Curious about Booklist Reader, Booklist’s patron-facing magazine? Learn about our features, read testimonials, and see how Booklist subscribers can share Booklist Reader digitally (for free!) by checking out our Booklist Reader information packet.

Ready to share print copies of Booklist Reader with your patrons? Order in bulk here! 

Slippery, Spicy, Tingly: A Kimchi Mystery
written and illustrated by Yangsook Choi

​Based on Korean author and illustrator Choi’s relationship with her own grandmother, the story’s playful drawings and writing create a fun, lighthearted feel. The gentle pastel illustrations capture Halmoni’s quirky personality through her facial expressions and movements, as well as Keo’s curiosity and wonder.

Essentials: Cook These Books!
by Sarah Hunter

The back-matter recipe is a regular occurrence in picture books, but some recipes are more helpfully written than others. Read on for a list of recent titles containing particularly strong recipes for a wide variety of dishes to encourage the culinary ambitions of hungry young readers.

Top 10 Food Books: 2024
by Annie Bostrom

The most memorable cookbooks and food writing from the last year honor tradition and memory, celebrate the labor of love that is cooking, and inspire readers to get into the kitchen themselves.

Listen Up: Armchair Travel on Audio
by Terry Hong

​If boarding cars, trains, ships, or airplanes aren’t exactly your thing but you’re still longing for travel, consider quelling your wanderlust with these aural adventures guided by babymooners, royalty, and—most memorably—refugees.

Essentials: Holiday Romance
by Ronny Khuri

​The holiday romance is an old staple, tried and true, but it’s one that has traditionally been a bit limited in scope—until now. In this list of young-adult novels, it’s not all about Christmas or hetero white couples or even rom-com vibes. We’re serving up Hannukah, Diwali, Eid, and more, with a variety of tropes and tones to please every sort.

10 Questions for Aurora Palit​
By John Charles

A first generation Bengali-Canadian, Aurora Palit grew up in rural Alberta, where she was always the only South Asian student in her class. Her love of reading began at age four but it wasn’t until high school—when she wandered into the romance section of a bookstore—that she realized happily-ever-afters are her jam.

10 Questions for Darci Hannah
By John Charles

Cozy mystery author, Darci Hannah, is a native of the Midwest and currently lives in a small town in Michigan. Darci is a lifelong lover of the Great Lakes, a natural wonder that inspires many of her stories.