A bumper crop of recent picture books about community gardens can grow your collection of green stories while nurturing a fruitful sense of shared investment across generations of readers. Check out our recent #BooklistBacklist 🥕🍅📚: bit.ly/4bseD81

💰A sudden inheritance
❤️‍🔥A sizzling inheritance executor
📚Writing Regency romance
It's all here in our latest #10Qs with Amita Murray, author of UNLADYLIKE RULES OF ATTRACTION: bit.ly/3yo7u9N

#ReviewoftheDay | WE GO TO THE PARK by Sara Stridsberg, illus. by Beatrice Alemagna. Tr. by B. J. Woodstein | Enchanted Lion Books | bit.ly/44trCDJ

📣Hey, book fans! Our friends at the American Writers Museum & Chicago Public Library are hosting the #AWFest2024 on May 19 at the Harold Washington Library Center! Stop by for amazing panels including a very special Freedom to Read panel featuring ALA_Booklist's Heather Booth and Donna Seaman!

On May 19, join us at the #AWFest2024 for Writing Memoir! Nicole Chung and Lydia Millet, two bestselling authors, untangle their own histories and stories and discuss the process and craft of writing a memoir (or an anti-memoir, as Millet calls her new book) with Donna Seaman.

Our latest #ListenAlikes feat. titles with full, star-power casts; others are performed by a solo (wow!) narrator. All are high entertainment, and Amy Tintera’s podcast-informed adult debut, LISTEN FOR THE LIE, will drum up demand for more audio thrillers: bit.ly/4dvP6Mp

On this week’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver made several great points about supporting our public libraries. Here are some highlights, and ways you can stay informed and take action. #FreePeopleReadFreely 🧵

🌊 There's a tidal wave of excitement waiting for you at the #ALAAC24 Library Marketplace! Get ready to meet with exhibitors providing invaluable resources, pick up merch and ARCs, discover the new STEAM Pavilion, and much more. 🤗 Register Now! bit.ly/ALAAC24-Regist…

Celebrate the spoken word during the #2024OdysseyAwards at #ALAC24 ! Join us Monday, 7/1 at 3:30 p.m. PDT in the Pacific Ballroom at the Marriott Marquis to celebrate this year's winning and honor titles! 🏅🎧📚cdmcd.co/arrpPM

#ReviewoftheDay | LISTEN FOR THE LIE by Amy Tintera, read by January LaVoy and Will Damron | Macmillan Audio Macmillan Library | bit.ly/4a7sEX3

Great books come from publishing houses of all sizes, and we are thrilled to spotlight upcoming adult titles May 9 from CamCat Books and ECW Press that are must-haves for your shelf! Plus, hear from author Robert Wintner! Register now: bit.ly/3Qbq76W

The best true-crime books from the last year focus on victims and survivors, expose the social inequities underlying our criminal justice system, and read like more harsh and tragic crime novels. Check out our Top 10 True-Crime Books: bit.ly/3JSKxOM

Join Random House Children's Books School & Library authors Jumata Emill (WANDER IN THE DARK), Kim Johnson (THE COLOR OF A LIE), and LaDarrion Williams (BLOOD AT THE ROOT) today for a discussion about how social issues can be explored and discussed through different genres. Register: bit.ly/4deIXEr

Purchase your tickets now for the #ALA_Carnegie Awards on Saturday, June 29 at 7 p.m. PDT during #ALAAC24 ! The event will kick off with keynote speaker Richard Blanco followed by speeches from winners #AmandaPeters & Roxanna Asgarian, and a book signing🏅📚: bit.ly/3UPuPtM

#ReviewoftheDay | PARADE by Rachel Cusk | Farrar,Straus&Giroux Macmillan Library | bit.ly/4aacPyO

Join Random House Children's Books School & Library authors Jumata Emill
(WANDER IN THE DARK), Kim Johnson (THE COLOR OF A LIE), and LaDarrion Williams (BLOOD AT THE ROOT) tomorrow for a discussion about how social issues can be explored and discussed through different genres. Register: bit.ly/4deIXEr

Join us and YALSA for the 2024 #Printz Awards ceremony and reception on Friday, June 28 at 8:00PM PDT #ALAAC24 ! Add to your registration here: bit.ly/3JRnfZn

This year’s top 10 audiobooks for crime and thriller listeners include a number of debuts, along with some favorite author/narrator pairings: bit.ly/44zZI9a