Booklist Reader

Published by Booklist, an imprint of the American Library Association. Booklist Reader features diverse book and audiobook recommendations, for readers and listeners of all ages. Filled with high-interest, themed lists that showcase books for your family or book discussion group.

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Booklist Reader

It Happened in Brooklyn • Brooklyn is a storied place that has become a borough of writers. Contemporary Brooklyn novels have deep roots in such classics as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith, and Brown Girl, Brownstones, by Paule Marshall. The titles below each offer a distinctive take on the vibrancy, diversity, history, creativity, challenges, and changes that keep Brooklyn so electric, so inspiring.

Spanish Language Sure Bets • There is something for everyone on this list of recent books in Spanish, books by authors from around the world and a variety of Spanish speaking countries. Here is fiction that entertains, imagines intriguing situations, challenges biases, and uplifts. And nonfiction that nurtures mental, emotional, and physical health.

Pop Culture Read-alikes Euphoria • This past May, the wildly popular HBO series Euphoria aired its third and final season. Euphoria follows a cast of high-schoolers navigating trauma, identity, and addiction. With a five-year time jump from the second season, the story no longer follows high-schoolers, with the characters now in their early 20s with new careers, relationships, and satisfying character reunions. Find the same sex, drugs, and drama beyond the screen in these titles featuring addiction and sobriety, toxic love, vice-like friendships, and plenty of party favors.

Chris Bohjalian • Chris Bohjalian is the best-selling author of 25 books, including his most recent, The Jackal’s Mistress, as well as The Flight Attendant, which has been made into a MAX limited series starring Kaley Cuoco. His novels Secrets of Eden, Midwives, and Past the Bleachers were made into movies, and his work has been translated into more than 35 languages. He is also a playwright (Wingspan and Midwives). He lives in Vermont and can be found at chrisbohjalian.com or on Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, Litsy, and Goodreads.

Adult • Get your hands on these hotly anticipated books, all out this month.

HALL OF FAME TITLES • The LibraryReads Hall of Fame designation honors authors who have had multiple titles appear on the monthly list since 2013.

Fascinating Graphic Nonfiction • Biographies and memoirs tend to dominate the graphic-nonfiction space for adults, but there’s a thrilling wider world of artfully told nonfiction that uses the graphic format in innovative ways to explore art, fashion, history, science, pop culture, and more. The following recent standout titles showcase a wide range of subjects, tones, and art styles sure to fascinate dedicated nonfiction readers.

True-Crime Books • The most rigorously researched, best-written, and most gripping true-crime investigations illuminate depravity and justice and much in-between.

Recent True-Crime Reads • The journalists and investigators who researched and wrote these true-crime titles revisit the persistent mysteries of famous murder cases, dig into a cold case, expose corruption and failures in the justice system, and chronicle an attempted criminal act in a library.

Time Travel with True Crime • The way crime exists in society is a reflection of society itself. Patterns in crime and victimhood, perspectives and tools of the criminal-justice system, and the way survivors are viewed all offer glimpses into the time in which the crimes occurred and were investigated. Take an audio time machine to hear how society responds in these true-crime tales of different eras.

Fall Audio • Get your hands on these hotly anticipated audiobooks, coming this fall.

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