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Share Your Sure-Bet Reads To Celebrate LJ’s 150th Birthday

LJ Reviews Sep 17, 2025

Library Journal is celebrating its 150th birthday in 2026. We invite you to celebrate with us by thinking about the books you love and helping us create a list of sure-bet titles to share with the LJ community of librarians and readers.

Share Your Sure-Bet Reads To Celebrate LJ’s 150th Birthday

LJ Reviews Sep 17, 2025

Display Shelf | Bread Baking

Melissa DeWild Sep 17, 2025

'Exo' by Colin Brush| SFF Debut of the Month

Meagan Shay Sep 17, 2025

‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’ by Kiran Desai Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse

Kate Merlene | Book Pulse, Sep 22, 2025

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai leads holds this week. Also in demand are new titles by Ken Follett, Jen Hatmaker, SenLinYu, Ian McEwan, and Elizabeth George. People’s book of the week is Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin. Ohio Book Award winners are announced, including Christopher Bollen and Timothy Snyder. Priscilla Presley discusses her new memoir, Softly, as I Leave You: Life After Elvis. Plus, George Takei is named honorary chair of Banned Books Week, which will take place October 5–11.

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Next Time Will Be Our Turn

Jesse Q Sutanto | FICTION

The Edgar Award–winning Sutanto’s popularity across genres (including YA, mystery, and romance) means that libraries should expect interest in her latest.

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The Mind Reels

Fredrik deBoer | FICTION

Since David Foster Wallace’s death, the everyday reality of mental illness has rarely been captured as rigorously and without adornment as deBoer’s hard-to-shake portrait of a woman in unceasing crisis.

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Jason Polan: The Post Office

Jason Polan | FINE ARTS

Fans of Lynda Barry, Austin Kleon, mail art, and letter-writing will find offbeat, under-the-radar inspiration here; this would be at home in a strong contemporary arts or maker collection.

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The Great Forgotten

K. L Murphy | FICTION

This moving narrative not only revisits a forgotten tragedy but also offers a compelling glimpse into the societal and economic forces shaping the Great War–era United States.