Booklist

Booklist is the American Library Association’s nationally distributed book and media review publication. Since 1905, Booklist has been proud to publish thousands of book and audiobook reviews each year, helping library and education workers decide what to buy and how to guide patrons and students of all ages in choosing what to read, view, or listen to.

Booklist

Letter from the Publisher / George Kendall

What Yiyun Li Wants You to Read • Thinking Women, Books that Argue Against the Conventional and Irresponsible Thinking that Women Simply Write about Feelings: A Reading List by Yiyun Li, Carnegie finalist for Things in Nature Merely Grow

Adult Nonfiction

High-Demand Hot List • Look for reviews of these high-demand titles in forthcoming issues of Booklist.

Spanish Sure Bets for Adults Winter 2026

High-Demand Read-alikes • Criminal Underworlds, Corruption, and People Fighting for the Truth

What Brian Goldstone Wants You to Read • On Looking Again: A Reading List by Brian Goldstone, Carnegie Medal finalist for There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America

What Mélikah Abelmoumen Wants You to Read • Canadian and Québecois Books to Discover: A Reading List by Mélikah Abdelmoumen, Carnegie Medal finalist for Baldwin, Styron, and Me, translated by Catherine Khordoc

Adult Fiction

Read-alikes • Captivating and Provocative Short-Story Collections

What Megha Majumdar Wants You to Read • For the Pleasure of Plot: A reading list by Megha Majumdar, Carnegie finalist for A Guardian and a Thief

Top 10 Book-Group Books

Anatomy of a Top 10 List

Reading and Listening Together • Print and Audio Discussion Standouts

Self-Published Books Showcase

What Han Kang Wants You to Read • A Reading List by Han Kang, Carnegie Medal finalist for We Do Not Part

What Agustina Bazterrica Wants You to Read • Agustina’s Favorite Contemporary Books: A Reading List by Agustina Bazterrica, Carnegie Medal finalist for The Unworthy

Graphic Novels

How to read a Booklist review

Manga Essentials • Popular Shonen Read-alikes

Komi Can't Communicate

Youth Nonfiction

New SERIES NONFICTION SHOWCASE

High-Demand Hot List for Youth • Look for reviews of these high-demand titles in forthcoming issues of Booklist.

Youth Fiction

Benefits of the Bill Morris Seminar

Pop Culture Read-alikes K-POP DEMON HUNTERS

RA by Vibe

Spotlight on Early Reading

Top 10 Early Reader Comics

Elements of Engaging Nonfiction for Emerging Readers

Classics Corner • Classics Corner highlights new recordings of classic titles.

Audio

Top 10 Book Group Books on Audio

Listen Up • Alarming Abodes on Audio

Trade Secrets Why Audio?

Ears on Series Narrators

Listen Up • Vibrantly Voiced Adventures for Youth

Classics Corner • Classics Corner highlights new recordings of classic titles.

Booklist Backlist Senior Sleuths