A big thank you to all who attended this week’s ALMA Book Buzz! In case you missed it, check out the titles we talked about below, and click this link to watch the recording! THE SECRET DINNER by Raphael Montes | 9781250442413 | 8/18/26 STRANGE IS THE LIGHT by Sarah Maria Griffin | 9781250910882 | […]
Tag: fantasy romance

Happy Half Hour (5/11/26)
Today, we’re chatting about a chess grandmaster who will go to any length to save the person she loves the most; a serial killer who recants his confession regarding a high school girl, and her friends who are forced to confront what really happened; and a family of unforgettable women obsessed with securing their legacy. IMMORTAL […]

Sneak Peek: June 2026 Indie Next List
The June 2026 Indie Next List includes four Macmillan titles! THE SHIPPERS by Katherine Center 9781250408051 | 5/19/26 “Center (THE LOVE HATERS) sets this beguiling contemporary aboard a weeklong cruise… Center employs the forced proximity trope to excellent effect in bringing these two back together, and the characters’ sparkling banter effortlessly captures their long-standing intimacy. […]

Happy Half Hour (5/4/26)
Today, we’re chatting about a girl who is starting over while keeping secret that she’s spent the last year in juvenile detention; an adversary to a villain who needs to save her kingdom’s magic before she becomes its greatest threat; and a new mother—a scholar steeped in fairy lore—who is wrestling with the legacies and […]

LJ Day of Dialog Spring 2026 Cover Spotlight
Thanks for visiting our Spring 2026 Library Journal Day of Dialog virtual booth! We have some great books coming your way in Fall 2026–check ’em out! BRADY: An American Story and the Price of Greatness by Lars Anderson 9781250360304 | 9/29/26Request on Edelweiss and NetGalley Based on years of in-depth reporting and sources from every […]

For Your Consideration: July 2026 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite July titles for the July 2026 LibraryReads list! VOTES DUE JUNE 1ST! FABULOUS BODIES by Chuck Tingle | 9781250398567 | 7/7/26 Request on Edelweiss and NetGalley “Tingle (LUCKY DAY) turns both the music and the blood spatter up to 11 in this extremely gory horror outing that nevertheless […]

Booklist Library Love for LibraryReads Recap (4/27/26)
A big thank you to all who attended last week’s Booklist Library Love for LibraryReads webinar! In case you missed it, check out the titles we talked about below, and click this link to watch the recording! MOSS’D IN SPACE by Rebecca Thorne | 9781250414144 | 6/30/26 PRETTY DEAD THINGS by Kelsey Cox | 9781250378842 […]

Happy Half Hour (4/20/26)
Today, we’re chatting about an impulsive and heartbroken woman who inherits her father’s share of a Tennessee farm that is rich in family secrets; a seafaring supply runner who, while delivering goods from island to island, finds a revolution underway in the capital with a friend in the line of fire; and a girl who […]

Day’s YA: IMMORTAL GAME
IMMORTAL GAME by Allison Saft 9781250404763 8/4/2026 Wednesday Books Ages 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley It’s been six years since Shea’s sister was whisked away by the High King of the Irish Otherworld, Midir, into the dangerous yet glittering land of fae. Shea is desperate to bring her sister back, but the Iron […]

Mai Corland’s Letter to Librarians
In VERITY GUILD, Mai Corland writes a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers story filled with secrets, deception, and blood magic, that feels like The Traitors meets A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES. In her letter to librarians, she shares how a love of libraries was instilled in her from a young age, and how it felt like fate for her […]

