Booklist’s Editor in Chief and Adult Books editor Donna Seaman teamed up with PBS Books to celebrate the six extraordinary 2025 Finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction! Watch now as Donna and PBS Books National Director Heather-Marie Montilla discuss these outstanding books that captivate, inspire, and challenge your perspective. Watch now!

Thread by Thread
by Alice Brière-Haquet, illustrated by Michela Eccli, translated by Sarah Ardizzone

​Opening with a simple mantra—“Knit one, purl one”—this book invites readers into the life of a little mouse family living in a knitted home. But alas, the home unravels, and the mice must find a new place to live, darting away from a monstrous creature breathing fibrous fire at them.

10 Questions for Christine Feehan​
By John Charles

Christine Feehan is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Carpathian series, the GhostWalker series, the Leopard series, the Shadow Riders series, and the Sea Haven novels, including the Drake Sisters series and the Sisters of the Heart series. She also writes standalone thrillers set in the California backcountry.

Essentials: Engaging Series for Emerging Readers
by Christine Hartman Derr

​Chapter book series offer emerging readers the benefit of continuing to spend time with their favorite characters. Whether a reader is reluctant or always has their nose in a book, these series offer the opportunity to keep laughing, learning, and adventuring with beloved characters.

High-Demand Read-alikes: Widows’ Memoirs on Navigating Grief and Life
by Donna Seaman

In Memorial Days, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Geraldine Brooks describes in striking detail the shock of her seemingly healthy husband’s sudden death and her eventual journey to properly mourn on remote and beautiful Flinders Island, Australia. The other memoirs gathered here also tell gripping stories of loss, grief, and a new embrace of life.

Trade Secrets: The Printz Award as a Readers’ Advisory Tool
by Allie Stevens

As we eagerly await the 2025 Youth Media Awards and the announcement of a new set of Printz Award titles, revisiting some previously selected titles can reveal larger trends, helping to direct readers’ advisory and collection development around periods of high demand for specific books.

Shelf Care #39: Editors’ Choice 2024
By Susan Maguire

​It’s that time of the year again, when the Booklist editors gather ‘round the proverbial fire and share some of their favorite reads of the year.

10 Questions for Sonora Reyes
By John Charles

Born and raised in Arizona, Sonora Reyes is the author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School and The Luis Ortega Survival Club. They write fiction full of queer and Latinx characters in a variety of genres, with current projects in both kidlit and adult categories.