Library Journal

Library Journal is a U.S. trade magazine aimed at librarians. Established in 1876 by Melvil Dewey, who is well-known for creating the Dewey decimal system, this publication covers news within the library sector, focusing mainly on public libraries. It provides insightful articles on various professional practices and reviews materials and equipment related to libraries. Each month, the "Library Journal Book Review" features pre-publication critiques of hundreds of popular and scholarly books.

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Bernardine Evaristo Receives Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award | Book Pulse

3 days ago | libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene

RECOMMENDED REVIEWS+ The Other Woman by Daniel Silva leads holds this week. Former President Obama has more summer reading. Downton Abbey is heading to the movies. TECHNOLOGY Automated systems are helping libraries move staff to patron-facing work, while manufacturers innovate new design features.
Audiofile Golden Voices Winners Are Announced | Book Pulse

4 days ago | libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene

Audiofile announces the winners of the Golden Voices Audiobook Narrator awards. Dmitri Strotsev and Nadia Kandrusevich are named the 2025 Prix Voltaire laureates. Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere: A Love Story is the GMA June book club pick. Maggie Stiefvater’s The Listeners is the B&N pick. The annual Audio Publishers Association Sales Survey showed double-digit gains over 2023. Scholastic will integrate its trade publishing, book fairs, and book clubs.
Library Is a Contact Sport | Editorial

5 days ago | libraryjournal.com | Hallie Rich

I played basketball from the time I was about nine years old until a knee injury sidelined me in high school. The game features in some of my happiest memories from growing up—from my dad coaching our undefeated rec league team to summer open gym sessions to laughing with my teammates at pre-game dinners and post-game bus rides. I enjoyed playing basketball, but what I really loved was being part of a team.
‘Atmosphere’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse

5 days ago | libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere leads holds this week. Also in demand are titles by James Patterson and Bill Clinton, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Molly Jong-Fast, and Claire Lynch. People’s book of the week, A Family Matter by Claire Lynch, is also the June Read with Jenna pick. New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association announces its Book of the Year awards. Judy Blume is presented with the Women’s National Book Association Award.
Library Journal

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Jill Lepore

. Sept. 2025. 768p. ISBN 9781631496080. $39.99. HIST COPY ISBN Lepore (The American Beast) presents a comprehensive, inclusive history of the creation of the United States Constitution and its subsequent journey as an amendable document. Lepore mostly discusses the document’s revision, updating, and improvement, which keeps the narrative focused.
G.O.A.T. Wisdom: How To Build a Truly Great Business, from the Founders of Beekman 1802

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Brent Ridge |Josh Kilmer-Purcell

. Jul. 2025. 224p. ISBN 9781647829773. $30. BUS COPY ISBN Ridge and his husband Kilmer-Purcell (coauthors of several cookbooks and the joint memoir The Bucolic Plague) tell the story of the founding and building of their business Beekman 1802, a brand of skincare products that use goat’s milk from their New York farm.
The Cybernetic Society: How Humans and Machines Will Shape the Future Together

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Amir Husain

. Aug. 2025. 272p. ISBN 9781541605718. $30. TECH COPY ISBN AI entrepreneur and evangelist Husain ( Serious Machines: The Story of the Computers That Built the Modern World) states that his intention with this book is to encourage enthusiasm rather than apprehension about what he terms the cybernetic society.
Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World’s Mightiest Empire

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Barry Strauss

. Aug. 2025. 384p. ISBN 9781668009598. $29.99. HIST COPY ISBN Historian Strauss (emeritus, Cornell Univ.; The War That Made the Roman Empire) hits another home run with this thorough account of the tumultuous relations between Rome and its most contentious subjects, the Jews, in ancient times, tracing it across two centuries, from Pompey’s conquest of Jerusalem in 63 BCE through the last great revolt in 132–136 CE.
Love at First Sight

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Laura Williams Bustos

. Aug. 2025. 304p. ISBN 9780593719497. pap. $19. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE COPY ISBN London nanny Jessie isn’t expecting much from her usual Saturday Whole Foods run, until a fire alarm prompts an introduction to the charming, handsome stranger in line behind her. Jessie and Cal go on to spend an amazing day together, and their undeniable connection makes Jessie wonder if love at first sight is real.
10,000 Ink Stains: A Memoir

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Jeff Lemire

. Jul. 2025. 192p. ISBN 9781506744834. $54.99. MEMOIR COPY ISBN A deeply reflective and visually rich memoir that offers an inside look at the creative evolution of one of modern comics’ most influential and prolific figures. Lemire revisits his major works, including Essex County, Sweet Tooth, Black Hammer, and Descender, pairing personal essays with sketches, unpublished material, and developmental art.