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Mass Teen Choice Book Award @mateenbookaward.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Meet the 21 nominees for the 2026 Mass Teen Choice Book Award! This is the only award in the Bay State that invites students in grades 7-12 to vote for their favorite recently published books.

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Sam Erin| NYCC 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

My personal Best Books of 2025 list is HERE! It was so hard choosing my favorite books for this list. I read over 100 books; I ended up exploring a lot of genres I normally wouldn’t have otherwise and so many ended up being my favs of the year. Can’t wait for more great books in the new year :)

Hello Sunshine - Best Overall: Horror Mystery with Demons & Magic

One of the Boys - Best YA Fic: Contemporary featuring a Trans Girl in Sports

Nordlys- Best Tween Fantasy: Portal Fantasy with a Norwegian twist on Peter Pan

Silenced Voices - Most Important Read: Intergenerational story about the Guatemalan Genocide

Death in the Jungle - Best Non-Fic: Humanizing account of the Jonestown Massacre

The Power Fantasy - unique take on Superhero comics

If We Were A Movie - Black Sapphic Rom-Com set on Long Island

Absolute Batman - New Take on Batman for a New Generation

Climate of Chaos -Dystopian featuring a Disabled MC

How We Play The Game - Enemies to Lovers featuring Gaming & a Black Autistic MC

Devils like Us - Historical Fantasy with All Queer Cast

On the Wings of La Noche - Fantasy featuring Mexican myth, grief, and moving forward

Fight AIDS!- NF about the AIDS crisis that should be required reading

This Land is Our Land - Comic about protecting your home and fighting against extremism

Hellverine - Character study on Akihiro as he takes on the Hellverine Mantle

You Weren’t Meant to be Human- Scifi horror about cults & an unwanted pregnancy

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The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 22/11/2025

Missing these two a lot today. Nierme's been gone two years, and we lost Logan in June. They had so many friends and admirers, as much snuggling as they wanted, and many sunny windowsills and toys; she was 19 when she passed, and he was 18. But well-lived lives are always too short 🐾💔 #caturday

A short-haired dilute tortoiseshell cat - so dilute she looks like an opal - sitting on a table and considering the linen tablecloth, which is in need of ironing. Behind her are two bookcases of mystery and true-crime books and a cabinet where we keep our store copies of games for patrons to try.

A medium-haired charcoal tuxedo cat leans in close to study the headband of an attractive old copy of "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" randomly posed next to Sackville-West's biography of Joan of Arc and a Baedeker handbook for London (all sold already, sorry)

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Shelly Romero @ NYCC @shellyromero.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

It’s an absolute farce for Scholastic to have Lauren Bezos be a “literary champion” along with providing her book in English & Spanish when she attended the inauguration of the man whose administration is leading country-wide book bans, unlawful ICE raids & deportations, & the defunding of libraries

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

These pollinators are living their lives to the fullest, hell yeah girls

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Milk Burger @milkpork.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

So… The bill passed? I mean… I’m not surprised… But like… there are still SO MANY PEOPLE who have absolutely no idea just how fucked we are. This will have decades-long repercussions. This isn’t okay. Ugh.

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

🌈 195 2025 Young Adult Books Featuring LGBTQIA+ Representation 🌈 popgoesthereader.com/195-2025-you... #BookSky #YALit #KidLit #Pride #PrideMonth

A compilation of twenty-one 2025 young adult book covers in shades of pink and purple. Books featured include if We Were A Movie, I Love You S'More, Love At Second Sight, Togetha, Out of Step, Into You, Finding Prince Charming, Call Your Boyfriend, Chaos King, Hit Me With Your Best Charm, The Assassin's Guide To Babysitting, All-Nighter, Why On Earth, Run Away With Me, On Starlit Shores, There's Always Next Year, We Were Villains, Lucha of the Forgotten Spring, Nav's Foolproof Guide To Falling In Love, The Good Vampire's Guide To Blood and Boyfriends, The L.O.V.E. Club and Come Home To My Heart.

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Cozy Queer 📚🦊 @cozy-queer.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

What a wonderful queer/sapphic novel set against the backdrop of a historic Black-owned movie theater 💕💗 By @zakiyanjamal.bsky.social Description of pictures in 🧵. [ 💙📚🌶️ 🏳️‍🌈📚 #RomanceReads #QueerBooks #lgbtqiaBooks #SapphicBooks #BookReview #BookRecommendation ]

Cover of the novel „“if we were a movie“ by Zakiya N. Jamal and recommendation, all text in thread

a side character:
“I love romance, I just don’t want to be in one“

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HarperStacks @harperstacks.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Calling all rising seniors and high school grads! 🎓✏️ We know summer is just around the corner, but if you know someone who is gearing up for their last year of high school or first year of college, check out these new and upcoming college-themed YA books!

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Chief White House Chuck Taylor Correspondent 🐝⚜️ @ntdubb.blacksky.app · 26/03/2025

“your pets are NOT your children” ok then explain this

Pet ultrasound because he is my child, dang it!

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 55 Most-Anticipated Young Adult Books: April-June 2025 🌟 popgoesthereader.com/55-most-anti... #BookSky #YALit #KidLit

A compilation of 24 2025 young adult book covers arranged in a rainbow, ranging from shades of deep purple to blue and finally green.

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS is a #1 New York Times bestseller! THANK YOU to everyone who has read this little book and responded to it so generously. It's been a long time since a book about TB topped bestseller lists, and I'm so grateful to know more people are learning about this needless scourge.

portrait of the author signing a lot of copies of Everything Is Tuberculosis.

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Edith’s Little Free Library @edithslibrary.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Ah this was such a wonderful read!! I loved getting to know the characters and I enjoyed the movie theater setting, too! 💙📚🌈 @zakiyanjamal.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Looking for Alaska was published 20 years ago today. What a journey that little book has been on.

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Zakiya N. Jamal @zakiyanjamal.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

📌 New Pinned Post - I've got two books coming out this year! IF WE WERE A MOVIE - 4/22 Pre-order here: www.harpercollins.com/products/if-... SPARKS FLY (18+) - 12/2 Pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781856... For all updates subscribe to my newsletter: zakiyanjamal.substack.com

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Zakiya N. Jamal @zakiyanjamal.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🩷💛 SPARKS FLY COVER REVEAL 💛🩷 I'm so excited to reveal the cover of my adult romance debut, SPARKS FLY! I'm kind of obsessed with it ngl. That hand grip! 🥵 Wonderful art by Alex Cabal and designed by Lila Selle. Pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781856...

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

My hand to god right before they took this photo I told Gene “Smile like you’ve never actually met me before” and this is what he did. #RIPGeneHackman

Photo on the set of “Superman 4: The Quest for Peace” Jon Cryer and Gene Hackman shaking hands.

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The Lesbrary @lesbrary.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Here are 25 sapphic books by Black authors out in 2025 to preorder now! lesbrary.com/black-sapphi...

the cover of Out of Step, Into You beside a blog spot titles 25 Black Sapphic Books Out in 2025 to Preorder Now

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creatingcrista.bsky.social @creatingcrista.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

#bookreview ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Well done BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ rep. True YA romance - plenty of crushes and kissing but no spice. A group of teens ban together to figure out who is sabotaging a historic black cinema in town. Along the way friendships, love and community bloom. @zakiyanjamal.bsky.social

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Christian Vega @christianvega.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Emily Gilmore is so Latina Abuela coded like…just see the vision with me

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Zakiya N. Jamal @zakiyanjamal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Hello! I'm the author of IF WE WERE A MOVIE, which comes out on April 22, 2025 and SPARKS FLY, coming out in fall '25! You can find all my info here: zakiyanjamal.com I won't really be on here so you can find everything you need on my site.

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