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Nobody’s Empire
by Stuart Murdoch

In this first novel, a tender slice of autofiction, Murdoch, lead singer and songwriter for the Scottish indie pop band, Belle and Sebastian, tells the story of a young man who struggles with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a debilitating illness that for far too long doctors dismissed as no worse than a bad flu.

10 Questions for Chloe Seager​
By John Charles

Chloe Seager is a literary agent at Madeleine Milburn and a published author. Her debut YA Editing Emma and the sequel Friendship Fails of Emma Nash published with HQ in 2017 and 2018, and she has written several books for Scholastic.

Another Look at: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Kelly Ferreira

​Twenty-five years ago, Stephen Chbosky shook up the coming-of-age novel with debut The Perks of Being a Wallflower, an epistolary novel composed of letters from Charlie, a precocious teen starting high school and struggling with the social expectations of the scene.

How Graphic Novels Support Early Readers: Geisel Award Edition
by Amy Seto Forrester

Kids starting their reading journeys continue to clamor for early-reader graphic novels (ER GNs), and publishers have responded by creating a flurry of new lines.

Summer Scares Announces 2025 Spokesperson

The Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with Booklist, Book Riot, iREAD, and NoveList®, a division of EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), is proud to announce the sixth annual Summer Scares, a reading program that provides libraries and schools with an annual list of recommended horror titles for adult, young adult (teen), and middle grade readers.

10 Questions for Katy James
By John Charles

Katy James writes contemporary romance books that get to the heart of falling in love while finding one’s place in today’s world. When not writing, she works as an archivist and rare book librarian.

10 Questions for Ann Liang​
By John Charles

Ann Liang is the New York Times and Indie best-selling author of the critically acclaimed YA novels This Time It’s Real, If You Could See the Sun, and I Hope This Doesn’t Find You. Her books have sold into over twenty foreign territories

Essentials: Recent First Novels of India
by Donna Seaman

These first novels by writers connected to India about India and the Indian diaspora are brilliantly imagined, compassionate, dramatic, and comedic as they offer intriguing characters, difficult and ludicrous predicaments, transfixing stories, shrewd satire, and sharp and resonant social commentary.