The October Booklist Reader is here: start reading and sharing digitally today!

Order Booklist Reader in print for your patrons!

Starting with the January 2023 issue, you can share physical copies of Booklist Reader with library-building visitors. Don’t miss out on this valuable patron resource, which brings Booklist’s quality book and audiobook recommendations, author interviews, original features, and so much more directly to readers of all ages. Order your first fifty today, and learn more about this exciting patron resource on our blog! 

Smitten Kitchen Keepers
by Deb Perelman

Every cookbook creator makes a dish again and again so that we don’t have to, and Perelman (Smitten Kitchen Every Day, 2017) just seems to have more fun doing so.

Top 10 Cookbooks: 2022
by Annie Bostrom

​What’s food without a story, and vice versa? Reviewed in Booklist from October 1, 2021 through September 15, 2022, these superb cookbooks offer depth, richness, and satisfaction for bellies and minds.

[SPONSORED CONTENT] Revise. Refocus. Reshape.

What if the next big thing in inclusivity, access, equity, and serving more of our community members in a better way didn’t require new training, tech, or budget lines? Uncover easy enhancement strategies that work. 

The Shelf Care Interview: Svetlana Chmakova 

In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to Svetlana Chmakova, author of Enemies.​​

Shelf Care Episode 23: Personal Weeding and Personal Reading
By Susan Maguire

​In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to RAILS Community Engagement Manager Dan Bostrom about how to weed one’s personal book collection . . ..

10 Questions for Desideria Mesa
By John Charles

When she is not indulging in her own eclectic reading tastes (everything from Anne of Green Gables to The Help), Desideria Mesa is busy writing everything from poetry to short stories and now books. Her debut novel is Bindle Punk Bruja, a marvelously magical new novel of historical fantasy.

Fall Travel Guides: 2022
by Annie Bostrom

​We hope that this hearty helping of stand-alone travel guides and series titles offers a little something for voyagers of all kinds, to all corners of the world and/or to the coziest reading chair readers can find.