “the full spectrum of colors” from growing up in Harlem to his long career in films like Brian’s Song, Batman, & #STARWARS #BookSky 📚 @prhlibrary.bsky.social

Book cover of What Have We Here: Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee Williams - off white background with a photo of Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian with his back to the camera spinning to look at the camera with his light blue cape fanning out behind him.

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

#LibFaves24 day 4: MAL GOES TO WAR by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social (author of #Mickey7 / #Mickey17) a darkly funny, #scifi adventure of an A.I. trapped w/ human companions during a war between "pure" humans & their cybernetically enhanced counterparts. @ssedlib.bsky.social #BookSky 📚

Book cover image of Mal Goes to War by Edward Ashton - cover image is greenish blue with a computer generated image of a human face looking straight out and up; a smaller image of an adult and child in silhouette holding hands is at the bottom of the image.

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#LibFaves24 day 3: THE MINISTRY OF TIME by @kalianebradley5.bsky.social This great #timetravel novel is told through a spy thriller lens, but also includes romance & humor along with the #sciencefiction & excellent narration by Katie Leung! @ssedlib.bsky.social #BookSky 📚

Book cover image of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley - black background of space with little gray stars and the title in large 3D font in multiple colors. Book cover also has a Good Morning America book club sticker.

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Jenna Marie @jennamariekittycat.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

If you missed day 1, feel free to play catch up and share two titles today! #LibFaves24

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

#LibFaves24 day 2: THE BRIGHT SWORD by @levgrossman.bsky.social In a new twist on #Arthurian legend Collum journeys to #Camelot to find that Arthur is dead. The remaining misfit knights set out on a quest to find a new king to unite Britain. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #BookSky

Book cover image for The Bright Sword: a novel of King Arthur by Lev Grossman. A light blue cover with gold stars and an image of a sword coming out of water, antlers, a crown, and several laurel branches.

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Counting down my top ten favorite #books of 2024 starting with WHAT IF… LOKI WAS WORTHY? by @authoroux.bsky.social A great story where #Loki is stripped of his powers and banished to Earth after accidentally causing the death of #Thor. #LibFaves24 #Marvel @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Book cover image of What If ... Loki Was Worthy by Madeleine Roux - a green background with an image of Loki and a smaller image of Iron Man, Loki, and Enchantress in shadow.

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Today's the day! #Library staff start posting their top ten favorite #books of 2024 one #book per day using hashtag #LibFaves24 and TITLE IN CAPS.

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Dan Brooks @danthebookman.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

First day on Bluesky, here's a pic of our cats: Remmie (tux) & Merlin (gray striped)

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